Quote Originally Posted by Ughmahedhurtz View Post
My bear uses maul in his castsequence (lacerate, swipe, maul, swipe) and he never ever has rage issues. Especially with the rage generation from incoming damage. I suspect the problem with rage on ubergeared bears is the same as ubergeared warriors in lowbie instances: not enough incoming damage to generate rage so you only get it from hits, thus the "spam cleave/swipe" advice.

I could be wrong and my bear is only sitting at about 3200 gearscore.
Actually my rage generation was fine as I overgeared everything thanks to the talent natural reaction (gain rage on dodge) and hitting way harder + more crits for more rage procs. Plus once you overgear to a certain extent you can just pull more mobs

I think most peoples problem with aoe threat gen on bears is that everyone macros maul to swipe. You definately don't "need" maul to aoe tank and it can cause rage problems early on in a fight depending on how you geared. I made a habit of keeping maul off of my swipe key. You can always tap another key if for some reason your capped on rage and decide to add maul in for extra damage. Also should go without saying but make sure you keep thorns up, every little bit helps.