face meet palm…i think I know why the proc rate is so abysmal against raid bosses…

THEY’RE USING THE TBC VERSION OF NIGHTFALL WHICH HAS MUCH LOWER PROC RATE FOR EACH LEVEL ABOVE 60!!!

TLDR - Nightfall’s proc rate was nerfed to the ground during TBC cuz Ret Paladins and Prot Warriors were using them on Brutallus to help nuke him down:

[Nightfall] now has a chance to fail on targets over level 60.

https://wowwiki.fandom.com/wiki/Patch_2.4.2

By Klarno (2,946 – 1·5·20) on 2008/05/01 (Patch 2.4.1)

A test on the PTR has shown that this weapon has <0.1% proc rate at lvl 70.

By Blightstar (4,647 – 1·7·21) on 2008/04/23 (Patch 2.4.1)

Patch 2.4.2: Nightfall now has a chance to fail for targets above level 60.

No idea how big the chance is but i think it will nerf the use of this weapon completely. Sad thing really …

By skron (1,343 – 3·14) on 2008/04/07 (Patch 2.4.1)

*This may have renewed life on Brutallus… *

Whichever protection warrior is not currently tanking can equip this and whack away, increasing your caster dps on the fight where it’s needed most. Swap as needed.

Haven’t tried this out in a raid setting yet, but should in the coming week.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160224122420/http://www.wowhead.com/item=19169/nightfall#comments