Originally Posted by Liar

Why does it matter? 5 mans are not the place where taking 3% more damage is going to matter a whole lot anyway.



I can't believe some of you guys complaining about the AP bonus of Mother Bear. In my eyes, that is just a bonus - the real deal settler is the -12% damage Defensive Stance style part of it without having the drawbacks of actually being Defensive stance (10% less damage done). It isn't permanently active like Defensive stance because it does not matter for soloing. You want your best mitigation in raids and to a lesser extent in parties.
Seriously, if Mother Bear would read "Increases the bonus attack power of Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by an additional 60%, and for each friendly player in your party, damage you take is reduced while in Bear Form and Dire Bear Form by 3%. Also, you gain +5 Intellect." I am sure we would find someone that would actually complain about how ridiculous the +5 Intellect part is because it doesn't scale while ignoring the other benefits of the talent.