tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34280462.post1476398681618322998..comments2023-10-24T03:29:09.795-07:00Comments on Life in Azeroth: LFG: TankYane (Yet another night elf)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04373678689973023610noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34280462.post-50280835111157123902010-01-04T07:18:30.933-08:002010-01-04T07:18:30.933-08:00I have been playing a tank class since release, an...I have been playing a tank class since release, and one thing I have noticed in the WotLK era is that people just don't give anyone a chance. <br />I started playing a warrior, tanked all Original Raids had T2 gear. BC released, continued playing the warrior. Was MT for a BT raiding guild, and I quit about a month before LK release.<br /><br />Now, I came back as a DK since I wanted to try a new tanking class. Got the hang of it, started studying rotations, gearing, builds, and threat mechanics. When I first hit 80, every time I got into a group as a tank, I was laughed at. People kept leaving groups, and it was just tough to get a group to really trust me. And, honestly that is sad. People have become to accustomed to seeing epic gear and automatically associate skill with it. There are far to many welfare epics out there and they really don't mean anything anymore. Everyone and their mother's toons have epics. I have finally overcome this challenge by getting some good people to just farm for gear, but just proves your point a little more.<br /><br />BTW, the same goes for healers. I had some DPS from a heroic yesterday tell a healer he needs to Que as DPS until he gets better gear. Kind of futile in my opinion.C. Pinkert.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11338736045606468402noreply@blogger.com