WoW Forums - Warrior Questions

[Squirrelnut]

I posted the following questions on the WoW forums in the hope that some of them may be included in their Warrior FAQ and perhaps get responses (maybe even patch adjustments prior to 3.2 release).
World of Warcraft - English (NA) Forums -> Warrior Questions
Do you think they actually go through 40+ pages of potential questions when 90% of them are unhelpful QQ junk? Any idea on whether the biggest concern (rage mechanic) will be addressed prior to 3.2 release? It will REALLY suck in its current state when T8/8.5 geared players start running 5 man heroics again and have 0 rage most of the time

Protection Warrior subset of questions

Question 1
We have been told that the dated rage mechanic with respect to Protection Warriors is being "looked at" for a very long time now. Currently it is a substantial problem exemplified by Prot Warriors in an Off-Tank role with limited incoming damage and when players with better gear (T8 / T8.5 for example) are penalized and remain rage starved in 5 man heroics and lower tier instances such as Naxx. Since 3.2 will exacerbate this problem as geared players have incentive to return to dungeons and instances can we expect a change to this rage mechanic flaw for 3.2?

• Question 1b: If the rage mechanic is addressed, would the solution involve rage being received from avoidance as a 'bandaid' until a more final solution can be created? Will the mechanic be changed to allow outgoing damage to generate rage instead of incoming? Will the solution include a combination of both approaches?

Question 2
Protection talents currently have built-in threat and fairly low damage leading to a large disparity between Protection Warrior DPS and virtually all other tanks. Can we look forward to a change from that mechanic to bring us in line with other tanks damage output by increasing talent damage while reducing their innate threat accordingly?

Question 3
Heroic strike spam is a prevalent quality of life issue for Prot warriors, are there plans to resolve this issue for 3.2? If so how will it be addressed and if not what would be the reasoning behind that decision?

Question 4
Currently Protection Warriors must use two talent points in Improved Disciplines as well as using a Glyph of Shield Wall (and Glyph of Last Stand) to benefit from two minute cooldowns. With the release of 3.2 both Deathknights and Paladins will have similar cooldowns every two minutes but without the talent points / glyphs required. Can we expect to see a reduction of Protection Warriors requirements to receive the same cooldowns other classes receive for free in 3.2? If not what is the reasoning behind that decision?

Question 5
Are there any plans to increase the buff duration of Battle and Commanding Shout? If not what is the reasoning behind maintaining such short buff durations when other classes have had similar duration expansions in the past?

Question 6
Is there an expectation for when the block mechanic may be re-designed? If likely not for the 3.2 patch then at least a ballpark time frame after that?