Can Pallies get a taunt and a small threat increase on consecrate, and druids get more swipe threat… Everyone is boosting and you can’t find any tanks.
I leveled my druid to 60 tanking now I can’t get into anything bc no one wants druid tanks all about warriors
Sod is that way —->
And TBC will be here soon enough.
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This is not needed, Pala threat is off the charts ridiculous…
Taunt would have made us a truly viable tank, but alas it is not mean to be my friend.
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Agreed.
I have tanked every dungeon in classic without a taunt. It would be nice but not needed for dungeons.
taunt is only needed after you already lost threat.
don’t lose threat.
Same when I leveled this guy a couple years ago, and holy crap the threat is monsterous, its 10X easier to tank on pala than warrior assuming don’t need to tank swap. I don’t even go oom so long as I judge Wisdom / Seal of wisdom with a fast weapon my man bar moves like its a rage but, its kinda amazing, and because of that interaction you can get away with max rank cons if needed and then watch threat and run R1 for the keeping your mana for just in case you really need it kinda bis.
Hell ill be so bold as to say if you’re playing correctly the idea of needing a mechanic like spiritual attunement (TBC) is not actually needed, and was redundant when the pala is used wisely. IMO the Holy shield talent is almost a waste because of Sanctuary and Redoubt in respect to AoE tanking. It is wild to me how good paladin actually is in Vanilla, just that I think the way people are trying to play it is just failing them and that’s the real problem… The Skills and Talents are really strong but the method to play is not exactly as simplistic and intuitive as many would like.
Nothing is ever needed but it would help get tanks in leveling dungeons…I guess you just boost. I rip off every pally tank i run with on my lock just dotting , 2 dots
just start your own groups as tank and friend anyone who is willing to come.
Did you read my post???I leveld a druid tanking all the way to 60 just to have not get into anything
I assure you the need for taunt in dungeons is almost non-existant… And while I would LOVE a single target taunt… if we got that then people would be saying things like… Well since paladin got Taunt and now they’re BiS tank lets buff warriors since they really need it now, because warriors should be comparable in ALL WAYS…
Then the crying would start about Reckoning, freedom, BoP and Sac…
I fear the nerf bad bud, and by asking for buffs you’re pleading with the other players classes to get us nerfed HARD… Just like they did in TBC where paladin is virtually worthless in Arena and PVP in general…
and did you make friends with any of the healers?
It is and it isn’t. I too have main tanked everything on my pally, I even did it as a pretadin (sans UBRS), but there are places where not having a taunt was really hindering. Saying it’s not needed for dungeons is a little like saying a healer isn’t needed for dungeons. Technically correct, but your experience is made a whole lot better with one.
At the end of the day, I actually really like that Paladins are unique in their tanking mechanics and that includes not having a taunt, it’s just unfortunate that the content and/or user experience doesn’t account for this. As a whole, I think threat is this really cool, super awesome mechanic that is unfortunately completely transparent to players (without addon support)… players who just want to “go go go” on deeps. So the idea of a tank that can’t snap aggro back when they go too hard is just immediately distasteful and they will always want something that can.
I do think Paladins need a taunt (and they get one… two, in fact), but I like that they don’t in Vanilla. I just wish this version of the game got a few more iterations before it went to TBC so it could have really explored the differences between the three (four if you include Shaman) tanking specs. Maybe “true” Classic+ will save us 
Funny green reptile world gave Paladin & Shaman Taunt and MP fixes.
Just drop the game until TBC. There will still be a tank shortage because every Warrior will reroll lock/hunter. Or just play better versions of the game that weren’t designed by out-of-touch devs.
Majority of people are treating Anniversary as a waiting room for TBC anyway. And probably to see if we’re going to get screwed with Dark Portal & Token.
It also gave paladins a holy based strike that ignored armor and was fairly OP in PvP.
I know it’s changed since then.
Yeah Holy 2h pvp was insane. It has changed though yes. The new mechanics are interesting.
Ofc I did and if I didn’t have ony buff on every dungeon I would have struggled hardcore tanking with competent dps.
I used my entire tool kit too like hoting healers and myself before pulls, using hurricane, moonfire and other abilities.