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Hello Anon, Yes i've not blogged in a bit, but...

2011-07-23T03:41:46.240-07:00

Hello Anon,
Yes i've not blogged in a bit, but have been playing. TIme constraints and such. Here's what I'd suggest.

Threat issues usually revolve around cap issues, as you've been raiding since vanilla i'll assume you know these but cover them for those who don't. Now if you're hit (8%) and expertise (26) capped then check what your dps is sitting at. DO NOT, I REPEAT DO NOT go over expertise as it's wasted. Get to 26 and not a point over. HIt you can go over and be fine, you can also go under and be fine. I usually swim as close to 8 as possible but never will i gem or reforge for it. I use what comes with the gear. Now i did notice threat issues and in talking to other tanks in various places I'm finding a lot of people are using DPS trinkets (License to Slay for instance) and or reforging and gemming for DPS.

You hinted at your mitigation being top notch so right now you're not so much a tank as you are an armored personnel carrior (all defense no offense). Try first to swap some gems around for strength stats. If you still see some problems try swapping out for a DPS trinket.

Let me know how things pan out.

War tanks seem to be having aggro problems I don&#...

2011-07-20T06:50:53.931-07:00

War tanks seem to be having aggro problems I don't really know what it is, could be the new patch but it seems that Blizz has made war tanks one of those classes that you are either really good at or you really suck, I don't know whats going on. I really don't but I see a lot of war tanks having troubles and they are getting replaced in raids by pally and Dk tanks.
I know you haven't been on in a while at least on the blog but this is an issue that needs to be figured out its getting really bad.
I get aggro pulled off me in the firelands even after they give me 5 secs and i am spamming taunt and heroic strike and shield slam. I keep rend up, thunderclap. I have great midigation tho that I do have I dont go down easily. I am going nuts trying to figure this out I am at my wits end and I have lost my spot on the raid team, I have been raiding since the tail end of vanhilla and look at me now I am out of a job. PLEASE HELP I don't think I am the only one.

A lost tank.

I have a question and I want to know if any one el...

2011-06-20T07:28:00.081-07:00

I have a question and I want to know if any one else feels that it is easier to tank Bot and BWD then this stuff??
I find it easier to tank bot and bwd they just dont seem to hit as hard as the mobs in ZA/ZG.

Speaking tanking I would like to put forth the fol...

2011-06-14T15:28:27.416-07:00

Speaking tanking I would like to put forth the following most debated question in my guild right now...and that is What are the best tanks for the Nef fight in BWD, its kind of hard to really say. I guess I want to know what others have tried?
Thanks

Dually noted. I can’t see warriors failing at this...

2011-06-14T12:21:43.912-07:00

Dually noted. I can’t see warriors failing at this honestly; unless dps is outright burning before you have a chance the fight should be pretty simple.

Me personally, unless my heals are l33t I’ll pull the first panther by itself and THEN charge in tclap the remaining in each group, position, shockwave, and it’s off to the races. The first couple of times I first did that boss I lost agro because for some reason DPS seams to treat those pulls differently from trash pulls for some reason. NOTHING should change, you still need dps the tanks target first. Those bad boys hit like a mofo.

And YES interrupting tears is crucial. Sometimes the tank is puling mobs and might not be back any dps that can interrupt should interrupt.
The other advice on that fight beyond burn the adds one at a time to reduce incoming damage faster is to make sure you are tclapping to reduce attack frequency and demo shouting shockwave and conc blow are extremely useful here

The panther/crazy cat lady boss some tanks cant pi...

2011-06-14T11:04:09.087-07:00

The panther/crazy cat lady boss some tanks cant pick up the adds properly and warriors are suppose to be the best mob controllers in the game. So seriously wake up. I am a healer but I like to read tank blogs/forums to see what you guys are doing and what I can do to help you out and make the raid/instance easier for you I feel that it is important to do it.
On that fight I always oom because some tanks cant keep the adds and interrupts where do I start...you guys should be able to pummel tears at least plz plz keep all the adds its not fun pulling heal aggro and haveing a add beat the crap out of me while the tank decides to pull yet another group. thanks

I’ve seen both scenarios. Two days ago I got a las...

2011-06-14T09:32:00.785-07:00

I’ve seen both scenarios. Two days ago I got a laser chicken to handle the adds and I swear I didn’t even see one because he was nuking them so damn fast. If your ranged is good this is optimal because A.) they can handle the adds from far away and gather them easier and B.) they take no damage and those ghosts hit like trucks. Ideally you WANT to have your ranged pick them up an nuke them. When a chain breaks you get a 100% damage buff so your melee and tank should be able to eat a chain pretty quickly. I would advise the ranged strategy. When and if you are unfortunate enough to pick up an all melee type group... well yeah you’re gonna have a pretty hard time. I would suggest the entire group focus on killing adds but burning chains too as the faster the chains go down the better.

If your ranged is fail just make sure you tell them to ONLY focus on ghosts. I think sometimes people get fixated on wanting to contribute to the chains that they will NOT kill a ghost or two and the next thing you know you’re dealing with to many ghosts. Honestly though if your ranged can’t handle the ghost for 1 minute then something is wrong you might be better off switching which ranged is killing ghosts or even letting a melee have a go at it.

I have seen different ways to dealing with Jindo, ...

2011-06-14T09:23:55.297-07:00

I have seen different ways to dealing with Jindo, the one I see the most is ppl seem to want melee to kill the chains and ranged just to kill the adds, this seems to work fine if the melee are amazing at dps but I have seen this turn into a natural disaster.
Your thoughts plz

CC is a must, not on all pulls but there are soem ...

2011-06-13T11:43:24.418-07:00

CC is a must, not on all pulls but there are soem wehre you have a damn good chance to wipe if you don't cc.

On the poison boss ther's a spot not immediately in front of the stairs but down and to the boss's left just a little where you can tank and melee doesn't have to stand on lines. it's still a tight fit so if you have a better spot please let me know:) This fight is by far the hardest fight IMHO in either of the two instances.

The other big thing is when he turns into a snake tell your ranged NOT to stand right behidn you. I had a healer keep dying because he kep standing behind me and when the snake spit the poison i would run through the boss while the healer just stood there and teh poision spits out pretty far.

As for pvp geared tanks that get's a /kick asap.

For the poison boss, PLEASE pull him away from the...

2011-06-13T09:30:12.351-07:00

For the poison boss, PLEASE pull him away from the stairs some tanks don't do it and your melee cant dps because the poison cloud kills them. Be smart this boss breaks groups on a regular basis.
In ZA make sure you cc...some tanks seem to think that there jesus christ and cant die so they faceroll everything, this is the best way to mess up a good mount run (which I assume many have tried and failed, usually because cc is not used).
And last but not least...don't buy pvp gear just so you can go into ZA and ZG. I cant count the number of times I have qued as a dps and not a tank and gotten some fuktard that hasn't played in 6 months, stacks stamina gems and still has mostly 333 item level gear with 316 item level trinkets. If you are doing this...STOP...do the world and your pug a great favour and leave, go back to doing cata heroics. Its hard to find healers insaine enough to heal idiots like you. Don't fuk with the dps 40 min ques it sucks.
I wont apologize for the rage, this guide is good, use it, but have the proper gear, TY