Tag: Tank

Woe to Thunder Clap

I understand that when you play a class you often find yourself glancing at a player of another class but the same role, and dreamingly start to wish you also had ability X, Z, and Y. “I would give up my X for their Y!” you will shout with longing sadness in your voice and do a [...]

100% More Bovine

And with just a wave of the wand by the gnome wizard, the beautiful human warrior disappeared from sight in a cloud of smoke. When the smoke settled in her stead stood a huge creature, looking what a cow would look like if they could walk on two legs and roll a warrior. Two huge horns crested its skull, and [...]

Downing Onyxia 2.0 – Quel’Serrar Included

So after wiping on Onyxia with three different PUGs yesterday I had some slight reservations about future PUGs. But, upon hearing the call for a tank, I could not resist.
I must admit I entered the place with the full expectation to wipe at least two times before maybe killing her. I put some emphasis on [...]

Tanking Onyxia 2.0 an a Warrior

So yesterday brought patch 3.2.2 for World of Warcraft, and the much anticipated Onyxia revamp. Brought all the way from being a raid encounter for level 60s in vanilla WoW to a PUG’s nightmare for level 80s. I think the encounter is tuned perfectly (or at least the 10 man version which is the one [...]

Tanks and why you should love them

There is a reason you should love your tank, and it’s not only because they keep the big dragon for marching over and biting your head off. Tanks are the natural and expected leaders, not just for WoW but for any game. They have the thickest armor, biggest shields, and most health, so if there [...]