Comments on Life of a Nin: On Homegenising tanking classes

I think they're still tweaking a lot, warriors did...

2008-09-19T14:20:00.000Z

I think they're still tweaking a lot, warriors did get a few nerfs with the last build, they announced another nerf to Devastate, and I think bears will probably get their spot in the sun soon. One can hope. I really want all tanking classes to be strong.

As for Dragonhawk, I am just bitter. I am the poor sucker in the two prot warrior group who tanks the Dragonhawks, and thus our best on him is only 39%.

The fastest Bear runs I have seen have actually al...

2008-09-19T12:44:00.000Z

The fastest Bear runs I have seen have actually all been Bear + Fury OT rather than a Prot Paladin, so there doesn't seem to be that big a worry, the dragon hawk adds can easily be handled by a warrior or druid with a mage or suchlike to help (hey they bring cookies too :P). But yeah, Warrior AoE tanking got way better, even with thunderclap nerfed damage shield is still awesome.

Our AoE tanking isn't really that great, DKs look about on par in terms of numbers and Warriors got a huge boost, just poor Druids left sitting out :(.

I am a prot warrior tank, and I am all in favor of...

2008-09-19T12:23:00.000Z

I am a prot warrior tank, and I am all in favor of homogenisation of tanks. I prefer tanking as a warrior, but no matter what flavor of tank, we should all be able to tank encounters successfully.

I raid 10-mans casually, and it really makes me mad that in TBC, some encounters are heavily in favor of some kind or other tank or CCer. ZA e.g. favors paladin tanks, and that's just not fair to the other tanking classes, on such fights as Dragonhawk.

I am looking forward to a more even playingfield in WotLK. However, AoE tanking will continue to be the one real niche of paladins, as long as I don't know how easily available the TC glyph will be. Note also that Thunderclap was significantly nerfed in the last beta build, so it's become harder again for warriors to AoE tank.

Kadomi