I miss tanking
Posted 07-09-2009 at 10:33 AM by Nicki
Like the title says...
I honestly miss tanking but I don't want to feel like some spare socket or the wrench that is used for b sized nails. I guess my fears on my paladin of ending up like this on the tanking route aren't terribly well founded.
They exist though and partly because bad "warriors" have complicated ideals.
I got quite annoyed today on a vent conversation; The argument was Warriors should be the best main tanks, P*****s should be the AoE tanks. Followed immidiately by the concern that he would complain if he couldn't tank a boss instead of a paladin/dk/druid.
I swear I thought that because the design view had been changed this attitude would vanish in the midst of time.
On a side note I doubt id ever get back into tanking which is sad.
I doubt this because as boring as retribution is too play; Raiding is still better than no guild, a bad guild and playing with bad players and my tank gear is way out dated now.
A friend asked why I still play ret when i find it boring I actually had no response. Also in leveling my shadow priest I found it to be rather familliar to my ret paladin in many ways with a little bit more attention needed.
I honestly miss tanking but I don't want to feel like some spare socket or the wrench that is used for b sized nails. I guess my fears on my paladin of ending up like this on the tanking route aren't terribly well founded.
They exist though and partly because bad "warriors" have complicated ideals.
I got quite annoyed today on a vent conversation; The argument was Warriors should be the best main tanks, P*****s should be the AoE tanks. Followed immidiately by the concern that he would complain if he couldn't tank a boss instead of a paladin/dk/druid.
I swear I thought that because the design view had been changed this attitude would vanish in the midst of time.
On a side note I doubt id ever get back into tanking which is sad.
I doubt this because as boring as retribution is too play; Raiding is still better than no guild, a bad guild and playing with bad players and my tank gear is way out dated now.
A friend asked why I still play ret when i find it boring I actually had no response. Also in leveling my shadow priest I found it to be rather familliar to my ret paladin in many ways with a little bit more attention needed.
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Sounds like you're playing just for the sake of playing, time to find a new guild where you can enjoy yourself.Posted 07-09-2009 at 11:03 AM by Mr.Winkle 
- Just tank. Was in a similar situation at the begining of BC. I had leveled prot from the start (slow but fun =p) but i went healer just to gt into raids.
In the end i changed my spec to prot, not willing to continue healing when i rdidnt want to and ive enjoyed the game lots more. My guild accepted the change and now im a MT with them. If your guild cant do the same and want to force you into doing dps, you need to move on and find a group of like-minded players.
Bite the bullet. Doing what you enjoy on a lower tier of content if alot more fun than doing something you dont enjoy in a higher tier.Posted 07-09-2009 at 11:31 AM by Gordonoth - What Mr.Winkle said. You're just playing for the sake of playing, and you shouldn't. Gotta remember that it's a game, meant to be enjoyed. If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong!
Posted 07-09-2009 at 12:02 PM by Ferag - I am somewhere on between. I can only tank non-progression raid on my guild. And while I miss tanking in Ulduar25. At least I get to do it in Naxx25, Ulduar10.
Do find a good compromise. Do not give up. If tanking is what you enjoy, then do it.Posted 07-10-2009 at 03:29 AM by hola_adios
