For some reason, WoW got back at me, and I started playing again. I have a warrior and mage (71 and 74 now, respectively), and have a few questions about warriors since there have been a ton of changes since I stopped playing. I have been playing him as a fury warrior (what I was geared for when I quit) so far, but would like to get back into tanking as well once I meet some people (all my old friends seem to have moved on).
1. Is prot a viable leveling/farming spec now? From what I have read, it seems like it puts out a lot more damage than it used to. I only have 42 gold on my warrior now, so I can't afford a dual-spec yet, and never got my artisan riding skill either, which I want more than the dual-spec.
2. Is arms better than fury now? It seems like with the talent changes, it may put out as much or more damage, but it's hard for me to theorycraft it in my head since I haven't played so long. So many talents now sound VERY cool...
3. Achievements: Even though I had raided everything in Vanilla WoW except killing C'Thun, did all of the BC dungeons on regular and heroic except for maybe one or two heroics (and no Magister's Terrace - wasn't out when I quit), hardly any show up in the achievements. Once I hit 80, what should I be able to solo? I've read of people soloing Shadow Labs and some other high end BC dungeons, but I think they were druids and pallys; unless something's really different, I don't think an 80 warrior could do many of them solo.
That's it for now; thanks for any tips, comments, etc. even if they don't relate to these specific questions!