Fixed. Good dps > alot of dps.

 

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I was in a DPS queue last night that said the average wait time was 36 minutes. The actual wait time was 45 minutes. I did all the TB dailies, ate supper, chatted with wife and still had 10+ minutes of staring at the screen. I'm going to try tanking once I get enough leftover ZA/ZG pieces. I'll see what drives me more crazy then... tanking for PUGs or 35-45 minute DPS queues.

 

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bah double post

 

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It's a mindset.


For me, there is nothing more fun than standing in the midst of 360 degree chaos and owning it. And I don't mean in the PvP sense, I mean: it's yours!. Defender, protector, and raid boss holder, when the big bad is stuck to you closer than makeup on Sarah Palin's face. And there is satisfaction in knowing you were part of a team, and if you've done it right, everybody's a winner.


WoW is the only game (overall) that I have not enjoyed tanking in PuGs. As a general rule, I much prefer hybrid/off-tank/healer. That allows me to help from the back, because often that provides better contribution to team winning (picking up the slack, filling in the holes).


Other games, yeah. I'm in there, co-raid leading/tanking. WoW, tanking for guildies.


DPS is fun, it's almost boring sometimes. Tanking has the 'extra' edge of gameplay.


And Gutter: I agree, there is no better compliment than having another player give you a send, thanking you for tanking, and them saying, "I'm putting you on my friends list for the next raid."

 

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Mmm...how to answer this without soundling like a control freak? I get tired of disorganized groups. Being the tank allows you to stream line the way things go. Selecting a kill order, being in charge of pulling, giveing peeps a quick run down about starts, it just makes the whole group go smoother if there is someone ot fill that role. Usually there isn't. I like being a prt of a successful group.


Now as to why I like tanking in particular? No freaking clue. I just do? I love it. I'm good at it. It makes me feel uber. "Did you see my threat? RAWR! Did you see what I lived through? RAWR? I jsut totally saved our healer from getting wtfpwn'd! RAWR!!!" I find that sort of stuff fun.


I started tanking when my hubby decided to level his priest instead. Our little group didn't need two healers and we were short a regular tank so I took the spot at the beginning of wrath and totally loved it.

 

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Instant queues.

I control the run, which is the way it should be

 

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My problem is I care too much about success. As the tank needs to know all the line dance moves I cannot just queue up and try to learn. Not only will I fail but I'll fail the group.

My plan at this time is to run my healers and DPS through all the heroics until I have the tactics down. Then it will just be a matter of doing the moves correctly.

As for plug and gearing; I wanted a long time before hitting the heroics. There was no way I was going into a heroic at the low end of the gear curve. Imagine my shock when I found I was the exception. Here I was feeling bad at only doing 8k DPS while finding people doing 4k. Our DPS Shaman today wipped the group 3 times because he did not have enough hit to land a frogging.

 

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