Blizzard will take the realms down for a very extended maintenance (2am-2pm PST) tonight. This is very good news for most classes and specs. I know there are a few out there who feel they got the short end of the buff stick, but I think most things are pretty good.

To divert the happy feeling I’ve got here, there is one thing that has been bothering me about the class changes lately: Taunts.

It seems Blizzard was more than ok to give the other tanks AoE ability like paladins, but in general they have always pulled the “homogenization” card when talking about changes. I understand this point, but so much has been given to warrior, and I’m not going to lie, we have received our share of buffs too, however, one thing paladins need is a RELIABLE taunt.

Righteous Defense is nice in certain situations, but it’s downfalls out weigh the benefits. As many paladins have suggested, I would love to see RD switched to 2 ranks, one that taunts the mob directly, and the other that taunts the mob directly as well as two addition enemies attacking their target.

This change would eliminate many annoyances in 25 man raid scenarios. Several occasions during BT trash, I’ve had to get a mob off another tank, however, I don’t really have an ability that just pulls a single target from another tank. Every other tank has (or will have, regarding DKs) a single target taunt. Blizzard has responded that they don’t feel it’s needed. If it’s not needed then why doesn’t one of the other tanks have a “alternative taunt”?