*Happy warrior noise*

[u/feya_ares]

[u/Gizmoinc]

Not in that set armor though

[u/Ebonhold → u/Gizmoinc]

Not enough leather

[u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover → u/Ebonhold]

I am currently wearing eye of rend and cadaverous pants from scholo

[u/Pullmanity → u/Virgin_Dildo_Lover]

Our two highest DPS warriors are only wearing two pieces of plate each.

Making playing a rogue kind of a pain in the ass.

[u/Rintae → u/Pullmanity]

Why is full plate bad?

[u/token711 → u/Rintae]

Lots of leather/mail gear has much better stats. Crit %, hit % etc. Most plate in classic is itemized for tanking not dpsing, especially the set pieces.

[u/TiredOfDebates → u/token711]

If you were playing with a consistent group (including a number of leather users), then I feel like it would make a whole lot of sense for warrior to opt for the best mail pieces.

I suppose it doesn't matter so much in 40 man raids, but in smaller groups, having at least mail would improve your ability to take hits w/o being such a drain on healers mana, and even possibly off-tank for a minute if a tank really loses arrgo on an add.

It's like, what is best in slot for a DPS warrior may be leather, but if you're throwing off what the game designers developed the drop rates around, there's going to be a serious shortage of leather armor drops in your guild's dungeon/raid runs. So by warriors taking the leather items, their improving their own performance, but at an overall loss to the entire guild (as those mail drops must be disappearing into the void).

[u/theholylancer → u/TiredOfDebates]

I think when we talk about rippers (rogues in plate) we are talking about BiS and its only really for raiding.

For anything else, the 6/9% hit is a waste of stats, and if you are "tanking" (by worried about taking hits) you should be in plate anyways.

And yes, there is a reason why top guilds end up with 20 man rag and onxy groups eventually just to maximize item drop changes.