Reading a lot of the posts on this forum, I'm getting the impression that a warrior will pretty much end up being only useful as a sword-and-board tank in the last 10/20 lvls........
Is that true?
If it is, it seems pretty depressing to me to have a lot of cool lvl 70 2H weapons if you're only going to be tanking it, that, or do you just have to spend a load of money to respec you guy between running instances and PVP/grinding?
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Not really true. If you're an off tank, and they are needed quite a bit in raids, you will be dpsing half the time. Wether its with a 2h or dw is up to you and your raid though. In Gruul's Lair, i tank the healer and help tank the warlock adds and then after that i respec arms/fury for bloodthirst and dps for gruul. I did VR as dps/off tank. We have a dedicated fury warrior in the guild, just one though. And as far as pvp is concerned, Arms/Fury Warrior is one of the strongest pvp classes.
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Ok,
Because lately every time I join a group for an instance, just because I'm a warrior I'm expected to tank, and even though I get pretty good DPS, I just can't hold aggro, and since I don't even own a shield, most the of the prot. tree and defensive stance seem like a waste to my build, but I still feel like a crappy player/warrior for not holding the aggro.
Because lately every time I join a group for an instance, just because I'm a warrior I'm expected to tank, and even though I get pretty good DPS, I just can't hold aggro, and since I don't even own a shield, most the of the prot. tree and defensive stance seem like a waste to my build, but I still feel like a crappy player/warrior for not holding the aggro.
Buy a shield. No warrior should be past level 20 without a shield that he can pull out for instances.
Generally, tanks are hard to come by. Even harder to come by than healers. Since tanking is one of the hardest things in the game to do (I'd argue CCing while DPSing on a hunter is harder) you have even less people willing to do it. Which is why a warrior (who has more "Oh smeg" buttons than a pally or a druid) is usually wanted for a tank.
Also consider what else you have to bring to a group, besides tanking...you can't bring CC, you can't bring heals, and generally those are what people look for besides a tank. Yes, you can off-tank, but polymorph and traps dont require heals. So unless you end up with ANOTHER tank in the group (i.e. another warrior, or a better geared druid/pally) you are probably going to be expected to tank.
In raids it's different, as usually you have the designated MT and OT.
Generally, tanks are hard to come by. Even harder to come by than healers. Since tanking is one of the hardest things in the game to do (I'd argue CCing while DPSing on a hunter is harder) you have even less people willing to do it. Which is why a warrior (who has more "Oh smeg" buttons than a pally or a druid) is usually wanted for a tank.
Also consider what else you have to bring to a group, besides tanking...you can't bring CC, you can't bring heals, and generally those are what people look for besides a tank. Yes, you can off-tank, but polymorph and traps dont require heals. So unless you end up with ANOTHER tank in the group (i.e. another warrior, or a better geared druid/pally) you are probably going to be expected to tank.
In raids it's different, as usually you have the designated MT and OT.
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Sounds fair.
Any advice on how to be a fairly effective tank while still being able to solo it/battle ground it?
Like I mentioned earlier, having to respec for every instance would get expensive; it cost me 1G the first time, and it only gets more expensive everytime, and I'm broke.
Or is tanking more of skill thing than prot. ability thing?
Any advice on how to be a fairly effective tank while still being able to solo it/battle ground it?
Like I mentioned earlier, having to respec for every instance would get expensive; it cost me 1G the first time, and it only gets more expensive everytime, and I'm broke.
Or is tanking more of skill thing than prot. ability thing?
You can tank the 70 instances all you want as a dps spec with decent tanking gear, but you arent tanking kara or Heroics without dumping lots of talent points into Prot.
So you can get all your plate gear from Shattered Halls, Steam Vault, Mechanar, or wherever it is without being prot.
So you can get all your plate gear from Shattered Halls, Steam Vault, Mechanar, or wherever it is without being prot.
Yes, you can tank as Arms or Fury spec for the lvl 70 instances, as long as you have decent tank gear. The only thing you have to worry about now is holding aggro and learning the mechanics of tanking and what to do. Gear doesn't mean squat if you can't hold aggro.
Personally I hate tanking while I'm specced for DPS only because I hate mashing buttons and what not to hold aggro. So I basically just find groups that have tanks already. I have fairly decent tank gear and dps gear and I have prevented group wipes on numerous occasions after the Tank has died and I had to pick up the slack.
Personally I hate tanking while I'm specced for DPS only because I hate mashing buttons and what not to hold aggro. So I basically just find groups that have tanks already. I have fairly decent tank gear and dps gear and I have prevented group wipes on numerous occasions after the Tank has died and I had to pick up the slack.
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