Any1 else just sitting in queue and just gets denied for pretty much any other spec out there (shamans (any spec/role), rets, rogues, Dks ? I mean, I’m not asking for much … just wanna complete my 8 x 10s vault -_-
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Oupsy, posted on an alt since i’m never usually coming on the forum to complaint … but this is getting out of hands.
The only solution is to get 1h and a shield bro. I farmed my weekly 10s using prot, otherwise no you wont be invited. If im the key owner id rather grab any other melee 10 ilvls lower than you lol.
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If you are pugging nobody accept dps warrior (arms/fury) anymore, all they accept is prot warrior aka tank.
Only way you get to play DPS is have your own key, or queue with friend(s).
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as others have said prot is your answer if you are pugging its what I started doing for my gilded in 8s and just tried 10s tonight all of them in dawnbreaker and I timed both tries 2nd a +2
How did you learn to tank? I’m trying to start but the info required is overwhelming and people leave groups after 1 mistake
I just avoid troublesome dungeons anything with excessive casters that can wipe groups like necrotic wake and start with lower keys. One of the reasons I chose Dawnbreaker is that if we wipe, it’s either going to be a healer issue, or I stood in stuff or failed to interrupt the caster in most packs of which there is usually only one in that dungeon. If you kill everything in the church and the pack in front of the second mini boss you only need one more add from pretty much anywhere to reach the % you need to hit 100% on the ship. If you are geared enough to dps 8s you are geared enough to tank them if you have a champion shield and weapon fully upgraded on a warrior. Ignore pain is basically easymode its a defensive you can always have stacked for most pulls.
The act of mitigating damage isn’t too difficult on Warrior. Baseline is just to use your rage to maintain Shield Block, than use your excess rage on Ignore Pain. Use Shield Charge (Also gives you Shield Block), Shield Slam, and Thunderclap on cooldown to generate rage. This is the easy part of tanking.
The hard part is knowing dangerous abilities that you need extra defensives for (Shield Wall, Last Stand, Spell Reflect, and Spell Block), how to route dungeons, and how to adapt on the fly. Learning all of these takes time and a bit of research.
I would start by looking at the Raider .io website and their basic routes. They generally have easy to follow routes that corall pugs in ways they can’t pull extra or mess things up too badly. It should also have details about what enemies are dangerous and what abilities to watch out for. This will only go so far, without actual exposure to the dungeons.
My suggestion would be to ask friends and guildmates to run dungeons so you can learn an enviorment where people are hopefully more understanding that you’re learning the role.
Good luck!
“just tank bro” is not an answer when you want to push io as a DPS. weekly vault, sure, but if you’re a dps main it isn’t acceptable that you have awful DPS specs and you’re only option is to tank
blizzard needs to address the critical lack of utility when it comes to DPS warriors. we’re likely the last in line when it comes to what people look for in a DPS when being considered for groups. we dont bring a lust, we dont bring brez, we have awful defensives and low dps. 10% hp buff on a 3 minute CD is laughable. 5% attack power is… fine i guess, but alone? it’s not even close to enough
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