Shaman Tank, please oh please consider it

Community General Discussion
1

I’m not the first and wont be the last to request this.

I am really honestly excited about the class changes I am seeing so far from the various alpha testing streamers and youtubers. I’m loving the un-pruning, though I am hoping we get some of the GCD changes people want.

But Blizz, my dearest Blizz, now is the PERFECT time to consider adding a Shaman tank spec, while you’re already doing a lot of work on the classes.

Not to mention, though this wont solve the tank shortage issues, it will certainly help as many Shaman lovers may try out the tank spec and find they enjoy tanking.

Thanks for reading.

Edit: Side note: I think it would be cool for each spec to have an elemental focus. Healing is water, melee dps is air focused (with fire and the other elements too), ranged dps is lighting (with fire and other elements too), tank is earth etc. But that’s just my opinion, the important thing is Tank Spec Plz!

11 Likes
2

I believe Ion said the other day that they’re not giving 2h back to shaman. And adding a new tank spec would be a different sort of work than just re-adding old abilities and tuning.

3

Maybe a passive that increases health threat generation when a shield is equipped on enhance spec? There it would be more stuff todo but not as much imagine. Just a showerthoughtish idea…

4

I like that too. Maybe just giving enhancement some talent options that can make it a tank spec? That’d be neat.

5

I think you’re underestimating how much work would have to go into adding an entirely new tank spec to a class that doesn’t have one. If it ever does happen, it won’t be until next expansion at least.

6

Probably, which is why i told it was a showerthoughtish idea.

7

I’m not underestimating it, and maybe now isn’t the perfect time, but it doesn’t hurt to let Blizz know what I’d like, and hopefully others would too.

1 Like
8

I support this idea

2 Likes
9

I’m just saying, I wouldn’t expect it to happen anytime soon, especially since he just shot down the 2h idea. I wish they’d add fourth specs for classes in the future and shaman tank could work, it would just take up quite a bit of dev time to make and balance that they don’t have now.

10

I think it would be cool if every class could fill every role.

Edit: People still wouldn’t tank tho lol.

1 Like
11

When I first read this I saw Sherman Tank, and was like heck yea.

Now that I know you meant Shaman I still support this and good luck with the request.

1 Like
12

Could be a engineering TANK trinket. :^)

1 Like
13

I juggle both WoW and ESO, playing ESO most of the time and just hopping on WoW when there’s new content that interests me. The fact that any class in ESO can be any role is one of the things I love about it. I was upset an Elder Scrolls game had classes to begin with at first, but I’m fine with it now.

And I think it could fit in the lore of WoW. Like frost mage could be a tank spec, and maybe warlocks could become void walkers for brief periods of time, or just beef up their voidwalkers and then have something like that hunter ability that redirects their threat to the voidwalker.

14

Lightning isn’t an element. Fire would have to be the focus since the other 3 elements are already represented.

… I would totally be a Sherman Tank.

Also, this: Shaman Tank Spec Outline ⛰️

And this: Shaman Tanking Idea Draft 🌪️

1 Like
15

and wont be the last.
Id like to see some changes to elemental and enhance too.
They both just feel like something threw some random things together in a box, shook it up and poured them out.

16

The took away our Maelstrom bar. That’s a pretty significant change.

Edit: Sorry, TAKING away our Maelstrom in Shadowlands.

1 Like
17

Big plus on that one :+1:
They both feel wonky (elem and enh). Like Im having to think too much about it.
With Resto even when Im healing and DPSing it feels like I can just play the game without having to break out a schematic :laughing:

18

Yes pls sham tank

1 Like
19

I’m still not sold on that. The GCD still holds us back in a few areas, and the Maelstrom is that big of a deal.

I think people are making a bigger deal out of the builder/spender concept than needs to be.

20

No class has had a new 4th spec added without losing another spec to bring them back down to 3.

Druids had their melee dps and tank spec split apart because it was a class design/balancing nightmare.

They aren’t going to give shaman a 4th spec.

They aren’t going to do what they originally went away from because it was a horrible idea (make enhancement a tank and melee dps spec).