My original char was a paladin who wanted to tank. But I found the class severly lacking. Not to mention that pre TBC you could only tank undead instances. After the 2.0 we had a good space for pally tanking since Scholo and Strat undead sport mostly undeads. But after TBC i made myself a Dranei warrior, Whyrm on Ravenholdt, and I havent regretted it once.
Tanking was always my prime goal. And even if I leveled as fury I respecced at once when I hit 68-ish.
I felt the dps drop severly - but not nearly as much as I would have expected. The +10% dmg talent on 1h-ers make up for some loss from other abilities.
I still go through ordinary 70 mobs like a knife through butter, not a red hot one though - more lilke a luke warm one.
BUT the great up-side with tanking is not about damage. It is about standing there in-front of a huge boss blocking, parrying and dodging. We dont kick ‘em in the teeth - we hold them in their nose hair. Its painfull but not really hurting.
One other upside is the availability to find a group. Always some one calling out for a tank to an interesting dungeon in LFG.But here you have to be careful.
Some things to look out for:
- Guys in full arena gear - they havent had a need for aggro managment for a loooong time.
- Guys without a guild - why would you wanna play with someone who dont like to cooperate?
- Hunters/warlock without a pet - If you are a “pet” class, why not use it?
- “I only want rep” - these guys usually wants it to go so fast that any hickup will make em jump ship in the middle.
- Generally anybody who jumps all the time - only 13 year olds are that impatient
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