Upcoming Tank Threat Changes in Visions of N'zoth

Posted 2019/12/12 at 1:38 PM by Squishei

unlocked Heart of Azeroth slotprevious testing in Patch 8.2

Major Essence: 9% increase in Tank Threat.

Minor Essence: 18% increase in Tank Threat.

2 Minor essences, 27% increase in Tank Threat.

50% increase in Tank Threat

Blizzard

We made a change via hotfix a few months ago to grant Tank specialization characters bonus threat for each slot they had unlocked on their Heart of Azeroth. In the Visions of N’Zoth update, we have changed this slightly.

In Visions of N’Zoth, once you have unlocked the Major Slot, if you are any tanking specialization or a druid of any specialization with Bear Form active, you will just have a +50% threat modifier applied to you. Changing specializations to a non-tank specialization or leaving Bear Form will remove this threat modifier.

There is no longer any bonus threat for each unlocked slot, you just get a sizable threat bump from the start. This should help reduce some issues where tanks with different Heart of Azeroth levels and slot unlocks were having difficulties with threat between each other.

Comment by TOMRUSThey made huge mistake in BFA Beta by nerfing threat modifier in a first place and now we keep getting those band aid fixes...

May be one day Blizzard will think before making such drastic changes...Comment by ACOSPRemember how they reduced tank threat by 60% from Legion to BfA?

Yeah, I'm gonna say it, I @#$%ING TOLD YOU SOComment by JupeeeeeeThis isn't exactly necessery but I guess it's more QOL to have. Back to Skittish not being an affix.Comment by mysticalosThey made huge mistake in BFA Beta by nerfing threat modifier in a first place and now we keep getting those band aid fixes... May be one day Blizzard will think before making such drastic changes...Comment by JudylockThis isn't exactly necessery but I guess it's more QOL to have. Back to Skittish not being an affix.Comment by SoifonNow , if they went back on that GCD change that was a huge mistake , also.I would be satisfied.Comment by TOMRUSThey have also posted additional info:

edit: This threat modifier should be multiplicative, not additive. A player currently at Heart of Azeroth level 70 with all slots unlocked should have roughly the same amount of total threat modifiers before and after the Visions of N’Zoth update hits.
Comment by RafaDXIn the end they passed most of the xpac returning things they took away in the beginning of the Bfa, was not for the lack of feedback that most ideas was labeled 'bad idea' but they didn't listen.Comment by cEighteenBad change #MakeSkittishBaselineComment by Elladarynso this change has basically no difference...Comment by sinangelusWell at least this should help undergeared tanks to not get kicked from pugs for "not holding aggro", people complain there aren't enough tanks, but life is hell when you're trying to gear up as a tank, once you get to the status you can take everything on your chest and not flinch then yeah you're "the good tank", but until then, when you're struggling, you'll have all the spits thrown at you.

This isn't exactly necessery but I guess it's more QOL to have. Back to Skittish not being an affix.Bad change #MakeSkittishBaselineComment by SeganoMeanwhile my Classic War is still running around spamming Sunder like a mad man and losing threat to one frostboltComment by khatmarMore useless changes that amount to absolutely nothing... great, thanks! Work on these pointless "fixes" some more and soon you could qualify as overpaid government employees.Comment by grayshirtRemember how they reduced tank threat by 60% from Legion to BfA?

Yeah, I'm gonna say it, I @#$%ING TOLD YOU SOother Comment by TOMRUSDps and Healers aren't ripping aggro from tanks. Everything is perfectly fine on that front and has been this expansion. Tanks aren't losing aggro to Dps or HealersComment by NerrickMeanwhile my Classic War is still running around spamming Sunder like a mad man and losing threat to one frostboltComment by sinangelusMeanwhile my Classic War is still running around spamming Sunder like a mad man and losing threat to one frostboltComment by AlakeiThancanI'm not a classic fanboy, but this is precisely a situation where they should take inspiration from it. Reduce tank damage (Just my opinion but I hate the current design where tank do as much damage as DPS on AOE), increase the threat generation and most importantly, give us back threat specific abilities ! As in Icy Touch, Sunder Armor, etc. Instead of making us focus on dealing damage, which is not our job, give us proper tools to manage threat ><Comment by ForlornBlackbirdI'm not a classic fanboy, but this is precisely a situation where they should take inspiration from it. Reduce tank damage (Just my opinion but I hate the current design where tank do as much damage as DPS on AOE), increase the threat generation and most importantly, give us back threat specific abilities ! As in Icy Touch, Sunder Armor, etc. Instead of making us focus on dealing damage, which is not our job, give us proper tools to manage threat ><Comment by hotaru251They made huge mistake in BFA Beta by nerfing threat modifier in a first place and now we keep getting those band aid fixes...

May be one day Blizzard will think before making such drastic changes...