So what happens when the raid leader and the guild leader disagree? I didn't know what to do when this happened last night, we were training a new guy on raid ins and outs and policies by taking him through an instance acting as though it were a raid. And the GL kept quiet through most of the instance.

Now I'll be the first to admit, that the rogue was getting on my nerves, the rogue was not the new guy.. he was the experienced raider that was setting the example, by arguing with everything...

Wednesday is usually my night off WoW, but my wife wasn’t feeling well, so after I tucked her in, I went downstairs and started futzing around on my Warrior Alt.

He was originally an insurance policy against the Developers taking Protection Paladins in a direction I didn’t like. After that didn’t appear to be the case, he became my disenchanter. I’d send him greens that I got, he would blow them up and I wouldn’t have to hassle a very kind mage friend of mine.

He’s...

Since my last post, my raid team was switched up. Every two months or so, the guild I'm in re-organizes their guild raid teams. I went from an off-tank in Naxxramas, to a main-tank in Ulduar. The tank team consists of rotating, as we require a 75% attendance rate, Protection Paladin, Death Knight (no clue what spec, but he is a demon with threat), and Feral Druid. We've made some decent progress in Ulduar10, consistently clearing the first four bosses (Flame Leviathan, Ignis the Crotchpotter,...

As my frost mage partner went emo on me I found myself looking for a new 2s partner last week. In the process I came to realize just how many viable options prot actually has. My experience seems to be falling into the recent 'burst is too high' debate as most of the combo's I've had success with exploit one high damage class and couple it with prot's control and supplemental burst to get the job done. What this all left me wondering though was what 'flavor' is protection in pvp. What I mean is...

We know our role. We take a beating and keep coming back for more. If we fail, everyone notices. If we don't perform out job, the group will not succeed. We, as tanks, carry a heavy load in terms of responsibility. I am somewhat gratified at how Blizzard has worked to ensure DPS has a greater stake in performing but sometimes it only serves to create more frustration.

I am admittedly, oversensative to critisim. I view myself as an excellent tank and our tanking corps are strong for...