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MegaVolt
Defense removal? What did I miss?
Druids are plate tanks. Bear form lifts our armor value to match (or even be superior) to that of "real" plate.
Bear tanking is awesome. Love it. Just that bear butt is ugly. But then again so are most armor compositions for other classes ;)
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MegaVolt
druid tanking is really easy, and i never had complaints while tanking when gearing up. get glyph of maul, make this macro:
/cast maul
/cast swipe (bear) // or the right syntax for swipe
and spam the macro for 3 hours, or however long your raid session is.
Bad tanking :( You need at least two macros:
#showtooltip
/castsequence reset=alt,4 Faerie Fire (Feral)(), Mangle (Bear)(), Lacerate, Lacerate
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Barkskin
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/cast !Maul
#showtooltip
/cast Swipe (Bear)()
/use 13
/use 14
/cast Barkskin
/script UIErrorsFrame:Clear()
/cast !Maul
Use the first one against single targets, the second one for AoE. You can even switch between the two and replace Lacerate with Swipes in case you don't need to refresh the stack.
Oh and you might want to keep versions without the trinkets/barkskin on your second skill bar because for some fights you want to time the cooldowns and not use them whenever possible.
It's about as complicated as Paladin tanking. They too use 2 macros which ultimately leads to pressing 1-2-1-2-1-2 all the time. For us it's 1-1-1-1 or 2-2-2-2 all the time ;)
I think DKs and Warriors have to put in a little more effort.
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Wutchu
MP5: This will be removed from items and replaced with Spirit. All healers will be given a meditation-like ability.
Spell Power: Spell Power is being removed from items as well. Don't panic, we'll be improving Intellect so that it provides mana and Spell Power.
Attack Power: We're removing Attack Power from items as well. Instead, we're allowing Agility to provide the necessary Attack Power for leather and mail wearers. Strength will provide the appropriate amount of Attack Power for plate wearers. This means leather and mail items will no longer be desirable for plate wearers.
Defense: The Defense statistic is also being removed from items so that players no longer have to worry about juggling around "the cap." Tanks will receive the necessary anti-crit from talents, like Survival of the Fittest.
Armor Penetration: This ability is too confusing and "mathy." It is being replaced with Mastery, a stat that makes you better at what you do. More on that later!
Haste: Will also increase the rate at which you gain energy, runes, and focus. Retribution paladins and Enhancement shaman will have a talent that allows them to take advantage of this benefit.
Block: Block Value is being removed. Blocking will now always mitigate a percentage of damage.
Stamina: Players will notice more Stamina on gear as Defense, Spell Power, Attack Power and Armor Penetration are removed.
I wonder how this will play out? Are they going to increase the amount of ap that agility/strength grants , because I have anywhere from 100-200 Ap on almost all of my gear , take that away and thats a big drop in AP. Same goes for all the stats they are removing or taking out. And adding stam while taking away defense seems counter productive to the stam nerfs that they have done in the past. I guess i will be following this closely to see if the changes make it to live.
OP- Druid tanking is fine , I dont have any issues dpsing with druids or plate wearing tanks as long as they know what they are doing. If they havent got a clue on hwo to tank or are undergeared then we start to have issues no matter what class is tanking. I have a druid tank and have had no issues with the content I am doing. Sometimes i perfoirm better than the other tanks sometimes not as well.
Remember none of these changes have been implemented yet, so as of right now tanking is the same as it has been and will be untill they change things.
*Edited to fix incorect quote*
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Wutchu
Sorry about that Gorefiend, post is edited to reflect my mistake.
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