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‘This is perhaps an unintended consequence of the current Vengeance mechanic, but as gear levels increase I'm finding it increasingly difficult to hold aggro in these. With decent gear the mobs barely scratch tanks now so we barely generate …’
2 days, 8 hours ago
60 Views / 8 Replies
Last Post by Voncuddles (44 minutes ago)
Heroic Dungeons & Holding Aggro?
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‘Hello As you can see from my gear in the armory I havent played since 5.1 so was wondering which valor purchases i should save up for as a blood tank? Was going to get Striker's Battletags but holding back incase theres a better purchase. e…’
9 hours, 53 minutes ago
22 Views / 4 Replies
Last Post by Azryel (1 hour, 49 minutes ago)
Blood DK valor purchase options (5.2)
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‘Seems I'm not the only one having an issue with Vengeance these days, but it doesn't look like the developers see it the same way (looking at GCs recent tweets). I don't think that should scare us off discussing the topic more and hopefully…’
09/04/2013
376 Views / 43 Replies
Last Post by Quotey (1 hour, 58 minutes ago)
More thoughts on Vengeance
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‘Hiya Am i ready like this to tank MSV part 1 and 2 LFR. I have been putting off as i am not sure if i am ready. Some items are just NOT dropping in HC's and i am spamming them to TRY get more items.’
4 days, 13 hours ago
48 Views / 11 Replies
Last Post by Azryel (2 hours, 7 minutes ago)
Am i ready for LFR
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‘Still a low level, but here goes anwyays. So I was tanking halls of stone. Nothing bad, piece of cake. However I noticed both a warlock and a hunter got their pet taunts still on. Didn't say anything untill the end of the dung. Then I just …’
18 hours, 33 minutes ago
47 Views / 12 Replies
Last Post by Hèjira (7 hours, 53 minutes ago)
Tanking and pet taunts
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‘Why cant i just leap out of it anymore? Why the **** did u guys fix this and not the whole solo-tank ****** of a paladin. I already feel completely useless as a warrior, with a minor dps compared to other tank classes and horrible ''active'…’
10 hours, 33 minutes ago
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Animus ring fix?
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‘Introduction Some might think you don’t need tactics for Looking for Raid - and in many cases, you really don’t. However, I’ve seen a few posts from tanks, who may be new tanks, or tanks that hasn’t yet stepped into a proper raid yet, askin…’
28/02/2013
891 Views / 41 Replies
Last Post by Elithwyn (10 hours, 57 minutes ago)
How to: Looking For Raid - A Tanking Guide
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‘Normally I'm exclusively a tank. I THOUGHT I knew the rules: Gather mobs, keeping aggro on everything (if a DPS pulls a straggler, taunt it to the pack) and use Am to stay alive. With vengence, now aggro is free, and it's almost impossible …’
3 days, 1 hour ago
130 Views / 20 Replies
Last Post by Gyrain (13 hours, 35 minutes ago)
Attitudes in tanking.
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‘@Ghostcrawler: Going to try Vengeance cap at 30% health (down from 100%) in 10s and 50% of health in 25s. This is a big change, so might be 5.4, not 5.3. I just don't get the idea as why should it be different in 10m and 25man. 25man tanks …’
16/05/2013
220 Views / 27 Replies
Last Post by Azryel (1 day, 1 hour ago)
GC: Possible Vengeance cap from 5.4
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‘Can a paladin tank "normal" 5-man in DPS gear? Will use 1H and shield, but rest is regular DPS quest gear.’
1 day, 13 hours ago
53 Views / 10 Replies
Last Post by Jezzebelle (1 day, 1 hour ago)
Tanking 5-man in MoP
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‘Ugh yeah sorry another one of these x.x . I'm currently sitting at 76 both pally and warrior, and I like em both alot. Please keep in mind this is PVE ONLY Pally for his awesome heals, which at some times even makes having a healer unnesces…’
1 day, 12 hours ago
37 Views / 3 Replies
Last Post by Suunya (1 day, 2 hours ago)
Still not quite decided which class to pick
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‘Blizzard, it could offcourse be me, but when i'm joining the dungeon finder as a freshly 90 dinged paladin tank, it's amazingly hard, if not nearly impossible to keep agro on trash, and sometimes even on bosses with the end-tier DPSers inga…’
18/05/2013
71 Views / 6 Replies
Last Post by Jaydeej (1 day, 9 hours ago)
Tanking threat
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‘Having some trouble with my druid tank, she loses aggro easy and hp fast, I have checked Noxxic for some guiding with stat prio and tank rotations, she is aslo hit/expertise capped but it dosent seem to help. What am I doing wrong? <:(’
17/05/2013
62 Views / 10 Replies
Last Post by Hakua (1 day, 13 hours ago)
Help with druid tanking.
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‘This is going to be a relatively short post in comparison with others I've written in recent times, but that's because it's a simple concept really. Our active mitigation toolkit is bland, and we get no benefit from secondary DPS statistics…’
18/05/2013
168 Views / 16 Replies
Last Post by Fënris (1 day, 14 hours ago)
The next expansion, and Protection warriors.
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‘I just wonder why Blizzard dint make any Shield between MSV to ToT on 8th boss?Is't that a huge step before we can get a bether one?Everything else exist exept this and this is like a weapon for us tanks.’
5 days, 12 hours ago
110 Views / 19 Replies
Last Post by Shahei (2 days, 8 hours ago)
Why no shield's ?
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‘So, i see some 10-man HC prot paladins that use the crit meta gem instead of the stamina one. I guess its because they need the extra damage more than the stamina. How is it with gear? Lets say there is one item with haste/crit and one with…’
5 days, 3 hours ago
55 Views / 4 Replies
Last Post by Bram (2 days, 14 hours ago)
Prot paladin: Haste/crit vs avoidance for damage?
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‘Hi boys and girls So im in this position where I want to create a tank alt and I just cant decide on what tank class to choice between. I dont really care which tank-class is the best, they all seem pretty balanced in their different ways i…’
24/02/2013
1,036 Views / 54 Replies
Last Post by Nerö (2 days, 15 hours ago)
Funniest tank class
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‘Hello, I'm having a problem when tanking. Often when I pull a group of melee mobs they come and stack way too close inside my hitbox. This is very annoying seeing as I play a goblin and have a very small toon. This creates a situation where…’
03/04/2013
187 Views / 20 Replies
Last Post by Kaikuri (2 days, 17 hours ago)
Problem with mobs stacking too close inside my hitbox.
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‘Hey all, I want to move my paladin to a better pve server so I can raid more but I don't know which are the best server to change too’
15/05/2013
32 Views / 1 Replies
Last Post by Hildrande (3 days, 5 hours ago)
What is the best pve server horde or alliance
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‘And why? :)’
4 days, 13 hours ago
61 Views / 6 Replies
Last Post by Ragorn (3 days, 6 hours ago)
Which class do you enjoy tanking with the most?
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‘I just had a look at the legendary capes and see there is an agility tanking cape. (Item not found) Oxhoof Great Cloak, 918 dodge, crit, mastery with a red socket and 60 stam bonus. or the dps agility cloak: (Item not found) Tigerfang Wrap,…’
3 days, 14 hours ago
50 Views / 4 Replies
Last Post by Ragorn (3 days, 6 hours ago)
Brewmaster Legendary cape choice?
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‘got to love the rage you receive when you do it as a tank, just done it on this char doing Ahn'kahet: The Old Kingdom just now and a hunter was constantly pulling every single pack ( i wasn't to fussed) until it was near the end and we were…’
26/04/2013
228 Views / 18 Replies
Last Post by Arktulfy (3 days, 6 hours ago)
Letting ninja pullers die...
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‘As title says, im guessing blood DK is the best but is there any other tanks that can solo stuff with out too much problem? i know all tanks have there pro's and con's. Im looking to solo things up to Wotlk and maybe cata HC dungeouns. Than…’
4 days, 12 hours ago
53 Views / 5 Replies
Last Post by Ergarr (4 days, 4 hours ago)
What tank is good for soloing
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‘I don't have alot of endgame experince, frequently find myself confused and have a low precision level on pressing the right button at the right time - hence I have leaned towards stamina and passive mitigation on my gear. With heavy focus …’
4 days, 12 hours ago
42 Views / 6 Replies
Last Post by Hildrande (4 days, 7 hours ago)
Is dodge worth it? Guardian druid.
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‘I wanted to post this for a while now. Prot paladin threat generation is low compared to other tanks. Im basing this on the fact that I tank on both a paladin(main) and warrior(alt) and I hold much better aggro on my warrior than paladin. S…’
27/11/2012
686 Views / 56 Replies
Last Post by Lazel (4 days, 8 hours ago)
Prot Paladin Aggro is Low
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‘If a song could play as you joined a group for everyone hear what would it be? Your personal tank anthem! Mine would be, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN6QqaBjaK8 :)’
4 days, 17 hours ago
29 Views / 7 Replies
Last Post by Skadush (4 days, 9 hours ago)
What is your theme music?
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‘Lets keep it funny. On my 65 tank. DPS pulls ninja 1, 2, 3 times, I dont moan, peel and its all ok Let me give you the convo after te 3rd dps ninja I: fun. ** stf stink tank ** obv a fat nerv I: burst into dance I: You tank it then? *** !@#…’
19/05/2013
126 Views / 13 Replies
Last Post by Vji (4 days, 11 hours ago)
Laugh with those who blame tanks
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‘In the process of un-noobing myself I have come to the point were I have started to look behind the advice given by guides and addons regarding stat priorities. About hit and expertise: Depending on the level of the bosses you kill, there i…’
6 days, 12 hours ago
78 Views / 12 Replies
Last Post by Baautousau (5 days ago)
Nub questions on hit, expertise and tanking.
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‘So when will this be fixed?, clearly tank dmg is way way too good topping dps on every boss if played right. Just have a look at world of logs (i have my own raid experience aswell ofcourse, with our tank topping in every single boss basicl…’
15/05/2013
172 Views / 25 Replies
Last Post by Oxantina (5 days, 6 hours ago)
Tank pve damage out of controll.
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‘So I've got both my warr and pally to 67, and even though I like the mobility of my warr,but my pally just has a billion times more survivablity. Sacred shield costing nothing and instant cast, the ability to self heal making a healer unnes…’
17/05/2013
31 Views / 3 Replies
Last Post by Guldbullen (5 days, 9 hours ago)
Some questions
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‘carrying on tanking as a warrior or is it time to reroll to paladin? Whats your opinions guys?’
16/05/2013
92 Views / 8 Replies
Last Post by Nerö (5 days, 17 hours ago)
Tanking as a gnome warrior
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‘I would like to know how to configure DBM (deadly boss mods) for tanking LFR and MoP normal raids. Including ToT. Some boxes are not ticked as default in DBM config, to announce certain debuffs and especially to announce other tanks debuff …’
16/05/2013
59 Views / 9 Replies
Last Post by Drbosnovich (5 days, 18 hours ago)
How to correctly configure DBM for MoP Raids (Tank) ??
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‘im thinking of starting a protection paladin but if im gonna tank they need good AoE spells and im not gonna b bothered 2 switch target so by not answering ur putting a group of ppl in danger 0.0 just kiddin but rly any AoE's i understand F…’
6 days, 9 hours ago
30 Views / 3 Replies
Last Post by Ellawalon (6 days, 8 hours ago)
any paladins wanna help me out here
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‘Hi, I have been looking for the formula the calculate health of a tank. Specifically of a (troll) protection warrior and a (tauren) protection paladin. This I became aware my health was lagging between a comparably geared (tauren) paladin. …’
17/05/2013
63 Views / 5 Replies
Last Post by Nyrkkikutoja (6 days, 11 hours ago)
Calculating tank health (warrior/paladin)
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‘So I've been tanking heroic ToT with a paladin and warrior. Can any other heroic 25man guardian tank tell me if guardians just fade away compared to warriors and especially paladins or is it just me? Been browsing forums and I see 1 out of …’
18/05/2013
58 Views / 1 Replies
Last Post by Ceithern (18/05/2013)
Guardian Tanks 25H
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‘I understand some of the typical responses to this, just as I understand how it's likely to end up; but quite honestly, I've been putting up with this since The Burning Crusade and I'm getting sick of it. Protection warriors are, yet again,…’
06/04/2013
588 Views / 50 Replies
Last Post by Narsila (18/05/2013)
Protection warrior DPS: Unacceptably low.
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‘First of all, I post you the original german Thread: http://eu.battle.net/wow/de/forum/topic/7391389642 Short summary for you: If Blizzard carrys on this way, with 5.4 or T16 Monks & Pala-Tanks will be massivly overpowerd in Raid-DPS and Ra…’
05/05/2013
267 Views / 35 Replies
Last Post by Fënris (17/05/2013)
Tank balancing - 10-man recruitment issue
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‘So yeah, looking towards the forums to judge if I did well tanking my first pandaren dungeon with my blood DK. He's 88 ( 89 now ), and I got bits and pieces all around giving hit/expertise, mastery, strenght ( ofcourse ) and parry and dodge…’
17/05/2013
32 Views / 1 Replies
Last Post by Shahei (17/05/2013)
Looking to see if I did well or not [DK]
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‘i want to know what your thoughts are on this, i love tanking and dont want to go dps or healer. downside is i work in shifts so i can raid for about 65%, but i am wondering what my changes are to get in a good guild with that attendence ra…’
12/05/2013
106 Views / 9 Replies
Last Post by Xveggie (17/05/2013)
working in shifts as a tank
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‘Let me start off saying that the new tanking mechanics blizzard put into the game are awesome, I really enjoy active tanking and the fact it gives a tank more control over his survivabilty instead of relying on (reforged) stats on their gea…’
18/04/2013
442 Views / 30 Replies
Last Post by Xveggie (16/05/2013)
The new tank problem of MoP
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‘In getting a tank to 90, what are the best and worst periods? I'll throw in my two cents here: Best: 87-89. Just before heroics you seem to fly through instances, smashing them to pieces. Heroics that come after are fun for the challenge (e…’
11/05/2013
106 Views / 15 Replies
Last Post by Irethël (16/05/2013)
The best and worst periods of the tanking journey?
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‘Hello tanks, Anyone know a way I can as healer track my monk tanks deaths. For instance I heal my teams DK tank and its easy but when i'm assigned to our monk tank he dies so often to spikey damage. I read a bit that shuffle needs to be up …’
15/05/2013
91 Views / 14 Replies
Last Post by Zazuz (16/05/2013)
Tracking Monk tank deaths
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‘I am not a tank but as a healer i really needed to write this. Well i think the title tells what am i going to say. Some tanks are in a real hurry. They don't wait for other party members, go in there alone and die. Tanking is not just hold…’
02/04/2013
344 Views / 27 Replies
Last Post by Caretree (15/05/2013)
Impatient tanks...
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‘Just get rid of it, please Blizz. There really is no argument for it. Honestly, if you're a nice, mature gamer it !@#$s you at every turn: With it people hate you, others having it is turning the new generation of tanks into dicks. It also …’
10/05/2013
173 Views / 21 Replies
Last Post by Agit (15/05/2013)
Vengeance...
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29/04/2013
177 Views / 16 Replies
Last Post by Bram (15/05/2013)
Haste cap on prot pally?
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‘Considering: That 2 tanking specs (Guardian and Brewmasters) already use non-tanking specific gear, and one of the other 3 uses a non-specific tanking weapon (Blood), That, for the 3 tanking specs which still use specific tanking gear, it's…’
07/05/2013
130 Views / 10 Replies
Last Post by Taril (15/05/2013)
Abolishing Tanking Gear
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‘Hello, i play level 62 Undead prot warrior (cannot post with him, 'cos i cant find him in armory :D) Anyways, i like to tank (oh well, i love it!). Levels 15-60 went very smoothly by tanking dungeons and i had alot of fun. People were nice …’
12/05/2013
131 Views / 15 Replies
Last Post by Midrax (14/05/2013)
Blaming the tank?
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‘iv been tanking for a bit of time now and every1 keeps saying 2 use death and decay but i realised that blood boil has been generating a ton more of threat and i keep aggro really easy so i dont get why death and decay is such a big deal’
17/04/2013
191 Views / 12 Replies
Last Post by Azryel (14/05/2013)
DK spell blood boil is effective in tanking
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