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I won't claim the equality was there before TBC, but at least with the expansion Paladins and Druids have become viable raid tanks. I'm not against it and we all bring our distinct strengths and weaknesses to the table. At the same time, I feel like Warriors have still maintained our position as the general "defacto" tank. We may not be the best at everything, but we generally can tank it all where it seems like Druids and Paladins have fights that just don't work out so well for them....

Patch 2.3...

New badge loots! ZA! Kara drops badges.

At this point I had pretty much gotten out of Karazhan other than the occasional fill in for someone else. All of a sudden I needed expertise and there was badge gear better than what I had. By golly I had to have it so we could continue to press forward with progression. So back to Karazhan I went. Four nights of "progression raiding", usually a Karazhan late at night after our 25 mans ended...

By the time TBC was rolling around I'd had a lot more practice and was a bit more knowledgeable about my class. My friends and I that had all split up, some to other guilds and some to other servers decided to get back together and all transfer to one of the new servers they were opening up in anticipation of the expansion. It was really nice to get to play with some of the people I hadn't been able to regularly group with over the prior year due to everyone's confilcting raid schedules and we...

It's ironic that my first blog on a tanking website comes after I've pretty much had to give up tanking due to some real life concerns. I used to be that person that never missed a raid, and now that I'm not doing it, I have discovered something that surprises me to no end. I don't really miss it very much.

I found myself thinking about it this morning while I played fetch with the dog (I swear he can't take a morning constitutional without chasing a tennis ball). What changed?...