Bear Tank Casserole

“I believe that if you’ll just stand up and go, life will open up for you.”
Tina Turner

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Bear Tank Casserole

With the encouragement of my guildies, I tanked three mythic dungeons last night. We started on a beginning dungeon, then a mythic 2 and then a mythic 4. My guys all jumped on their Alts so I would have a chance to do my job.

Here’s the deal. All four of my guys play tanks. So, I got a ton of good advice and, of course, they messed with me by shooting at mobs and stuff for me to chase down. By the time we hit mythic 4, the healer announced that he would not heal me anymore so I could use my defensive stuff. It was chaotic and fun.

One thing that came out of the experience is the shop talk. These guys will spend days talking about solid-state drives and terabytes or guns and bullets and snipers or mitigation and health points and cool-downs. If I do choose to enter the tanking world, it will be all of that stuff. I would have to know what my talents are and not just follow a template.

Another thing that came out of the experience is that the learning curve is huge. I never died but running and casting and defending where every dungeon is different and every boss is unique; the combination of my own needed skills plus the vast range of fights is daunting. And, I won’t always have friends with me.

There is plenty to work on, turning the mobs away sounds simple but it isn’t always. Our 4 was lower Kara with rooms and rooms of mobs to pull and control; talking by holding down the Ctrl button seemed impossible. And, I was playing melee which is not my best thing.

Now that I have come out, so to speak, I am pretty sure that I’ll be asked again. So, more and more research and investment in my character. The big wheel keeps on turning.

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In case you have Barry White rolling in your head, here is some Proud Mary; just to keep it going.

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