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There is absolutely no doubt about whether they were leaked or not. The alpha client was accidentally made available, so now we're datamining all of the info from it.

The changes they made to the prot tree are universally good, addressing every single complaint we had and then some.

-We wont be rage starved when tanking content we overgear thanks to stalwart defender giving +2 rage every time we dodge/parry.
-Shield bash and improved revenge now have a place in a real, big-boy tank build - coincidentally, taking up 5 points that can be cannibalized from Cruelty. This gives us more random pvp viability and more general awesomeness.
-Rend might be worthwhile, giving us a dot that we can use for...something.
-We now have a solid aoe threat builder/oh-shit trash button/pvp toy/ that isn't just boring like consecrate.
-Conc blow deals damage now and it scales!? Hurray!
-Devastates and shield slams now have a chance to reset the cooldown on shield slam, meaning we have both a more dynamic rotation than ye olde shield slam/revenge/devastatex2/lather/rinse/repeat.

If this build went live tomorrow, prot warriors would be forming conga lines in the streets and everyone would be joining in. My only concern is that they're going to start polluting our tank gear with strength, which would be a massive step backwards unless they redid the formula for shield block value.