I’ve noticed a lot more druids lately, particularly myself, dusting off tanking gear as the plethora of Death Knight tanks has drastically fallen. I had a discussion with a friend of mine who typically tanks.. and is now avoiding it. I try to keep things focused here on the DPS aspect, however the line blurs for me at this point. In some cases, if things get rough I can and will switch into bear form. This is especially true if I get a ‘tank’ that doesn’t generate enough threat. Warriors are still out there, particularly evident in raids but not so much in 5 mans. I’m finding my experience lately has been for tanking that the order of desirability goes Paladin > Bear > DeathKnight > Warrior for AoE or Paladin > Warrior > Bear > DeathKnight for survivability. And I am not just talking about random tanks with varying gear. I run regularly with capable and well geared tanks of every class, they are similarly or more geared than I am. More only because tanking is my offset still. That sort of seems funny to say, since I’ve thus far spent more Conquest emblems on my ‘offset’. Oh well!

And speaking of tanking.. the changes. Well, nerfing dodge really sucks. Conqueror’s gear is bloody amazing though, and being able to outright buy the Corruptor Idol is well, priceless. Overall what I’m most happy with is the new Enrage. And I am thrilled to pieces that I can bounce through Heroics and multi-pull with ease. This alone has me finally enjoying Bear form. So let me leave you all with this screenshot in a Halls of Stone run I did today. Now I do realize these guys aren’t really hard hitters.. but if you look closely, we got a tally of 20 mobs in there, from I’m not even sure how many packs – and everyone still standing. Amazingly fun, and enjoyable.

~ by lily on August 16, 2009.

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