Habskilla 2 Report post Posted January 13, 2017 How true is this? I really liked the idea of Feral as it is both a Tank and DPS spec so it would be pretty easy to level (I would assume more easier then Prot Warrior). So as Horde the only class that can tank is Prot Warriors? 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masteridley 3 Report post Posted January 13, 2017 Depends what you mean by end game. Can you tank 5 mans? Absolutely, though some people who don't know what they are talking about and just go around parroting incorrect information they read on the forums might try to say you can't. The bright side to this though is whenever someone says druids can't tank a 5 man you now know they are not the type of player you want to be grouped with. Now do you want to tank in raids? Probably not going to happen, though given the right amount of effort and determination you could find a spot as an off-tank somewhere. Would it be easier for you to raid as resto? Yes, but since when has anything worth doing been easy? 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nelythia 44 Report post Posted January 13, 2017 To be honest if the druid tank can play well its even a better tank than a warrior. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ironsides 35 Report post Posted January 13, 2017 15 hours ago, Habskilla said: How true is this? I really liked the idea of Feral as it is both a Tank and DPS spec so it would be pretty easy to level (I would assume more easier then Prot Warrior). So as Horde the only class that can tank is Prot Warriors? Thta's correct. Same with Alliance 27 minutes ago, Nelythia said: To be honest if the druid tank can play well its even a better tank than a warrior. No 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lorilay 12 Report post Posted January 16, 2017 On 1/13/2017 at 11:11 AM, Ironsides said: No If you want your guild to ever see a world buff in a raid instance again, you better take that back! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asherdoom 5 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 i raided in retail vanilla and i can assure tyou our offtank was a feral druid and swapped main tank in patchwerk people cry about that for 21 reasons -they read on forum from some power player and think that is poured gold -most of them never played druid class ever (took this screen while downin in feenix the boss (i was resto shammy there) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overtime 6 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 They have no oh shit button, can't control fears or interrupt. Otherwise they are pretty sick on bosses that hit hard due to armor cap being reached easily. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asherdoom 5 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 5 hours ago, Overtime said: They have no oh shit button, can't control fears or interrupt. Otherwise they are pretty sick on bosses that hit hard due to armor cap being reached easily. BASH is a interrupt and feral charge interrupt spellcasting aswell. regard fear: fear ward from alliance or a noob shaman dropping a tremor totem ? you are quite narrow minded lol 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Overtime 6 Report post Posted January 17, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Asherdoom said: BASH is a interrupt and feral charge interrupt spellcasting aswell. regard fear: fear ward from alliance or a noob shaman dropping a tremor totem ? you are quite narrow minded lol I played feral since vanilla on retail so I'd say I'm well aware of the performance through these years. I just don't like to spread false hope. Bash is alright but 1min cd and doesn't work on stun immune mobs, while shield bash is 12s and pummel 10s. Feral charge doesn't really count outside 5-mans. In perfect world you can trust fear ward and tremor but truthfully shit happens. Edited January 17, 2017 by Overtime 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asherdoom 5 Report post Posted January 18, 2017 Overtime i suppose in a raid enviroment people know the minimum to do lol that can value for every class even wawrrior, you got zerker rage but without group supporting you you may die seconds later lol 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zosyn 8 Report post Posted January 18, 2017 I strongly disagree with those misconceptions. The margin of error is huge in this expansion and there is plenty of room to complete end-game without optimizing everything within the raid. If you are truly a good feral tank, I would strongly encourage you to be as stubborn as a Dwarf and keep tanking! There needs to be better tanks who know their role on the server. Not more warriors who only know how to tank 1 target at a time. People need to realize that having more support roles in the raid is important. It shows the good players who know how to play, and fills in the weaknesses of the other roles. Keep doing what you enjoy until you find a guild that appreciates the player behind the character/class that they see. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asherdoom 5 Report post Posted January 18, 2017 2 hours ago, Zosyn said: I strongly disagree with those misconceptions. The margin of error is huge in this expansion and there is plenty of room to complete end-game without optimizing everything within the raid. If you are truly a good feral tank, I would strongly encourage you to be as stubborn as a Dwarf and keep tanking! There needs to be better tanks who know their role on the server. Not more warriors who only know how to tank 1 target at a time. People need to realize that having more support roles in the raid is important. It shows the good players who know how to play, and fills in the weaknesses of the other roles. Keep doing what you enjoy until you find a guild that appreciates the player behind the character/class that they see. i totally support this post 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
taladril 43 Report post Posted January 18, 2017 Better tell my guild that ferals can't tank because I've bamboozled them into letting me. So far they haven't noticed that it's a bear getting hit by the big bad raid bosses and not a warrior. Shhhh! 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Garun 9 Report post Posted January 24, 2017 Honestly you are better off with a warrior if you really want to tank, but that's not to say that bear tanking is impossible. It might be difficult finding a guild that will let you tank as a feral druid though. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Asherdoom 5 Report post Posted January 25, 2017 15 hours ago, zmandude24 said: Honestly you are better off with a warrior if you really want to tank, but that's not to say that bear tanking is impossible. It might be difficult finding a guild that will let you tank as a feral druid though. i agree. you must find a NON POWER PLAY guild. cool minded peoples are out there. me myself reside in a guild of friends where we got (horde side) warrior and druid tank. no one is killing anyone because of that. we enjoy playing like this and for us is the top thing of wow. Druid ofc need A LOT of effort and dedication but are not impossible to tank with as screens i posted above prove it. On 18/1/2017 at 8:49 PM, taladril said: Better tell my guild that ferals can't tank because I've bamboozled them into letting me. So far they haven't noticed that it's a bear getting hit by the big bad raid bosses and not a warrior. Shhhh! maybe one day they will realize it!!! ◔̯◔ 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Undertanker 88 Report post Posted February 17, 2017 Our feral druid is feral bear spec (non PowerShift cat), and can still push 600 dps on Ebonroc. And he is missing a lot of his BiS items. No prot warrior can do those numbers. He is a great tank when we need him. Druids have AMAZING threat generation while not being hit by a mob compared to a warrior. This allows them to be the best off tank for taunt immune bosses like broodlorde, Onyxia, Chromag (in case there is timeless). He has an MP5 set for fights that we need to decurse, healing set in case we are low on healers for a raid. If you are committed to playing it right, you can be great and a vital asset to your raid. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
