Yes please. I really miss having a decent melee spec for my Shaman. It feels a little ungrateful for me since I am very much in love with the other 2, but part of me misses when shaman were wrecking balls with a two hander, or more conservative with a hammer and a board.
I think a tank spec for both shaman and hunter would be really cool.
imagine a tank related hunter; damage spread amongst your pets, defensive traps, an ability called “hunter’s experience: you’ve seen it all, increases dodge chance by x amount”, etc.
sounds like a neat idea.
Yes please.
It’s healthy to the game have more tank and healer spec
They should have some “earthbending” style attacks, like in Avatar. Big walls of rock erupt out in front of them, blocking an attack before receding back into the ground. Large spikes shoot out of the ground, and spinning discs of rock fly at their opponents. Stuff like that.
But… why? Why would a tanking spec finally make you play a Shaman. It’d still have all the traditional tools. The playstyle wouldn’t be radically different. You’d still shock, smack and lay down totems.
Maybe they only like to tank?
No to Sham Tank spec.
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Usually I roll my eyes at the Shaman Tank discussions, but I really like this direction. Much more unique and interesting than just regular old tank ‘slap a shield on and you’re done’.
Especially working the Earth Elemental in there, so it’s a constant or occasional helper, is much more interesting angle.
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I’ve played other MMO’s that let you do it all, and it is fun.
Rogue heals? Warrior heals? Why not?
Mage Tanks, Shaman Tanks, Priest tanks…everybody tanks!
Playing as Warden where I could tank AND heal the group was the most fun I’ve had in a dungeon, wish they’d mix it up a bit here.
Indeed! They have the abilities already to make it interesting and unique. They have the lore to back up asking the elemental for assistance, as well.
Met a shaman tank in classic. He was pretty heavy into it and knowledgeable. Tanked our UBRS and a few BFD runs for me. He said he tanked raids with his guild too. I thought it was weird but I googled it and there was some dedicated guides for shaman tanking in classic.
He booted this rogue from our group that was arguing shamans can’t tank as this dude was tanking the entire dungeon.
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I think it is a cool concept and would like to see it
Retool enhance. Turn it into a tank spec.
This is posted at least once a month since vanilla.
I was begging for a shaman tank in 2005. My first 60 in vanilla was an orc shaman. I did tank a bit in classic, but it was too much work and needed a great well geared healer.
Because I like Death Knight…
I’d roll one immediately.
It’s ya boy, posting his Shaman tank spec outline again since it got like no attention when I posted it back in October
https://us.forums.blizzard.com/en/wow/t/shaman-tank-spec-outline-v2/664479
I always read that letter correctly, too, and it makes for some very funny, nonsensical names. I like it better than B it’s supposed to be replacing.
Edit; On topic, any non tank saying they’d finally roll a tank if they could be shaman would do so for maybe a month. Anyone who genuinely wants to tank would be doing it, not hinging it on one specific class that’s never had an actual full on tank spec.
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i enjoy enhance to much long as it don’t involve ruining us. btw blizz i pull threat away from tanks pretty easy in dungeons so maybe quit messing with tank threat?