Because your ideas, while Im ok with them, dont address the REAL reasons people stop tanking.
Do you thing Johnny Tanksalot stopped tanking because gee…I want a mage tank?
No…its very likely because he got tired of the abuse and chaos and wipes caused by bad DPS players who then come in here and defend their infantile in-game behavior.
I’d prefer a new class than new specs for existing class personnaly. I don’t feel current classes need more specs that much, they even have difficulty making some interesting atm.
Its likely not a lack of options when it comes to classes that can do Support(Tanking/Healing). Its more likely its just the lack of people that want to play that roll.
Especially healing. I mean, I could be wrong but to me it feels like healing is MUCH harder to perform well in. In addition to a light DPS rotation, healers must also perform the same mechanics as ranged DPS(often even more mechanics due to special utility cool-downs they have) all while they also have to be aware of everyone’s current health total, incoming damage, be mindful of everyone’s cool-downs(particularly the tanks), is other players doing mechanics? if not, are they going to need healing attention. Also, healers also must be mindful of their resources such as mana and abilities. There is a lot to do as a healer.
Tanks also have a great deal of responsibility with having to determine the route of the dungeon and being looked to as the default leader and person that knows everything.
Im not claiming that tanking and healing are like SUPER hard or whatever but I do feel that we have much more responsibility as well as information to process.
DPS do have to pump damage and do mechanics but comparably its a lot easier to sit back and blast.
I imagine this is the crux of the issue. And personally I don’t feel like healing or tanking should be made easier. Support is something people either enjoy or dont. Also, a lot of the good tanks and healers only run for guild and with friends bc in the pugging world the first place to get heat is either the tank or heals regardless of what happened,
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Oh… I am sorry, then, I am not a game designer. I was just saying that I feel it could be interesting. But in no way am I clever enough to figure out how to make it work.
Dude u keep saying this argument, thats not what people are asking for lol
Understandable, there are plenty of crappy dps that make tanking unfun at times. Personally I stopped simply because I felt like playing a mage. I’d be happy to tank or heal more if I could. That being said I’m happy to dps as well, the role doesn’t matter too much to me
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It could be absolutely. I just don’t know what they would add to the 36 specs we have without ripping off or taking from existing specs. I’m open to the idea of people can flesh them out without taking from what we have.
It would make balancing even harder than it already is though too.
I LOVE healing for a group. I love healing with Resto shaman.
Id do it every single day if players didnt ruin it for me.
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New classes are always cool, more healing options would be nice.
It’s all they’re going to get, though. The only time Blizzard added an extra spec to a class, they did it by shuffling around the abilities of the other specs. The last 2 classes that they’ve added, they did by taking stuff from other classes.
There aren’t any new, original ideas floating around. All Blizzard can do is re-arrange the deck chairs.
And considering that there are specs ALREADY IN THE GAME that aren’t even finished, asking for new ones is ridiculous.
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We definitly need more ranged dps too.
There’s a reason people DPS. They will DPS regardless. You only have to worry about yourself and you just pump damage.
There are plenty of healer and tank specs that play differently from each other.
We don’t need MORE variety… we just “need” people to want to tank and to an extent… be a healer also.
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Not a bad idea if theres lots of people like me. I tank on occasion because I can on this toon. I wouldn’t have an alt just to tank at the key levels I can run on this toon.
If Blizz could flip a switch Tuesday and every class had a tank/heal spec and through some kind of fel magic all of them were balanced, I’d be willing to bet a lot of gold that on Thursday we’d see these forum posts:
WTF everyone can tank why are queues still long?
Noob tanks ruining keys git gud
Blizz forcing tanks to go mage for combust + wall of fire
Nerf DH
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Lol. I can see the git gun bit happening and its upsetting lol
Lul, you’re probably right. And I’m not saying this would fix it, just that it would probably help a little.
I’d take a shammy tank out for a spin, but I still wouldn’t be tanking for pugs so it wouldn’t matter much.
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Also, you’re a prime example of the general population of WoW…
You went DPS because it would be fun… and now you are doing what you can to limit the queue times and “force” others to make your time faster.
Your Mage tank idea sounds like a Druid Tank. There you go… problem solved.
What I’m saying is that there are probably people who want to tank or heal but can’t due to class limitations. But based on what people are saying I guess the portion is smaller than I thought.
Personally I enjoy tanking and healing a little more than I enjoy dps but I guess I can grow to enjoy dps too
Adding new tank specs isn’t going to fix the tank shortage problem. And it’s not a shortage of tanks, its a shortage of tanks that will pug.
All of our new class additions so far have had tank specs to them, and one even can heal. Did not add more tanks to the pool.
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