Hello all. Lomu here. Long time reader, first time blogger. First of all a bit about the blog ...

It is no secret that the main tank is pivotal to the success of 5-man instance run. It is this fact that has kept me from tanking a single instance since I hit 70 and respecced from Fury to Protection. This blog will tell you all about my fear of getting stuck in and why I feel I need to spend all my time doing exactly what I did for 70 levels previously ... solo content to get better gear....

Lomu

Do you think this image is the most cute thing you will find in the next expansion?





No, there is one that is gonna make you cry:



While in one of the DK starting area quests, you are sent to steal a horse you will be using to create your mount. In the place where you steal the horse,...

Narshe

Examining the effect of Will of the Necropolis (3/3, Blood tree) and Unbreakable Armor (3/3, Frost tree).

For the sake of familiarity, let's use a level 70 attacker vs. level 70 target example: (based on the mitigation formula found here)


60% mitigation is 15836 armor. This is the equivalent of a mix of Tier 4 and Tier 5 / ZA / patch 2.3 BoJ gear.

15836 * 1.3 = 20587 armor, or 66% mitigation.

100 - (100 / 66 * 60) = 9.1% increase...

Armstrong

I've been away from wow lately, because i "ran out" of money to keep playing, but mainly because i wasn't having that much fun playing. I was practically alone on the server, wasn't doing much of anything and wasn't even having fun logging onto a game where i was playing basically alone and all i ever did was stand around in Orgrimmar.

That has changed in the past few weeks, i started playing other stuff, like DotA (private servers, never had W3), and Guilty Gear Online...

Ukyo

The basics
(this list assumes you are already familiar with current tanking mechanics and tanking classes)


Presences

Death Knights may take on three different Presences: Blood, Frost and Unholy. A Presence works like a warrior stance in that it is active until the DK chages to a different Presence, and it cannot be dispelled. Unlike with stances, all DK abilities can be used in any Presence.


Threat

Death knight...

Armstrong