>>542098515
seriously
>no social role in a group because everyone and their mom can tank now
>consistently terrible armor sets with no special aesthetic to lean towards like the other plate classes
>near-zero utility in combat
>zero out of combat utility or abilities to spice up the class like how druids can shapeshift, DH can glide, warlocks can summon, mages can teleport, rogues can invis and pickpocket and lockpick
>the xpac about class fantasy can only pretend to muster up a little flavor match for a single spec, there is nothing viking-like about prot or arms
>half the time not even that good at combat relative to other classes despite being the only thing it can sell you on