WoW Tanks: The non-tank to-do list
Being a party’s tank in World of Warcraft is not easy. Irregardless if you’re a druid, warrior, paladin, or any other wall of choice, there is a lot to communicate to your mates on what they should and should not do – like when the priest should heal so as to minimize their aggro levels, hence preventing them from becoming your party’s impromptu meat shield.
Now, in case you find yourself a wandering neophyte in the massive world that WoW‘s Burning Crusade expansion carries and are in dire need of a loyal tanker for your quest, Ziloxus over at the WoW boards has posted an interesting FAQ (of sorts). It’s a list of the basic tenets that every non-tank should know, if the non-tanker intends to keep a relatively healthy relationship with their portable wall (that goes for ‘locks too – those demon summons have a limit). Here are some of the more interesting pointers:
The sheep
We pull 3 mobs on accident. You can sheep or seduce or scattershot or whatever. That’s a fabulous idea. Don’t sheep the thing I am beating on! You know what will happen? It will break and I will already have another move queued up behind the move that broke the sheep which will break the next sheep you are trying to do since you didn’t change targets. You might not be familiar with the “F” key. Click me, then click “F”, now you are targeted on my target, so target something else, anything else and sheep that.
Multi mob pull
Ok so we just got more than we can handle and I am tanking 3 mobs with no offtank. Attack my target would you? I only have so much rage to spread around. If you start shooting something that I am not concentrating on your going to pull aggro, then I have to decide whether I let you die, or whether I go pull it off of you and risk letting the rest of the party die while they keep attacking the thing I was attacking. The “F” key works great for this too.
Be sure to brush up on your basic WoW lore while you’re learning the ropes, which includes an understanding of the local dialects and areas, if you will. It will save your life.
Being a party’s tank in World of Warcraft is not easy. Irregardless if you’re a druid, warrior, paladin, or any other wall of choice, there is a lot to communicate to your mates on what they should and should not do – like when the priest should heal so as to minimize their aggro levels, hence preventing them from becoming your party’s impromptu meat shield.
Now, in case you find yourself a wandering neophyte in the massive world that WoW‘s Burning Crusade expansion carries and are in dire need of a loyal tanker for your quest, Ziloxus over at the WoW boards has posted an interesting FAQ (of sorts). It’s a list of the basic tenets that every non-tank should know, if the non-tanker intends to keep a relatively healthy relationship with their portable wall (that goes for ‘locks too – those demon summons have a limit). Here are some of the more interesting pointers:
The sheep
We pull 3 mobs on accident. You can sheep or seduce or scattershot or whatever. That’s a fabulous idea. Don’t sheep the thing I am beating on! You know what will happen? It will break and I will already have another move queued up behind the move that broke the sheep which will break the next sheep you are trying to do since you didn’t change targets. You might not be familiar with the “F” key. Click me, then click “F”, now you are targeted on my target, so target something else, anything else and sheep that.
Multi mob pull
Ok so we just got more than we can handle and I am tanking 3 mobs with no offtank. Attack my target would you? I only have so much rage to spread around. If you start shooting something that I am not concentrating on your going to pull aggro, then I have to decide whether I let you die, or whether I go pull it off of you and risk letting the rest of the party die while they keep attacking the thing I was attacking. The “F” key works great for this too.
Be sure to brush up on your basic WoW lore while you’re learning the ropes, which includes an understanding of the local dialects and areas, if you will. It will save your life.