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est:
I understand what you're saying. At first I was offended because I have a brain and can generally work things out very quickly in video games so I kind of took umbrage with you telling me I wouldn't know how to tank. However, I realise that you are more bemoaning the fact that there are no decent tanks around these days and also that in the back of my head I have a certain idea of how my conversion to tanking would eventually play out, which includes reading up on the finer points, maybe hitting up a few friends for some training & then doing some lower-level instances where the lower-level dudes would appreciate a higher-level tank to get a feel for things before jumping into the higher level stuff. I didn't say that in the first place, so I guess you've got every right to assume I'd down axes, pick up a mace and a shield and think "I R tunk nows :D"
That said, I doubt I ever will go over to tanking. Specialising in tanking would assume that I would be focusing on group play instead of solo, which runs directly contra to both the time I have available to me and my preferred play style which is "avoid depending on other people so as to minimise disappointment." To that end I tend to avoid instances and PvP for the moment, so Fury is a good way to get by in the PvE game. I am currently running around with weapons 10 levels below what I should and yet I've still carving up everything in my way due to the effectiveness of the build & most of my damage coming from fixed-damage skills. That said, I really should look at some new weapons :(
justlikeaphoto:
Hehe, yeah no personal attacks on you nor am I doubting your ability to research the roll a tank fills in group play.
Bottom line is we need more tanks and no one really wants to play as those any more. At least not until WotLK comes out mainly because Fury does so well in solo play and PvP, and this totally bums me out.
There are few things worse then trying to get geared to do end game play and not being able to run the standard faire instances to do so.
As a Warlock (wait for the sighs and disapproving head shakes...don't worry mages, even though you're finally getting that buff you've been crying about for the last two years, we're still going to be a more effiecent DPS class) the best gear to stack before hitting Kara and other end game raids (such as Serpent Shine Cavern, Zul Aman, Tempest Keep, blah blah blah) is the Oblivion set, the Dungeon three set specifically for Warlocks. Of course getting said set requires a minimum of four runs on four different instances (non-heroic mind you) and that would be if you're really, really, really, REALLY lucky and had the Robes and Shoulders both drop from Murmur in the Shadow Labs (I only had the robe drop but that's a good start).
Not only do you need to run Shadow Labs at least once (probably more like five to six times because you rarely see the drop you want on the first try) but you're also stuck running Shattered Halls numerous times, The Steamvault, and The Arcatraz, bearing in mind this is just to get you decently geared for Kara which is nice little bump into Tear 4 raiding gear.
But I digress, we need more tanks. Simple as that. Healers too. WotLK should help fixes some of this, everyone is going to want to play as a Death Knight and according to the beta testing and information Blizzard has released on the class it should be able to tank about as well as a Pally can right now. So that's good, and hopefully there will be an influx of tanks. I'm still worried we'll be short handed on healers though. There are few things worse then running and instance with a Druid or Shammy healer who ends up no being able to keep up because they aren't either specced or geared properly.
On a side note you should really check out group play, find a good guild or something. I used to be like that too but if you can find the right people group play is so much more fun and rewarding then grinding out solo quests. And don't worry about buying new weapons. Once you hit Outland you'll be re-geared so quickly you won't know what hit you.
Something else I can gripe about will be getting Tier 4 and 5 epics replaced by Green Starting Zone Quest Rewards in WotLK. Hehe.
clockworkjames:
Apparantly Deathknights are going to be capable of tanking with no shield.
I would love to go full prot again, but at 68 rite now all I do is quest grind mobs in Nagarand so it would take too fucking long. This is my reason for there being no tanks, it takes too long to get a group for one shitty instance/raid unless you don't need a pug, this being the only way to level as using a shield to solo is slow. Safe, but slow.
Arms fury spec for now is a mix of PvE and PvP but I feel a PvP respec coming at 70
justlikeaphoto:
Woot. As much as I hate to admit it, I'm sure I'll end up rolling a Death Knight along with my Warlock and my Priest, not totally sure if I'll set him up to roll as a tank or possibly one of the two DPS based classes but it should be fun.
The fact that you get to start out at 55 is fantastic, and then tack on the fact that with patch 3.0.2 leveling from 60 to 70 in the Outlands will be easier and quicker I'll be running around in Northrend in no time.
By the way, has anyone heard anything as far as an official implementation date goes for the WotLK Pre-Patch 3.0.2?
*Edit* Also on a side note if you wanted an endless stream of love as a Pally, forget rolling Prot, roll Holy. Everyone loves a Pally healer because of their blessings, I'm still crying over the impending removal of Salve.
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I am never tanking on my druid again. And if tanking with a druid is similar to other classes, then I probably won't ever have a tank. Maybe I'll finish leveling my pally some day or start a death knight, but I get too bored with tanking and I'm never going to have a warrior, because I hate rage. (Mana is so much better and so is energy.) DPS is more fun and sometimes healing is, too.
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