01-04-2010, 02:40 PM
I have been in love with the dungeon finder since day 1. My main (a ret paladin) has tanked every single heroic she has been in that didn't have a fellow guildie tank in, my little 70 priest healer has less than 5 minute queue times 90% of the time, and I have even had decent luck on my 80 mage. It might be that the time on him goes faster because I'm leveling a prof while I wait though.
On the other hand, I am more than a little perturbed by the attitude that many DPS take in these pugs. On my DK I had a particularly painful Nexus group on my Ally DK tank. The DPS were all from an 'awesome 25' guild that have the starcaller title. While my DK is geared, I still tank at a moderate pace. It is a personal thing, as when I tank I like knowing what is going on, and keeping things contained. I asked nicely to let me pull. I asked again to let me pull. After a couple more pulls that went hectic, I said: "You Pull it, You tank it". We get to Anomolus, and the moonkin pulls while I'm waiting on a couple of runes to tick clean as the dps was really pushing the bounds of my threat generation as it was. I walk up onto the platform and sit down. I refuse to tank him for the first 60% of his health while they yell at me for not doing my job. After my point was made, I tank the rest of the dungeon, listen to the verbal assaults during Keristrasza, put them all on ignore when I get my frost emblems and drop group.
I guess it is too much to ask to let the tank do its job in the new RDF when you overgeared. It isn't like I was marking targets and forcing single targeting. I just wanted to pull get the initial aggro so that I wasn't taunting and DG-ing, and all manner of nonsense.
On the other hand, I am more than a little perturbed by the attitude that many DPS take in these pugs. On my DK I had a particularly painful Nexus group on my Ally DK tank. The DPS were all from an 'awesome 25' guild that have the starcaller title. While my DK is geared, I still tank at a moderate pace. It is a personal thing, as when I tank I like knowing what is going on, and keeping things contained. I asked nicely to let me pull. I asked again to let me pull. After a couple more pulls that went hectic, I said: "You Pull it, You tank it". We get to Anomolus, and the moonkin pulls while I'm waiting on a couple of runes to tick clean as the dps was really pushing the bounds of my threat generation as it was. I walk up onto the platform and sit down. I refuse to tank him for the first 60% of his health while they yell at me for not doing my job. After my point was made, I tank the rest of the dungeon, listen to the verbal assaults during Keristrasza, put them all on ignore when I get my frost emblems and drop group.
I guess it is too much to ask to let the tank do its job in the new RDF when you overgeared. It isn't like I was marking targets and forcing single targeting. I just wanted to pull get the initial aggro so that I wasn't taunting and DG-ing, and all manner of nonsense.
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