#0 - March 10, 2009, 3:42 p.m.
I direct the topic at GC (or you, I guess, if you're reading this) because of a couple of comments I saw him make regarding Heroic Throw, now that Blizz looks to be adding Shattering Throw to the game.
Specifically you remarked that you wanted Heroic Throw to do 'something else' but that the obvious choices were probably overpowered. I can definitely see that logic, seeing as players tend to find ways to make useful PvE stuff really problematic in PvP.
What about a taunt/mocking blow sort of mechanic? HT already produces a 'high amount of threat' so its really just an extension of its current function; for instance if a Shade spawned in Naxx on top of your healers, you could use Heroic Throw to pull it immediately onto you. Or in fights like Gluth where tanks have to taunt off one another to let a dangerous debuff fade. Heroic throw could serve not only as fancypants pull, but as another reliable means to save someone's butt. And there is pretty much no way that comes immediately to mind, to exploit a taunting mechanic in PvP against other players.
If you think about it, its not entirely far fetched.. I mean, if you were somewhere beating up say, a priest, and someone threw a giant sword into YOUR back.. wouldn't you be just a little bit peeved with that person? :)
