02-27-2009, 01:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-27-2009, 01:22 PM by Mordekhuul.)
How is threat for everyone on the few fights it matters (TPS tanking drakes in Sarth+3, Malygos)?
I find my threat as a paladin leaps and bounds higher than the other classes I tank against and wonder if that is a class difference, a gear difference, or a playstyle difference (kind of hard to tell when looking at the microcosm of a single guild with only 3-4 regular raid tanks).
I'm guessing that my having an easier time on malygos is partially a result of being able to pop wings when the dragon first lands and build a good lead, but...really I've noticed threat is a lot higher for me than for prot warriors in particular.
Small example: Naxx25 on Wed, tanking alongside someone I consider a well played warrior. He is main tanking Faerlina. I go and round up the adds. We DPS down the two odd-man out adds and then DPS moves onto Faerlina.
I stay and build a solid enough threat lead on those 4 remaining adds that I don't have to pay attention to them for the rest of the fight, and then start DPS on the boss myself (infinite mana thanks to the 4 of them bolting me, just as if I was main tanking).
Faerlina is only down to maybe 60% and my threat is leaping up to just under the warrior, and I have to flip righteous fury off to avoid ripping aggro.
Druids and DK's I have less experience with, but I'd love to hear from warriors, druids, DK's and other paladins on their experiences.
I find my threat as a paladin leaps and bounds higher than the other classes I tank against and wonder if that is a class difference, a gear difference, or a playstyle difference (kind of hard to tell when looking at the microcosm of a single guild with only 3-4 regular raid tanks).
I'm guessing that my having an easier time on malygos is partially a result of being able to pop wings when the dragon first lands and build a good lead, but...really I've noticed threat is a lot higher for me than for prot warriors in particular.
Small example: Naxx25 on Wed, tanking alongside someone I consider a well played warrior. He is main tanking Faerlina. I go and round up the adds. We DPS down the two odd-man out adds and then DPS moves onto Faerlina.
I stay and build a solid enough threat lead on those 4 remaining adds that I don't have to pay attention to them for the rest of the fight, and then start DPS on the boss myself (infinite mana thanks to the 4 of them bolting me, just as if I was main tanking).
Faerlina is only down to maybe 60% and my threat is leaping up to just under the warrior, and I have to flip righteous fury off to avoid ripping aggro.
Druids and DK's I have less experience with, but I'd love to hear from warriors, druids, DK's and other paladins on their experiences.
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