Comments on: Life after tanking … http://altadin.com/2009/01/31/life-after-tanking/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Undergoing a slight crisis of identity ... and taking it all the way to Icecrown. Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:22:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Elleiras http://altadin.com/2009/01/31/life-after-tanking/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Elleiras Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:36:42 +0000 http://felfire.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-513 @Karthis - I think he disagrees with you about stacking avoidance, but I'm not really getting his point. There's nothing quite like an in-depth discussion of druid tanking mechanics to put this 'lock fast to sleep. /zzz I agree that druids are still excellent tanks. My boyfriend can still tank everything in the game; he just chooses to defer to our guild's other tanks as often as not. I think it's at least partly political. When you're a guild leader, you can have your way pretty much all the time... but sometimes, it's smarter not to. :) Then again, there's a reason my new(est) nickname for him is emobear, hehe. @Megan - lol! I *so* wish I had thought of that. I even have a romantic picnic basket tucked away in my bank for the screenshot ... @Juzaba - thanks! :) @Karthis – I think he disagrees with you about stacking avoidance, but I’m not really getting his point. There’s nothing quite like an in-depth discussion of druid tanking mechanics to put this ‘lock fast to sleep. /zzz

I agree that druids are still excellent tanks. My boyfriend can still tank everything in the game; he just chooses to defer to our guild’s other tanks as often as not. I think it’s at least partly political. When you’re a guild leader, you can have your way pretty much all the time… but sometimes, it’s smarter not to. :)

Then again, there’s a reason my new(est) nickname for him is emobear, hehe.

@Megan – lol! I *so* wish I had thought of that. I even have a romantic picnic basket tucked away in my bank for the screenshot …

@Juzaba – thanks! :)

]]> By: Juzaba http://altadin.com/2009/01/31/life-after-tanking/comment-page-1/#comment-512 Juzaba Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:18:44 +0000 http://felfire.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-512 Pretty awesome ideas. I loved the thought to become a DEHTA questgiver. Pretty awesome ideas. I loved the thought to become a DEHTA questgiver.

]]> By: megan http://altadin.com/2009/01/31/life-after-tanking/comment-page-1/#comment-511 megan Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:12:50 +0000 http://felfire.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-511 Steal some picnic baskets! Nice post, love the pics. Steal some picnic baskets!

Nice post, love the pics.

]]> By: Karthis http://altadin.com/2009/01/31/life-after-tanking/comment-page-1/#comment-510 Karthis Sun, 01 Feb 2009 13:21:35 +0000 http://felfire.wordpress.com/?p=1038#comment-510 Cute post :P Thankfully, a bear tank is still a great choice for tanking everything in the game - including Sarth with three drakes up, which is something that plated tanks fail at in a huge way. Your bf must have stacked +armor through the roof on his jewelery to lose 4k of it in 3.0.8. I took the more proactive approach once the writing was on the wall, and started evaluating all gear as if it was already 3.0.8. Maybe he neglected his avoidance.... that would make him harder to heal..... just replace all that +armor crap with avoidance gear, and he should be back to tanking the world in no time. Cute post :P

Thankfully, a bear tank is still a great choice for tanking everything in the game – including Sarth with three drakes up, which is something that plated tanks fail at in a huge way.

Your bf must have stacked +armor through the roof on his jewelery to lose 4k of it in 3.0.8. I took the more proactive approach once the writing was on the wall, and started evaluating all gear as if it was already 3.0.8. Maybe he neglected his avoidance…. that would make him harder to heal….. just replace all that +armor crap with avoidance gear, and he should be back to tanking the world in no time.

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