Tanking
5 entries. 1,973 words.
2013-11
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When WoW Tanks Go Rogue.
2013-11-05.
I had an odd, somewhat amusing experience in WoW recently. I’ve been playing a lot of dungeon instances lately, partly because I’ve never actually done any WoW dungeons before, and partly because I wanted to level a mage without going through the hassle of soloing. Almost every instance has been an enjoyable, workmanlike experience … until this tank decided to be an ass.
So the random dungeon selector came up with the Scarlet Monastary.
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- Tanking
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Is Chain-Pulling Harder?.
2013-11-12.
I was in a dungeon recently with a chain-pulling tank, and it got me thinking. I’ve always associated the chain-pulling tank behavior with a more advanced tanking technique, but is it really harder to chain-pull?
Chain-pulling, if you don’t know, is where the tank runs at full speed pulling mob after mob after mob without stopping, until he gathers a big group of them together, and then he takes off again before the group is even dead.
- MMORPG
- Tanking
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WoW Tanks Are Top DPS??.
2013-11-26.
I realize nobody wants to read about WoW, but historically I haven’t played it much, and about 90% of it is still new to me. Well “new” isn’t the right word exactly-it’s more that WoW’s implementation of familiar MMO tropes is new to me. For example, I’ve made a shocking observation in my low to mid-range dungeon runs: The tank almost always does the most damage in the group. Sometimes by a very large margin.
- MMORPG
- Tanking
2014-05
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Rift – Trying Out The Arbiter in 2.7.
2014-05-12.
I tried out the mage tanking soul Arbiter in Rift 2.7 on Thursday night. Overall I was pleased with its performance in Realm of the Fae, but I’m a bit worried that it will be “complicated” to play at higher levels. Take that with a big grain of salt though as I am far from an expert tank, and I have only seen low-level abilities.
The "Arcanist" preset with the Arbiter, Stormcaller, and Warlock soul trees.
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- Reviews
- Tanking
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ESO – Complete One-Eighty On Subbing.
2014-05-13.
So, yeah, I changed my mind and subbed for one month of ESO. I did it after I played the Arbiter in Rift for a night, and realized to my horror that there was no way that I would be able to fill all of my gaming time between now and the WildStar launch with Rift tanking.
I sort of forgot to factor in my terror of tanking high-level dungeons in PUGs.
- MMORPG
- Status
- Tanking