Out of interest, say Sludgefist Mythic which is up next for us. Is the higher mastery/vers enough to not be a massive drain for the healers? Just even with SotR up, I’m going to need either more defensives stacked or the ability to spend spare holy power on a WoG to top myself before the next hit insta-kills me. In particular during berzerk. I personally can’t see the extra <10% dmg taken reduction would make a big difference when i’m already getting smacked for 50%+ per attack.
While we’re on the subject of guides vs sims, I thought it might be worth bringing up the legendary selection. Currently, AMR is pushing me only to craft legendaries that are explicitly not recommended. Obviously, the utility of the legendaries for tanks is hard to sim for but the fact it’s pushing for Reign of Endless Kings and Of Dusk and Dawn for defensiveness could lead some less experienced players down the wrong path. (Obviously Relentless Inquisitor - one of the recommended raiding leggo, isn’t going to be suggested highly since Haste isn’t valued defensively by the sims.)
I should add, that Reign of Endless Kings, although obviously good for keeping you alive potentially, also leads to a pretty degenerate playstyle of wanting to dip really low. Is this something that the AMR sims are simming around? Perhaps that explains why the value of haste is lower? Personally, as a tank, I prefer to not give my healers frequent anxiety attacks by continuously dipping low. I’ve just seen some of the buffs to legendaries so would be interested to see how strong AMR thinks Dusk and Dawn is now since it was already rated 2nd… Initial feedback from the Discord still thinks it isn’t worth giving up other leggos even with the buff!
Lastly any update on the changes to customization that was mentioned earlier, at the very least for tanking specs? Still hoping to select a haste cap and to prioritize the value of stamina/strengt - then allow AMR to take over (Anecdotally, last night I wanted to get some DPS rankings as prot so told AMR to stack me some more crit, it decided to swap out a 226 neck for a 200 neck with socket, understandable for the crit, but at that point, i’d rather keep the stamina)
Anyway, just my two cents. I’ve been running the low haste build for a while now just to see and I don’t actually mind it terribly, but I do feel a lot more reliant on the healers to keep me up. And obviously compared to our V DH tank, I can’t keep myself going for even a fraction as long as he can without heals.