Comments on: Absolute Power

By: Getting Our Balance

Getting Our Balance — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:44:09 +0000

[...] in available classes/roles. There wasn’t enough healers to meet demand. No longer did the tanks have absolute power over the [...]

By: Go Read Something Good! | Jaded Alt

Go Read Something Good! | Jaded Alt — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 03:06:45 +0000

[...] Absolute Power–Who has absolute power in your 5-man LFG run? The dps, the healer or the tank? See what Cassandri at Hots & Dots says about it (and I couldn’t agree more… hence, why my tank has more pugging experience than my healer!) [...]

By: Go Read Something Good! « Jaded Alt

Go Read Something Good! « Jaded Alt — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 04:35:53 +0000

By: Kaetlyn

Kaetlyn — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:25:04 +0000

WoW Tank Roulette. That is definitely a new one to me. I just got my paladin to 80 and all I wanted to do was tank. She was my first toon and I abandoned her in favor of my shaman long ago because I was sick of healing and wanted to smack things. Now she’s a tank! Tanking is so much fun but can be terribly stressful if people don’t cooperate.

I’m going to try that roulette thing… I think I can make it!
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By: Cassandri

Cassandri — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:38:42 +0000

@Rich Thank you for the comment I’m sure all your healers now love you – being called out by name actually makes a bit difference, I think.

By: Rich

Rich — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:56:10 +0000

Lucky for me, I love tanking. Just love it. To to the point that ranged DPS makes my brain dribble out of my ears. My rogue’s frantic button mashing manages to keep me interested, but I always come back to tanking.

Insta-queues are the icing on the cake but for me, that’s a heavy burden. Tanks do hold a lot of power, too much maybe, and it ain’t good for what to me at least is a social game. I run optional bosses most of the time but as fast as possible. If I’m not feeling it, at the very least I’ll hold a vote. I don’t bitch about DPS; on the contrary, dragging a ‘lightly’ geared group through a random just makes me feel that much more heroic.

For some tanks forced into an unwanted role, sure it might be a pain in the ass. But it doesn’t give them or anyone else for that matter the right to be an asshole.

Oh, and now I always call the healer by their names.

Long time reader, first time writer. Keep up the good work.

By: Michael

Michael — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:09:45 +0000

As a healer for both 80 and <60 instances I'd love to see more tanks who are consistent and aware of what's going on. This is especially a problem in the sub BC instances where tanks are just running to and fro without checking that 1)the group is with them and 2)the healer has mana.

Three valuable pieces of advice for tanks…be consistent, be aware, and be in the right spec!

By: Angelofbliss

Angelofbliss — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:16:53 +0000

Tanking as a paladin and playing tank roulette is easy You cheat by bubbling the very last second

By: Anea

Anea — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 09:17:53 +0000

I’ve never heard of tanking roulette either! I wonder how many times I would die if I tried that…
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By: Bell

Bell — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:25:41 +0000

Just the blog post to get my brain firing today, thank you!

I’ve discovered that when I queue for randoms, I look for the lesser geared people in my group (if any) and become their big sister. If the tank is speed pulling, I can keep up, but I’m keenly watching that fresh 80, making sure he’s with us and not getting overwhelmed. And if it’s obvious that they need all the emblems they can get, I’ll push for a full clear. It doesn’t always happen, but it makes me happy seeing that player getting the most out of the instance. And if the tank is rude or overbearing on the little guy, well, he can tank with 10% health just fine.