Comments on: PUG Tank Brutality Part 2

By: Kellenn

Kellenn — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:43:57 +0000

hey guys….just had to chime in on thread as I have been playing as a tank since I started playing WoW a few years ago. Simple question I have for anyone in 5 mans wanting to bash on or make life difficult for a tank noob or not:

How long did u sit in the que waiting for a group? Do you really want to assume the tank is bad because of your quick scan of his gear or 5 minutes of playing with them and sit in that que again waiting for a “better” tank?

If you answered YES….drop group…there are thousands of DPS online drooling for your spot.

If you said NO….assume the guy/gal is trying and think about how you can help another player out rather than jump his butt about his gear/gameplay. We all start somewhere don’t we? Do you have any abilities to make his life easier? Use them. Are you an uber geared ICC25 raider just trying to get his 2 free Frost Emblems? If so…shut up and understand you are in the wrong place to begin with. Nothing makes me angrier than some raider with a 5.5-6k GS and shiny ICC25 gear griping about the tank in quest blues and rep gear. That is what I wore when I levelled my main when WOTLK dropped and it is sufficient to complete the instance. NOT EVERY 5 MAN IS A SPEED RUN TO GET 2 MORE FROSTIES FOR RAIDERS. Ths sooner people understand that some players are actually there to level their toons and get gear to progress to the next level the happier they will be. If your main goal is a lightning quick run skipping straight to the end for emblems run it with guildies.

I got bored with my main pally tank so I started playing around with a DK (hate level grinding so y not start at lvl 55?). I had run every ICC 5 man ad nauseum on my main but still caught grief because my DK wasn’t uber geared. I usually started any PUG that I was tanking (before I said the heck with it) with the statement “New to DK tanking not new to tanking or the instance” and that seemed to help some. It helped some but it was still such a pain that I made the decision that I would just roll OS on tank drops in ICC/RS/VOA and be patient with the fact that I would have to settle for table scraps to fill out my off set rather than deal with the aggravation again.

By: Boumxyz

Boumxyz — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 14:12:23 +0000

if you’re just starting or still leveling this is a quick way to get defense capped

http://www.worldofraids.com/guides/1-instance/161-tanking-heroics-quick-and-easy-gearing.html

this is a BiS list without Raiding.

http://www.tankadin.com/forum/index.php?topic=1001.0

By: Khor

Khor — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:10:11 +0000

Yeah, in my mind I know I may or may not have a struggling tank, but if I die…I die because I usually over-DPSed the tanks threat abilities. Such is the curse of 5-mannig with a Ret Paladin.

We are potentially the strongest DPS class in 5-mans. Fury Warriors and Boomkin are the only ones I have seen come close to touching my DPS. (Yeah, I said Boomkin!)

By: Frozoma

Frozoma — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:24:20 +0000

lol Khor i know that a fresh tank is hard to deal with myself and i do get mad but when i get killed i try to avoid blaming the tank and i make fun of myself for it. this works for me and makes the tank feel better since i am always running with my friend and he makes fun of me too =P

By: George

George — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 08:48:48 +0000

Ok thank you!

By: Khor

Khor — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 15:02:35 +0000

@ George – Yeah, gettign defense capped is #1 priority. You won’t get there right away, but in time, with emlbems, it should be an easy transition. Boum ^^^ has the info for ya

By: George

George — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 20:07:31 +0000

@Bourmxyz thank you.do you know what is the BiS BoE tank gear?

By: Boumxyz

Boumxyz — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 13:03:20 +0000

You should get to 535 Defense ( and not Defense rating… 665 defense rating = 135 defense but you have 400 defense skill).

Then for threat, Expertise, strength and hit rating.

By: George

George — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:34:54 +0000

I am a retribution paladin but i want to put my offspec protection.Because i have just hit lvl 80 i want to know what tanking gear should i get.

By: Boumxyz

Boumxyz — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:43:19 +0000

here’s a suggestion on talents

http://www.wowhead.com/talent#sMZV0xA0ugGsIufdtsMz:pNG