Quote Originally Posted by 'Bigfish',index.php?page=Thread&postID=183854#post 183854
Well, I need to check on the Mana Regen, but I'm not turning the shaman and Druid in to off-healers. They are still healers, just providing a different buff.

Come to think of it though, it does sound pretty silly for some of those classes. I'm still interested in trying out Ret as a tank, but thinking about the trade offs, I AM losing a lot of healing power for spell buffs, but in hybridizing them, I only have 2 straight caster who would really benefit 100% from all this synergy I'm trying to stack.
You're also missing out on the (imho) pretty great armor buff by switching your shaman to ele. And I'm not really getting why you want the druid to be balace. Imp. ff does not stack with misery you'd otherwise get from the shadow. The only thing I can think of would be insect swarm, but by switching your pala to ret you'll be getting such a load more damage that this won't matter much I guess.

Also, if you do the switch then you'll miss out on tol aura / imp devo aura (unless you spec as ret for it).

However, I'd love you to try it and prove me wrong, might be fun to tank as ret after all

kind regards