Tanking in WoW :: World of Warcraft

#1 Nov 29 2004 at 9:19 AM Rating: Decent

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im a lvl 19 warrior and i have a question does anyone find tanking in this game challenging

i will be in parties and i will pull the mob he will stick to me about 1 or 2 seconds then he will go after the mages. and taunt doesnt work if you are already in combat with the mob (unless im mistaken please slap me if i am) so the mages are the new tanks because i cant pull hate off of them.

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#2 Nov 29 2004 at 9:24 AM Rating: Decent

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I had played a warrior up to level 19 once in the past. Tanking isnt too hard, and you can taunt in combat (unless this was changed in open beta, but I doubt that). The only problem, taunt dosnt work too well Smiley: laugh

I would use it mainly to pull off the agro when that person needs to run/rest. I am sure they wouldnt continue casting if they are about to die.

Edited, Mon Nov 29 09:25:36 2004 by Civilz

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#3 Nov 29 2004 at 9:40 AM Rating: Decent

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I think tanking is simply different from FFXI tanking. In FFXI you usually pulled one hard mob at a time and tank meant keeping hate for that mob while everyone else whacks at it. But very often in WoW you will be assaulted by multiple mobs. The tanks new job is more or less to make sure that he gets all the mobs he can to attack them while mages concentrate to each their own. So while the mages are picking down say 2 mobs in a 5 mob zone, your just making sure the other three go for you instead of the mage. This however in turn means alot more support spells which is definitely what WoW has, thus allowing the better solo aspect as well...Good on Blizzard really, the jigsaw kinda all fits together now that i think about it...

WoW is a new world for us all, if you cant do something very well one way, think of it another way :)

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#4 Nov 29 2004 at 11:45 AM Rating: Decent

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Rarely do you fight a group on one mob. Even boss mobs are groups of mobs against groups of players. The jobs are setup specifically for this (being able to take some amount of damage). However, you still want to keep the amount of dmg your mages take to a minimum. Also, hybrid classes are meant to be able to help heal and help tank, sometimes at the same time. Let your pally or shaman or druid take that add sometimes ^^ However, usually, as War, you will have 2, 3, 5 mobs on you at once. That is 'as intended'

Taunt - Only available in def. stance. Sets the amount of hate a monster has toward you equal+1 to the amount of hate it has for it's current target. This means you do not spam it and once you hit the taunt you need to smack that monster some more to get more hate. (this seems weird coming from some other MMORGS, but it does allow tank-switching in instance/raid encounters. With one taunt a different warrior can absorb ALL the hate someone else has been building for the last couple minutes and take over).

AoE Hate - you need to try and use some AoE hate to try and hold more monsters on you, the more monsters the more rage, the more rage the more hate. Use demoralizing shout and thunder clap. I also use dynamite to help with that. Also use things like cleave when you get it.

Switch Targets - Usually you need to switch targets often and hit them with things like sunder armor to get some more hate up.

Warning on HS: This ability (adds damage to next swing) causes your next swing to not generate rage. Careful about spamming yourself into having no rage, that could be trouble.

Sunder Armor - Good hate grabber cause it does not need to wait till your next weapon swing.

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