This week, Blizzard was forced to admit that tanking in Shadowlands was broken. Okay, that is somewhat hyperbolic, but a genuine bug had led to a metagame… Read more “Balance and the Actual State of Shadowlands – Looking at the Tank Buffs”
Tag: tanks
Tanks for the Threat – Threat Changed In Shadowlands and I Don’t Like It
Tank design in most holy trinity MMOs boils down to managing a trifecta of gameplay components for a player to focus on and learn – managing threat,… Read more “Tanks for the Threat – Threat Changed In Shadowlands and I Don’t Like It”
Tanxiety Through the Eyes of a New Game
I’ve been tanking in WoW for around 5 years as my main role now, but yet, the job is still somewhat scary. Not so much in WoW,… Read more “Tanxiety Through the Eyes of a New Game”
Storytime – How I Started Tanking – Video
To go with my Tanxiety videos, I thought it would be fun to talk freeform about starting tanking, and how it took me almost 10 years to… Read more “Storytime – How I Started Tanking – Video”
Getting Over Tanxiety – A New Video Series Emerges!
This series is an effort to approach something near and dear to me – how the fun gameplay of tanking can often be ruined by the… Read more “Getting Over Tanxiety – A New Video Series Emerges!”
An Early Look at Tanking Changes in Battle for Azeroth – Less Magic, More Armor
Now that I’ve had a chance to unpack my thoughts about what I played at Blizzcon and what I saw, I’d like to discuss class changes, since… Read more “An Early Look at Tanking Changes in Battle for Azeroth – Less Magic, More Armor”