I am a level 50 warrior with pretty decent gear, I think. Check out armory profile and comment if need be. I logged out last night with my 2H sword in hand so it does not show my sword and board.
http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Kilrogg&n=Redchin
When I run instances with others, such as 5 man dungeon, I am much more comfortable DPSing and letting a higher lever warrior tank. This however is not possible all the time so I need to learn how to tank better.
Let me give you an example of a situation and then let me know how to handle it better.
3 mobs, all level 48 elite. I tag the middle mob (a caster, others are beaters) with a skull. I charge, pop blood rage, TC, stance dance to defensive, sunder, sunder, slam, and then...
Heres where I usually lose my train of attack. I will sometimes stance dance back to battle and sweeping strike, then wait for rage build up and mortal strike, heroic, and then stance back into defensive. Cleave, or anything else that is available. I will sometimes try to beserk it and whilwind. Basically I start jabbing the buttons that are available, and I feel this is hurting my tanking ability.
On top of my issues with my attack order someone in the group has pulled aggro from a beater and it is headed behind me. Do I stop my tanking on the original caster (who was clearly marked as the first kill) and intercept the loose mob? What is the best way to do this? Do I leave him for the DPSer and hope for the best?
I am certainly not the best, but I usually come out 2nd or 3rd on the damage done meters (seems odd to me), and always 1st on damage taken (by a large margin). Being tops on the damage taken list makes me feel like I am doing a decent job, but I am always questioning my ability to tank.
I am deep into the arms tree, so I don't feel that I can "Prot Tank" at 50, but that seems to be what everyone expects.
Any help is appreciated.