I think the single most important thing resilience did to pvp was affect on-crit talents, like blood crazed, which was mentioned. It not only affects abilities that would've crit you, but effectively all hits done to you. Go jump in a fire with a high res disc/holy priest, and you'll see focused will and blessed resilience proccing like mad. Ever been crit by a torch in Orgrimmar? I haven't.

The mechanic completely transformed pvp for priests, with focused will effectively turning them into tanks.

Blood craze was also largely shunned by the warrior community, but when 25% of all hits done to you in addition to crits trigger it, it amounts to a steady HoT.

I'm pretty sure it was introduced to separate pvp and pve progressions. Raiders in full T6 will certainly have an edge in pvp over fresh 70s, no amount of T6 will give a priest the constant dispel fodder that focused will provides in order to be effective. A warrior in T6 will hit hard, that is for sure, but a warrior in S1/S2 could beat him via perma-enrage and blood craze.

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