After reading the last several updates to the PTR patch notes, I have noticed the removal of the damage reduction effect of Blessing of Sanctuary, and as a Protection Pally, this concerns me. It has always been my blessing of choice while tanking. But without the damage reduction effect, it's simply another wisdom that only ticks when triggered (by blocks/parries/dodges). It really feels like a wasted talent now, apart from the fact that you have to take it to get to other talents that require it.

I am guessing that the removal of the damage reduction effect has something to do with the new talent called "Divinity". This extra healing received is probably meant to make up for this change. My concern with this is that personally, I am still running primarily 5-man content and some 10-man, and most of the healers I end up with are either undergeared, underexperienced, or both, and Sanctuary really saves my butt. The combination of Divinity and Sanctuary together might actually reduce my repairs bill a bit in the long run... but that aside...

The 2nd thing that concerns me is that I've been told on several occaisions that Blessing of Wisdom returns more mana than Sanctuary. Please, someone correct me if this is wrong, but after this change is in effect, why would anyone ever use Sanctuary over Wisdom in a 5-man with 1 pally (tanking)? If wisdom returns more mana and Sanctuary doesn't do anything else for me, it seems like a completely useless spell unless of course we have more than 1 paladin in the group, and even then, the 2nd choice will always be Blessing of Kings... which makes the only time I will ever use this ability again is the few times I've raided with more than 2 paladins, and specifically, only if there are non-paladins tanking!

All of that said, I would like some more information...

First, someone please let me know if BoW is really better than BoS for mana return (or if perhaps the mana return is being buffed so that it becomes better for tanks?)

Second, and this really is for the crew at Blizzard, I really do understand the difficulties you're all wrestling with concerning mana and paladins, the spiritual attunement changes, and all of that. But PLEASE fix it so this talent isn't a complete waste of time for the majority of prot pallies out there!