What to Tank with

[Piros]

Well as i said earlier its just a person preference as to which tank you take. Im ganna stay paladin. When Wrath comes out Im ganna level up a DK just to see how they compare and such but I like the "knight" aspect and always have even in games like everquest.

[Naysayer]

Well as i said earlier its just a person preference as to which tank you take. Im ganna stay paladin. When Wrath comes out Im ganna level up a DK just to see how they compare and such but I like the "knight" aspect and always have even in games like everquest.

You said earlier that a warrior doesn't compare to a pally. I'm saying that pally won't be the only ezmode tank come wotlk and warriors will aoe tank just as well with shockwave, damaging shield, ect. The OP already has a 70 warrior, so it's my suggestion that he doesn't drop his 5th shaman for a pally tank. Level the 5 shaman, watch and see what they do with warrior tanks, so far they are looking amazing and getting lots of aoe buffs.

Paladin's excellent aoe tanking and multiboxing ezmode tanking will still be there, so you can't go wrong with a pally if you do decide to drop a shaman. So no harm no foul either way.

Things are going to change very soon, so all the old comparisons are out the window come patch day.

[Piros]

I said in my 1st post that all and all its a personal preference and my personal preference is paladins and i said why. Paladins are getting some more single target threat utilities and warriors are getting some AE utilities and druids still get fleas

[shaeman]

When I was weighing up having a tank as a multiboxer I chose the paladin.

1). Warrior tanking seemed to require a fair bit of micromanagement. That's time I have to split with trying to interweave my shaman's dps.

2.) It takes a while to load up the aggro on a warrior. The paladin has enough front loaded threat generation to allow dps to start earlier.

3.) Buffs. Not only can you load up your threat with a pally, but you can actively reduce the threat of everyone else. Alternatively you can buff mana regen, improve armour etc.

4.) Probably one of the most important reason for me - Great, great, great class to boost with (this is with or without RAF). GIving me the ability to quick level other classes.

5.) My son has a 67 warrior that could be an alternative tank if i really wished.

That was the reasoning as things stand now. I will not factor in WoTLK changes until it happens.

Who knows - it could certainly turn out that 4/5 shaman teams might not be so capable in dungeons after the WotLK changes - but at least I've got fairly highish levels of most classes should that happen.

[Lorune]

Dont forget the power of glyphs

There is one that applies 2 sunders to a single target, and addional one that makes u hit 2 targets with devastate (or the other way aroud 1 deva gives 2 sunder, nad that hits 2 targets)

Anyways besides that TC has been majorly buffed. It really seems warrior is going to be very viable as multibox tank

[Naysayer]

Dont forget the power of glyphs

There is one that applies 2 sunders to a single target, and addional one that makes u hit 2 targets with devastate (or the other way aroud 1 deva gives 2 sunder, nad that hits 2 targets)

Anyways besides that TC has been majorly buffed. It really seems warrior is going to be very viable as multibox tank

Yah, Thunderclap is hitting for 1k at level 71 in that video. Expect a nerf or expect some serious TC aoe damage come WotLK.

edit: Looks like the video is fubar'ed now. Hopefully he reloads it.

[Piros]

I've done it with 230 unbuffed.

you can do it with less but with 300+ spell dmg ... you can watch TV and spam 3 buttons and never have to worry about it

[Piros]

Unless your multiboxing it.

Id be to scared to atm lol where i could 6 box EQ Im having to relearn not to alt tab and click a skill lol

[moji]

....and somebody said Warriors are better for heroics? lolwut?

single box with a warrior that knows how to play... I rip through heroics very fast, next to no cc, no drinking, chain pulls the entire time. I get mages telling me they need an mp5 gear set to keep up. It's also much more fun than afk pally tanking.

[Drizzit]

It's also much more fun than afk pally tanking.

Hey pallies don't afk, they hit 3 buttons :P