A Tank comparison for a melee retribution team

[Shodokan]

No DK tank?

Tons of tanking cooldowns
Increased attack speed
ability to heal himself pretty well
best for when you go out pvping...

druids are sexy though.

The best thing about druids IMO is that you can add taunt to your paladin's rotations... 4 taunts = a global worth of 15kish damage or so... so it's not bad for filling gaps when waiting for cooldowns to come up. You can either taunt back the mob or AOE taunt back to you. Paladin tanks are decent for this too.

[Multibocks]

No DK tank?

Tons of tanking cooldowns
Increased attack speed
ability to heal himself pretty well
best for when you go out pvping...

/agree
The attack speed would be way more beneficial to rets than sunder, especially when shit dies so fast.

[DLoweinc]

/agree
The attack speed would be way more beneficial to rets than sunder, especially when shit dies so fast.

I thought I'd read on here that the hybrid blood/frost tanking spec didn't do that great at high end?

One thing that I do like about the druid is that it gives some usefulness to leather drops instead of everyone needing plate.

Does 5% crit not matter at the high end? it seems like it would make a difference. the 4% heal every 6-7 seconds is pretty noticable. Although when doing the math on that with a 20k health pool that only comes out to a heal for 800, seems almost insignificant

[Shodokan]

I thought I'd read on here that the hybrid blood/frost tanking spec didn't do that great at high end?

One thing that I do like about the druid is that it gives some usefulness to leather drops instead of everyone needing plate.

Does 5% crit not matter at the high end? it seems like it would make a difference. the 4% heal every 6-7 seconds is pretty noticable. Although when doing the math on that with a 20k health pool that only comes out to a heal for 800, seems almost insignificant

Attack speed buff > 5% crit.

High end in instances your diving storm heals your tank to full anyway. That with a basic macro set you do great AOE threat and single target you are fine too.

[DLoweinc]

I'm not denying that and in fact I'm looking forward to it, but wouldn't an additional 5% crit help as well?

For the short term I plan on getting all of them to 80 anyways and then I'll have my choice of tank (DK, Paladin, Warrior or Druid).

My guys just dinged lvl 70 last night so I still have a two or three weeks of leveling to hit 80 and see what this is like. I think I'll just have to post an update at that time once I can make a more informed opinion.

Thanks for the reply Shodokan. What you mentioned is the type of thing that I wouldn't find out on my own until later on. I appreciate it.

[DLoweinc]

Quick question Shodokan.. What kind of DPS is your DK tank putting out at badge gear level or around there?