Love: Its what makes a Subaru a... Tank?

In all my years (yes, years) of WoWing, theres really nothing I've ever found I love more then a good tank. I've been a little nostalgic lately. Thinking about 'back in the day' moments. What Lucifron was hard and the words Chromagnus, and broze/blue used in the same sentence struck fear into the hears of casters everywhere. When 5 spell damage on a Tier item really was pretty good. In all this, fron my first RFC run (I started as horde) to the last Hyjal run I was in, nothing has stirred my heart to true devotion then a good tank.

Yeah, this might seen to be off from Shamanism, but not so! What are Ele Shammies known most for? Our great, big, steaming crit rating. Crit can be directly liked to threat. big crit, big threat. Lots of crit? You get it. Or so I hope. Enhance shammies aren't spared from this. nothing says aggro like a string of Windfury crits! I've said a few times, a guild is only as good as its main tank. you can interchange 'Guild', with 'Raid', 'Heroic', '5-man'... You live and die by your tank. Crappy tank, crappy run. Period. I was a tank for a year and a half, I know the stress involved. So, ladies and gentlemen of the DPS roles, please, let us take a moment to really think about those badtions of power and defense rating we cower behind. Over whose shoulders we shoot our magic missiles.

A moment of realism. 9 times out of 10, if you died in a fight, its probably your fault. Very few things really can be blamed on 'luck'. Even fewer can be blamed on tanks. It takes alot to prove a bad tank to me. most warriors, but the very best, look like crap in a H. SH run with 1 CC. Paladins never look good in a fight with mana burns. And some bear tanks... well.... I can't name off a specific kind of fight that bears flail in. But I've seen bad bears!

To truely know if your tank sucks would require seeing them in their best light, and they still fail miserably. With tanks in my guild, it takes multiple nights of raiding for me to judge one way or another if they need help.

This is my small, "Dear god I love you... I just crit 9 times in a row" post. I know 5 tanks who I really, fully trust. 2 of them I wouldnt hesitate (and I do) open up my first CL with Elemental Mastery and heroism up, and never worry. G and also G my friends who can sustain 1-1200TPS.

This post was prompted by my scrrenshots folder. I have a few of my favorite warriors doing 1200 TPS+, all on different kinds of fights, including right after busting sheeps. I don't have any with Surania in them, but I dont need screenies. I've had a love/hate relationship with his threat since the day he pulled Fish Boss off me in ZG. Memories =) I hated him that day, but the day I didn't stop DPSing through Leo's whirlwind and really wasn't worried about the pick-up... Mmm. Good tanks my friends, good tanks.