Patch 4.0.9 - Patch Notes

[DaemonPrince4]

the biggest problem i see here is that the supposed "Taunts" are no longer taunts.
before they would actually "taunt" something to target you for a specific amount of time.no all they do is turn to you for a split second until someone like a mage with alot of damage and small recon and instantly turn away.
its made me look bad as to where it was in some cases easier to tank for me with the skill Lion King Battle Roar and now it doenst even taunt.pretty much just giving me a 5% aggro increase which really isnt much. I'd say leave them how they were before with the time taunt AND add % to aggro. why fix something that wasnt broken??

[Rossbot]

They are working as intended. This is how I believe they work, now. What "Taunts" do now is make your aggro equal to the aggro of the person on the top of the aggro list, the problem is that they don't actually hold that place for the duration of the "Taunt". This idea was really ok in theory, but it turns into the "Taunt" effects breaking their actual purpose. I have yet to actually see the 5% boost effect (no added buff) after using any "Taunt" effect after this patch.

Example:
Mage starts out with 3 crits on 3 Flames.
You use your Taunt without having hit the mob in any other way.
You and mage have the same aggro amounts on the mob.
Mage Flames again.
Your aggro is the same, Mage aggro increases.