Bring back the old Shield Block=Fix War Block

Q u o t e:
"Yep, it was a "leave a brick on it" ability, I can see why it was replaced. I HS wonder HS why HS they HS didn't HS take HS the HS opportunity HS to HS "fix" HS other HS "leave HS a HS brick HS on HS it" HS abilites HS."

You left a brick on Shield Block because it was never a decision. In BC, Heroic Strike was a decision. You used it when you needed to vent off excess rage. The problem in LK is that the excess rage situation is almost 100% of the time, so Heroic Strike isn't a decision anymore. We need to fix it.

I'd argue the removal of crushing blows had a lot more to do with making block less interesting than the Shield Block cooldown.

We haven't changed Heroic Strike yet because just inflating its rage cost (or nerfing rage generation in general) would hurt warrior threat generation. This isn't in the zone of simple hotfix material.

Q u o t e:
A suggestion that would change things fairly significantly would be to largely remove rage from taking damage, then make another ability, sunder/devastate, a rage generating ability (maybe the sunder part is a small flat amount of rage and the devastate damage part is extra using a variation on the usual offensive formula). This would make offensive attacks the main source of rage, as it is for dps warriors, which could improve warrior tank performance when they are not getting hit.

Having warriors only or mostly generate rage from damage done is an intriguing idea that has come up a few times. It would help the problem where better gear leads to rage starvation (at least in lower instances) and where warriors have trouble OT'ing because they aren't getting hit. It might also get warriors to care slightly more about dps stats instead of focusing mostly on survival stats. This would all apply to druids too. This isn't a change we have in the pipe, but it is something we discuss from time to time.