Are *you* on crack? Nowhere did that article say anything about Shaman tanking being a good idea.

it has been rather well documented that a well-played, well-speced shaman can tank anything less than lvl 70 content. they can become impossible to crit, and have very high threat generation for single targets. for someone who is doing the long grind from 1 to 70, you could do worse than shaman for versitilty.

is shaman tanking a good idea? not really, but skydiving isn't really a good idea, but people who know what they are doing can do it safely. like all extreme sports, shaman tanking is not for everyone.

My reply is to thebitterfig:

Let's not forget the other half of the equation. Although a well geared and competent shammy can tank most pre-70 content if you don't have an equally well geared and competent healer it is just not going to happen. With a dedicated tank it is more forgiving if your healer is not as competent.

Just my 2 cents.

"...good healer and/or tank, and with a Shaman,..."

I think you should roll a Druid. Shamans are OP but a tank role they can not fill.

Good news is you can always spec resto. I've got a 70 warlock... which, in my 10 or 12 person guild, is one of 4 warlocks. On the other hand, we have one tank. So I've rerolled to paladin. If I make it to 70 and we still need a tank, I've got one. If we need another healer, I can switch. And if we need DPS, I've either got a Ret paladin or my good old warlock.

I always recommend people to have at least one hybrid in their stable of characters, for exactly this reason.

Gawd I hate that!

You pick one of the 'two' specs (BTW there are three specs people) for druid and then people always say 'Oh just spec Feral...' or if you are feral 'Oh just spec Resto...'

It's maddening... I am not changing my spec for you! I like my role... deal with it!

My wife is an electric engineer. I must have beat the 6:1 odds.

Healers and Tanks are picky because nearly every DPS classed player is a nub who doesn't even have a Threat Meter of ANY kind, which really helps the Healer and Tank's jobs. It gets frustrating is all, when the DPS people keep pulling off the tank and forcing the Healer to turn away from the Tank to heal the DPS. It's very rare that I see anyone else in my group with a Threat Meter, and I nearly faint when I see a group with everyone with Threat Meters.

for every single nub dpser, there's just as many shit tanks and healers.

I believe that number is off. You need 3 DPS, 1 tank, and 1 healer for a 5-man. I've noticed that 2/3 DPSers are retards. That would mean all healers and tanks suck?

@RogueJedi86

So you are one of those tanks doing 300 tps, and screaming about DPS puling agro with 1 shot of a wand?

@RogueJedi86: My chant as a guild leader and raid leader is, "It puts the omen in its addon folder or it gets the hose again!"

@ RogueJedi86

I think you have something there! I am a healer, and as I progress further along I find myself ignoring the /w and lfg requests for healers. I used to be gung ho in getting my healing experience up... but I have been soured so many times going into an instance and everyone going buck wild.

It's stressful when the whole room aggro's or everyone picks a mob to tackle. The other thing that makes it harder then it has to be is pulling off the MT.

Yes I can heal us through it... but really why do you hate me so much that you would MAKE me do this constantly? It's a lot of work! This should be the odd occasion where a pull goes bad, or someone trips another group of mobs... it happens and I can crank up the heals when I need to... but when I have to use tranquility and a pot and innverate every time they are off cooldown... in a 5 man instance... SOMETHING is going wrong!

It's soured me... I shy away from 5 mans now because of it... I have to be 'in the mood' to get hammered that hard... ya know!