#0 - Feb. 25, 2007, 11:03 p.m.
A shadow priest does DPS... along with group healing and mana regen - this already generates a tremendous amount of threat.
However, this threat is PVE only. This talent does not affect PvP in any way.
My question is - this is a huge nerf to shadow priest viability in 5-man groups and raids, as I will effectively have to lower my DPS by 20% to compensate. I will have to spend 20% more time out of a fight just standing there doing nothing before I can start DPSing.
Now, I don't agree that the ProM nerf was necessary or called for, but I understand why it happened - because non-priests were complaining that it was OP. I just can't understand, however, who could have possibly been complaning about shadow priests not generating enough threat. Who are these people? Where are they posting these complaints? Can anyone find an example of any WoW subscriber ever complaining that they think that shadow priest threat reduction is OP and needing a nerf?
And, if none of the subscribers - the paying customers - were asking for this to be looked at, why was it nerfed so severely?