Quote Originally Posted by 'Hor',index.php?page=Thread&postID=184153#post1841 53
The subtle buff is that we gain mitigation ... we don't have shields. That damage mitigation is quite nice, as far as I know it does effects incoming spells. I agree with the above poster; that this is more of a retooling than a huge nerf, but who knows. This may or may not even go live. imo, try it out before you cry foul. The math comment is that you have a constant damage mitigation (ie it's not on a cooldown, or dependant on blood runes being on cooldown, etc. It's flat damage mitigation). Whereas with Blade Barrier you do have to actually get your blood runes down, it means there's a little less we "have" to keep in our rotation. it's not incredibly hard to do. But it does leave you open at the beginning of a boss fight, which seems to be the most dangerous point of combat for a DK.
You mean like have 80% armor buff when in frost presence? Your post smells of Blizzard apologist, but that aside: I love it when people say, 'omg its the test realm, it could change.' I bet that if you looked, 90% of stuff that makes it on the test realms GOES LIVE. In fact I can only think of a few things they have reversed from the test realm, hunter changes come to mind. But that was after massive outcry, and a lot of it still went live. So please don't pull that excuse for this being ok. Also I dont need to test it, the math is there and it clearly shows this is a nerf.