Quote Originally Posted by 'Nicbennett',index.php?page=Thread&postID=171971#p ost171971
So, I realize this has been brought up before, but most of the other threads I read condemned it because swipe only hit a limited number of targets. Since that restriction has been lifted and swipe hits everyone in front of you, does anyone have any thoughts on bear tanking for the 5-boxer? I'll probably level a pally to go with my shaman team, but after that, it might be nice to have some variety while making other groups. What do you guys think? are they unavoidably worse than paladins, or that much harder to manage while boxing?
They're not harder to manage, they're just different. Kinda boring, to be honest. Shapeshifting will be annoying if you're used to playing a pallie (you have to shift sometimes, like to use certain heals). Bears are good tanks though, especially with this new change - if you were around in the beginning of BC, bears were the shit then, when they out of the blue (or so it seemed) became this new uber tank class.

I'm gonna be looking into this with duel spec, whenever they release it, so I can have my boomkin tank as a bear, or try to - gear is going to be an issue, as I've been getting Boomkin gear, and I passed on some good bear quest rewards. But it'll make my druid even more valuable to me!

Funny, I started my druid as a guild joke (don't ask,not worth telling), she sat as a level 10 for 2 years on my toon list, and now she's become my favorite character!