I am going to be putting this into something more cohesive, but since the subject keeps coming up, I'm posting this. This is partly in response to the recent issues from Nihilum, as well as the announcement from Risen that they'd no longer be raiding.

Also, I'm not interested in casual players saying "I told you so!" Or any of the garbage that fills the WoW forums. If you've never raided, don't even respond unless you have something substantive, because 9/10ths of non-raiders...

Ciderhelm

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http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/th...21923212&sid=1

I'm not sure how many more threads I can read on the WoW forums about the state of Protection Warriors. They all follow the same formats:

• Protection Warriors have been nerfed too much from their original status;
• Protection Warriors are no longer the ideal tanks since Druids and Paladins are better on everything but single target raid bosses;
• Protection Warriors have no way to hold multiple

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Ciderhelm

So as I'm sure you've learned from my shameless TankSpot advertising, I just laid down a near-12k Shield Slam. I will try to get this to 13-14k before patch 2.4.

The record may not hold in 2.4. In fact, the reason I'm posting this is so you're aware that the record can be broken. Yes, even without the Sapphiron trinket.


I am not raiding. For those w/ access to the Donor forums, you already knew that. I don't have time to develop the site, get what I need in real...

Ciderhelm

My co-worker told me only two classes could use guns, and only one of those could wear plate.

Kinda backfired.

Ciderhelm

UBRS and Naxxramas are the only two instances that taught me tanking. Everything else I've done has been fluff. While Molten Core, Blackwing Lair, and Ahn'Qiraj all brought their own imprints to confidence, raid leadership, and various other aspects of raiding, they didn't teach me mechanically.

Upper Blackrock Spire
-Rapid pulling
-5+ mobs at a time
-Split DPS
-Burst aggro
-Rapid movement
-Line of sight
-Kiting
-Bonus: Solo pulling from...

Ciderhelm