Podcast Information
This podcast covers the social aspects important to functioning within raiding guilds. It is an overview of the most common views on tank status, organization, and rank, as well as expectations for new tanks. This podcast will be most useful for unguilded or new tanks who are looking at joining a raiding guild.
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Pre-Recording Outline
The following is a rough bullet point created prior to recording. Additions were made during recording that are not represented in this.
News
-PVP Author
Questions
Required of Main Tank -Attendance
-Consistency, ability to be at same encounters as often as possible
-Good Play
--Mechanics & Theory just as important as pressing buttons
-Reliability
-Post well in advance of absences
Be prepared -Guilds may provide
-Ironshields
-Flask
Know strategies -Read up, watch
Attitude -Be willing to sit out
--Person has been around longer
--Sometimes other tanks need loot/experience
--Sometimes fights need less tanks (Gorefiend)
--Don't take it personally
-Positive Attitude
--Goes for any raider
-Skill
Understand that -Hard to just try out a tank
--5mans/10mans best way to prove yourself
--Expect to be in for easy encounters or given easy tasks/swapped out for more difficult fights
-So many other factors (attendance, etc)
-Don't expect to be invited to raids every night
2-3 classes adds a lot of room for flexibility -paladins put into offtanking role
-Druids DPS
If it clearly doesn't work for you -Move on to another guild
-Don't start unnecessary drama
I am GL and we're in 10 man content so I don't need to worry about losing my job too much. That said, I think it's important for every tank to have a solid DPS set. Even in 10 mans there's usually 1 DPS'er who's undergeared or undertrained and puts out subpar DPS. If the tank can switch to DPS gear and show they can out DPS that lame-o then they're spot on a raid roster can be kept even when they aren't tanking. The more competitive the guild (and bigger) the harder this will be though.
Another great podcast, and thanks for answering my question on shield block / crushings.
I have made a seperate topic as suggested if anyone would like to assist me in more detail.
__________________ Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
@crushings, If you are using the newest version of Bongo's your crushing blow icon will have a green background when that buff is active. I notice that sometimes my charges are chewed up before I can reapply it.
The bongos however is a really nice way to keep track of what buffs you have up or not.
Damn...Illidan doesn't crush? I figured that must be why there's so much block rating on T6, so you could negate the crushes while still being able to block shear with SB. Well, atleast I can conserve some dkp now :-).
Last edited by Esillymidget; 04-28-2008 at 11:43 AM.
BTW, on the topic of a DPS set. . . you mention "if you don't have a Devastate set".
Could you explain what that is? My DPS set is basically as good of a fury set as I can get. Is that what you mean by a "devastate set"? Do you say that in order to separate it from a DPS set that may be based on SBV?
Very nice podcast guys. Always good to hear some of these things again even if they're not new.
Off-topic:
Marmots can't really be considered "woodland creatures" their habitat is Alpine and sub-alpine which are generally considered above tree line.
