No, not the Grim Guzzler. This is about taming the pesky standard action bar that changes automatically as you switch between zerker, battle, and defensive stance.

Do you find that action bar usable? I found it infuriating. Of course it makes sense that it switches, because we have so many abilities that they would not fit on the toolbar, much less our key bindings. But it is not logical. Take the standard tanking rotation:

• Shield Slam
• Revenge
• Devastate (twice)

Clearly you'll...

Machus

It took us three real tries. One of our PuGgers accidentally aggro'd before we were ready, so that was a fake try. The first real try, we got him down to 2% and I got crushed for 7.6k. It sucks, but it happens, I guess. I was spamming Shield Block as hard as I could, but I guess he slipped one through.

The second try, I picked up Mag when he released, and got no active healing. I had Earth Shield up, as well as a stack of Lifebloom, but that wasn't enough to take the 9k cleave....

Thireas

It's been months since my last blog post. And it's been more than six weeks since I hung up the signature tools of the trade, the Sword and the Shield.

This week, or more specifically, this weekend, I dusted off my armor, wiped off the oil, and got back into tanking. Just a few heroics, some easy stretching exercises to get the fast responses back. A bit creaky, but everything's there and in one piece.

I also sent out letters to a lot of people, most of whom were the...

Finelle