Tanks don't need as high a multiplier when DPS are doing lower proportional damage. Keep in mind that burst DPS has been lowered considerably from Legion as well, so threat issues should be less common as a result. Also, I think threat redirection abilities should use the redirection target's threat modifier - this would make Misdirection to a tank extremely meaningful without letting a hunter stick a mob on a non-tank too easily (or bounce a mob back and forth infinitely by chaining Misdirects). Hopefully they'll tweak it as-necessary to find that balance.

Legion threat is meaningless (to the point that abilities like Misdirection are consequently meaningless), but they have swung too far the other way in the past (making it the primary mechanic tanks needed to play around). It needs to be meaningful, but not be the primary mechanic a tank needs to worry about. Threat needs to be a careful balance, which Blizzard has often had trouble hitting.

Loosely translated it means 'The priest dies'. Does beg the question: 'Why do it, then?' Comment by TheLustful on T23:42:47-05:00 I see no meaningful differences arising from this change. I'm sure this will make no real difference. Using the Threat Meter addon Omen we can illustrate with some pictures.Įquipping a non-artifact Weapon, we can see that the Threat a tank deals from just auto attacks is just above 5 times the damage dealt.Įquipping an artifact Weapon, we can see that the Threat a tank deals from just auto attacks is around 7 times the damage dealt.Įquipping a non-artifact Weapon, we can see that the Threat a DPS deals from just auto attacks is around half the damage dealt.Įquipping an artifact Weapon, we can see that the Threat a DPS deals from just auto attacks is still around half the damage dealt. A tank still generates over 10 times the threat of a DPS, it's just shown in a different way in Legion. If a DPS deals 100 points of damage, they actually receive 50 Threat and a Tank is supposed to receive 500 Threat on the meter. In Legion, it's important to note that threat is halved. In Battle for Azeroth, a Tank receives 64k Threat on the meter.In Legion, a Tank receives around 220k-320k Threat on the meter.For comparison the Skittish affix currently reduces Threat by 75%.Īs a simple example, if a DPS deals 16k damage, they will receive 16k Threat while:

For some tanks it may be up to an 80% threat reduction but may vary due to weird nature of Legion Threat. This is a massive threat reduction from Legion. As a baseline, Tanks will generate 4 times more Threat than DPS.

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