I ask as I am doing the same thing: http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dreadmaul&n=Ablimoth (1029 health at 17 :)

http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Dragonblight&cn=Sakharov

Need another trinket, just earned the badges for it on my main so going to mail that across tonight. And when I don’t feel like tanking a dungeon run, things melt pretty quickly in cat form!

Again though in instances with strangers who pull aggro, I still do my best to regain the aggro without complaint, just because I really do think the more challenging the situation is, the faster I will improve, so I don’t necessarily mind them doing it providing I can manage to regain the aggro & heals is managing OK with it. However it’s one thing for that to happen at low levels & quite another for it to happen at level cap when repair bills are so much more expensive – if it starts happening at level 80 I will definitely take your advice :D

But I digress, the reason I am yet again spamming up your comments section B3, is to share this link from tankspot with fellow bears who may not yet be aware of it: http://tankspot.com/forums/f120/58323-snowfallkeypress.html it contains information about, & a link to an addon called snowfallkeypress which makes abilities activate on key press rather than key release. Apparently this will improve your reaction speed on instant cast abilities by something in the order of 100ms.

Anyways looking forward to reading more posts about your Baby bear BBB & also everyone else’s experiences, tips & feedback via the comments section.
Thanks for the information & entertaining reads you provide in your blog BBB, I very much enjoy reading your stuffs :D
Have a good one everyone & enjoy playing your little bears :D

-Lionardo

Apart from that bit of (very fun) silliness I found an addon that makes my life as a novice bear tank very much easier – Tidy Plates. This addon is a similar concept to Cael’s name plates & Aloft, both of which I also tried. For me personally tidy plates is the perfect combination of functionality & “works straight out of the box, no configuration required”. For tanking there is a separate modular addon that works alongside Tidy Plates called Threat Plates. I love this mod – just makes managing aggro on big bunches of mobs so much easier. :D

One of my guildies is levelling a Ret Pally, he is level 45ish, so a little higher than my (now) level 43 Bear. He delights in stealing all my aggro & I find it insanely difficult to get them back – no matter how I Growl, Roar, Charge, Maul & FFF, his TPS just outdoes mine. I don’t mind so much because I’m pretty sure struggling with him to regain threat will make me a better bear, but any pointers on gaining my threat back from an aggro happy utterly OP Ret Pally would be very much appreciated.

I’m also levelling a Prot Pally tank through the new LFG system – and I have to say – much as the Prot Pally is incredibly OP by comparison Bear, the Bear is just so much more fun – it looks way cooler & has much more varied & interesting range of abilities to play with, even at this low level. The limitations on the bear (Need more rage anyone?) are a challenge that makes it much more fun to play.

Clique is absolutely NOT a must have for druids, so don’t take that as a direction that all druids do that you didn’t know about. At all.

Healing Touch only becomes an instant cast when you have specced deeply enough into Nature’s Swiftness to be able to first trigger Nature’s Swiftness, and then cast Healing Touch on yourself for an instant cast heal.

However, one thing you CAN do is use your Bash to stun a mob in front of you just long enough to swift shift into Healing Touch or, even better, Rejuve + Regrowth, and then back to Bear.

Two things will help you tremendously.

1. Go to http://cladhaire.wowinterface.com and get Clique. It’s very easy to set up and allows for one-click Healing Touch. You could macro but this is a great little add-on.

2. Both you and the GF go to curse.com and download Mik’s Scrolling Battle Text. It’s very easy to set up and is a must for a rogue and an almost-must for a druid IMO. Go to triggers and select Predator’s Swiftness and make the font super big. Since it’s instant cast, I find that while tanking I can cast it on myself and pop back into bear form without really taking damage so it’s a life-saver. Obviously the days of my doing this are coming to an end as the mobs hit harder and harder but it’s great for questing.

Also, if you are playing with a rogue, you are absolutely going to love it when you get Rend and Tear 5/5.

Excuse my newbiness: The one thing I’m wondering is how you manage the instant Healing Touch? Can Predatory Strikes be triggered by a Bear ability?

I’m working on a very similar build! Currently at lvl 28 and leveling with my fiance (rogue) and I can’t wait until I get to Improved Leader of the Pack. I’m lacking hugely on the healing front while soloing at the moment. We pull 4-5 mobs at once (2-3 lvls higher than us) and I drop like a rock!