Sentinels/Marauders, the new 4x DK?

[Apatheist]

So, if I understand correctly . . . your alts follow you, you follow the target and the in-game "auto-face" mechanic creates a ghetto IWT?

Or, for PvP, I suppose you could keymap your forward hotkey into your spam keymap so your alts would run through/towards the target and then turn whenever you use an ability? I guess it would look similar to the way DK's run in circles around targets in WoW.

Also, just a point of interest, it appears that the Watchman spec requires 30 points of centering to activate both Zen and Transcendence. From reading, it takes 15+ seconds of combat to generate 30 centering. So, can you really maintain enough centering to keep both Zen and Transcendence up during PvP? It seems like you'd have to choose one or the other.

[Mercbeast]

So, if I understand correctly . . . your alts follow you, you follow the target and the in-game "auto-face" mechanic creates a ghetto IWT?

Or, for PvP, I suppose you could keymap your forward hotkey into your spam keymap so your alts would run through/towards the target and then turn whenever you use an ability? I guess it would look similar to the way DK's run in circles around targets in WoW.

Also, just a point of interest, it appears that the Watchman spec requires 30 points of centering to activate both Zen and Transcendence. From reading, it takes 15+ seconds of combat to generate 30 centering. So, can you really maintain enough centering to keep both Zen and Transcendence up during PvP? It seems like you'd have to choose one or the other.

Per character no. But, two characters running transcendence can give you almost 100% up time in combat, while 2 more can give you decent self healing.

[Apatheist]

Per character no. But, two characters running transcendence can give you almost 100% up time in combat, while 2 more can give you decent self healing.

Looking at the talent list, it seems like you could build a viable hybrid Watchman/Focus build. Go far enough into Focus to get the Felling Blow and enough in Watchman to get the self-healing stuff, increased centering generation and buffs to Cauterize (snare). Make a priority keymap with Zen > Cauterize > Slash > Force Leap > Zealous Leap > Force Sweep > X

Anyone that tried to run would get charged twice and have a constant 30% snare. No need for the run speed buff. This way you could just macro Zen at the top of your priority list and with the bonus centering generation you'd have nice group healing and massive AoE burst after every charge.

[Mercbeast]

Looking at the talent list, it seems like you could build a viable hybrid Watchman/Focus build. Go far enough into Focus to get the Felling Blow and enough in Watchman to get the self-healing stuff, increased centering generation and buffs to Cauterize (snare). Make a priority keymap with Zen > Cauterize > Slash > Force Leap > Zealous Leap > Force Sweep > X

Anyone that tried to run would get charged twice and have a constant 30% snare. No need for the run speed buff. This way you could just macro Zen at the top of your priority list and with the bonus centering generation you'd have nice group healing and massive AoE burst after every charge.

The stuff at the top of watchman is way too good to skip. Merciless slash is AMAZING. 80% runspeed is AMAZING. The top talents for watchman are by and large amazing.

[Apatheist]

The stuff at the top of watchman is way too good to skip. Merciless slash is AMAZING. 80% runspeed is AMAZING. The top talents for watchman are by and large amazing.

Guess it comes down to how good the healing from Watchman is. 2% from crits plus 6x4% whenever you can generate 30 centering. Is it enough to keep you up in instances/PvP?

If not for the heals, I think I'd prefer Guardian with full focus and 3 points in Swelling Winds. All the other abilities are fluff compared to being able to charge and one shot a stack of people every 9 seconds