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Dalvin09 Posts: 7
Registered: 2009-1-18 10:26:06
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Some chicks play pretty good tanks there is a few in my guild.
Some are also good at pvp my guild in daoc had a few girls that ran with us and they did pretty good imo!
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Trigeminal  Title: Drill, Fill, Bill
Posts: 365
Registered: 2002-3-17 20:10:56
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PvP in DAoC is hard heh. Get in a 8-man of people with IQ > 90 and profit.
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Auenwing  Title: straightface
Posts: 589
Registered: 2002-12-27 23:23:12
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It's not a male or female thing.
My daughter and I have both main tanked for years, in raids, small groups, etc.
My son also main tanks, as raid leader, as a PuG raid leader.
My son also heals. He's the only healer I trust to cover my back when I'm tanking. He feels the same way about me healing when he's tanking. Nothing maternalistic about it. We're both hardcore, aggressive players that care about group dynamics and effective playing.
The archaic notion that females can't or don't tank or can't tank effectively makes my entire guild laugh.
People usually play the class best suited for them, and how they think/operate.
Tanking is a mind set.
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Cawlin  Posts: 1,759
Registered: 2005-2-22 07:58:42
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Auenwing posted:
It's not a male or female thing.
Tanking is a mind set.
This.
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Elkabong08  Posts: 77
Registered: 2010-11-5 12:23:54
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When I first started playing MMOs I rolled tanks, thought that was what I would like. IRL I'm a fairly aggressive guy, ex amateur boxer, ex juco linebacker, not particularly long on subtlety, lol. Found out I hated tanking. My favorite classes ended up being Rogue types. I enjoy setting up my fights, picking battles carefully, etc. So yeah, I don't think there's much of a correlation between someone's real life persona and their choice of class.
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Arunne Title: The Anonymous
Posts: 177
Registered: 2003-11-3 14:11:47
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My guild had 2 female tanks and one of them is my wife. With the other lady, she was good as raid leader and tank. I think the guys were too scared not to follow her lead..haha.
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Spookysheep Title: Lieker of Cheese
Posts: 1,248
Registered: 2002-1-9 06:49:19
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My guild leader is female, and was one of the top geared and achieved tanks on my server throughout WOTLK.
Two weeks into the xpac she doesn't show any sign of being dethroned.
But yeah, she may be the only female tank I've come across. She's also a monster at PVP.
And ironically, if you're into really skinny girls, shes very hawt IRL too. 
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Sociop Posts: 264
Registered: 2009-12-8 15:10:16
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Of course the rarest female tank has to be a female Gnome Warrior, I have only ever seen two.
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kyrv Title: Lord Logicus
Posts: 263
Registered: 2002-1-31 13:09:58
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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Auenwing posted:
It's not a male or female thing.
My daughter and I have both main tanked for years, in raids, small groups, etc.
My son also main tanks, as raid leader, as a PuG raid leader.
My son also heals. He's the only healer I trust to cover my back when I'm tanking. He feels the same way about me healing when he's tanking. Nothing maternalistic about it. We're both hardcore, aggressive players that care about group dynamics and effective playing.
The archaic notion that females can't or don't tank or can't tank effectively makes my entire guild laugh.
People usually play the class best suited for them, and how they think/operate.
Tanking is a mind set.
Yep. My main gaming partner is female, and been in a lot more guilds than me, I would say the stigma of a female lead tank in a raid is less then before, and in many places doesn't exist (as it shouldn't), but there are still people and guilds that are kind of aholes.
That line of thinking is archaic and with as much information and instant information we have today, it's frankly embarrassing to even have it come up as a possible issue.
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Auenwing Title: straightface
Posts: 589
Registered: 2002-12-27 23:23:12
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Sociop posted:
Of course the rarest female tank has to be a female Gnome Warrior, I have only ever seen two.
Half of my warriors have been gnome! My daughter's raid tank was a gnome. I still have screenshots of her wearing Imperial Plate. She looked like a toddler wearing her big brother's football gear!
Her tank is now a gnome DK, just like Mom. 
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There are those who play tank classes, and those that tank.
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