sport and news: The Light and How to Swing It: Tankadin bugs and hidden changes from 4.1

Monday, 9 May 2011

The Light and How to Swing It: Tankadin bugs and hidden changes from 4.1

Every week, WoW Insider brings you The Light and How to Swing It for holy, protection and retribution paladins. Protection specialist Matt Walsh spends most of his time receiving concussions for the benefit of 24 other people, obsessing over his hair (a blood elf racial!), and maintaining the tankadin-focused blog Righteous Defense.

Now, by reading this article you are all sworn (henceforth and forthwith) to a secret society where we'll speak in not-so-hushed tones about the necessity of correcting the bugs of Patch 4.1 that are afflicting Hammer of the Righteous and Avenger's Shield. At the same time, however, let's just keep it under our hats about the probably-a-bug buff to the Sacred Duty proc. No need to go tipping Blizzard off to what can't possibly hurt, right? In any case, if you agree to these terms, please continue to draw breath.

In addition to those fortunate and unfortunate bugs, I have a serious gripe with the undocumented change to Divine Guardian in 4.1. All in all, hopefully by the end of this column, I'll have spared the you the same surprises that were inflicted upon me when I first heard of the change to my precious raidwall on Monday, shed warm tears of blood, and then let forth a gratuitous (and Emmy-worthy, thank you) Skyward Scream. Don't let that be you!

Continue reading The Light and How to Swing It: Tankadin bugs and hidden changes from 4.1

Filed under: Paladin, (Paladin) The Light and How to Swing It