Figured I'd level
my DK after obtaining a Cobalt set from a guildie, just hit 71, did some questing, got the 2 Nexus chain quests, and cautiously (never tanked an instance in my entire WoW life, unless Affliction tanking counts) put myself out in the LFG system with the "Unholy Tank or dps" comment.
Guy: r u tank spec?
Me after eyes roll over several times: Unholy yeah.
Guy: think u can tank nexus?
Even more cautious me: Should be able to.
Which lead to a group invite; 70 Hunter, 74 Priest, 76 Warrior, 72 Mage.
Buffs go around, I whisper the healer telling him/her that it's my first time tanking, so to tell me if I'm too hard to keep up. Pulls commence, trash is never an issue, I'm worrying more about maintaining aggro on all the trash instead of my health pool (which did seem like a roller coaster when Bone Shield wasn't up), but no complaints from the healer (never went oom at least). We reach the Mage boss and start, all's well, then she splits, and my fault for not telling beforehand Arcane -> Ice -> Fire, but we manage to down the splits. Hunter, Priest, and Warrior go down during the split though, me left with about 80% health and the Mage, boss with about 30K HP.
Needless to say I probably panicked a little, but I popped a pot and me and the Mage's dps came through and we downed her. Could've done better, but no complaints from the party. And the rest of the instance after that (though the Anomolus fight did get a little hectic) felt smoother than any guild run ever was ><
So first tanking experience was a good one, I'll probably run into some bad ones later on, but for now I don't think I'd mind becoming a main or off-tank for the guild anymore :P
Edited, Jan 9th 2009 11:45pm by dotSEA