Comments on: The End of a Druid Tank

By: Group Quest #88 – World of Foodcraft | Group Quest

Group Quest #88 – World of Foodcraft | Group Quest — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 22:17:26 +0000

[...] The Big Bear Butt: The End of a Druid Tank [...]

By: Gilgalen

Gilgalen — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:29:44 +0000

I think that’s pretty much it. AoE tanking does not fit together well. I think bears are the only tank class that doesn’t have an AoE ability to fuel their active mitigation. That and overall I don’t think the rage bucket model works well. My brewmaster has a ton of things to keep track of, but it all flows together intuitively. Not sure what I’m going to do about it though.

By: Azillero

Azillero — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 02:23:15 +0000

Blizz screwed up my pally alt with Cata, now I feel they’ve screwed up my bear main with MoP. I rolled the druid from day one (in TBC while raiding on my then main hunter) with the sole intention of being a bear. Now I feel like that is gone. Hell, I don’t even like that it’s “guardian” now. I guess I’ll just play cat since I still love Druid the most.

By: K

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 19:55:26 +0000

I personally found a big disconnect between single target and multi-mob tanking. I still find single target intuitive with the addition of active mitigation, but can’t find a rhythm for packs. I personally think it’s the lack of a rage-generating AoE ability, but analysis isn’t my forte.

All the best Bear, enjoy your hunter.

By: The Godmother

The Godmother — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 13:53:04 +0000

Welcome to the Dark Side :D

By: Needing, Getting, Wanting, Having « Tish Tosh Tesh

Needing, Getting, Wanting, Having « Tish Tosh Tesh — Wed, 17 Oct 2012 12:19:11 +0000

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By: Siobhann

Siobhann — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:56:04 +0000

I get it. I regretfully switched my main from druid healer to shaman healer in Cataclysm. Druid healing just didn’t feel right any more when they had a hard requirement for heavy direct healing in 5-mans. And besides, I missed my tree form. I couldn’t believe how much more fun heroics were on the shaman so my poor Hand of A’dal druid fell by the wayside. I’m not even playing WoW anymore so can’t comment on MoP.

By: Tesh

Tesh — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:14:28 +0000

Tangentially, the joy of Druids for me was that I could play in Cat form and pop Bear if I needed to tank for a while for whatever reason, then step back and help healing or sling a few damaging spells. Splitting Feral into two specs doesn’t completely kill that ability, but it doesn’t help it either. I loved that I could change role on the fly and fill holes as needed. WoW design keeps digging deeper into the specialization rut, and I’m not a fan of that design.

…which is why I spend more time with other games. ;)

By: Echoes of a Big Bear « Mushan, Etc.

Echoes of a Big Bear « Mushan, Etc. — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 20:00:02 +0000

[...] morning, I read Big Bear Butt’s post from yesterday, about his decision to stop trying to force himself to be a bear tank. I [...]

By: bigbearbutt

bigbearbutt — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:07:56 +0000

“But I understand everyone who just throws a towel.
Good luck on your hunter :)”

huh. You’ve got a good point, that’s what I’m doing.

I tried to keep plugging away at it, and making it work, but I’ve given up. I’m playing something different now, and I’ll come back to my Druid every day and toy around a little bit, try different stuff and see if I can find that magic on switch again.