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    Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    This isn't a complain post, more just an FYI for aspiring DK tanks out there. I was replaced tonight in my guild by a pally tank with gear not as good as mine. Our guild leader ran a 'damage taken' test between me and a pally for the night betweeen Ony25 and ToC25. To make a long story short, he took 38% less damage than I didfor the night. Needless to say I'm on the dps list now instead of tanking. I wasn't MT, another pally in our guild is MT, but I've been 2nd tank or OT for a few weeks now.

    Anways, I love tanking, I feel kinda bad but there isn't really anything I can do. I'm thinking of jumping on the band wagon and lvl up a pally. That way in the future if DK's ever edge out in front again, I won't have to worry about being sat out fo rtoo long.
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by select20
    This isn't a complain post, more just an FYI for aspiring DK tanks out there. I was replaced tonight in my guild by a pally tank with gear not as good as mine. Our guild leader ran a 'damage taken' test between me and a pally for the night betweeen Ony25 and ToC25. To make a long story short, he took 38% less damage than I didfor the night. Needless to say I'm on the dps list now instead of tanking. I wasn't MT, another pally in our guild is MT, but I've been 2nd tank or OT for a few weeks now.

    Anways, I love tanking, I feel kinda bad but there isn't really anything I can do. I'm thinking of jumping on the band wagon and lvl up a pally. That way in the future if DK's ever edge out in front again, I won't have to worry about being sat out fo rtoo long.
    Bye.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Ronark
    Bye.
    This.

    Cruel, eh?
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    /gquit

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    well if you've been following the posts tonight, pallys ret and prot are starting to get nerfed again.
    May be worth sticking around for a bit
    nothing gamebreaking, but usually, 1-2 nerfs to pallys doesn't satisfy blizz, I sense more coming
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    you're a death knight.
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT

    and they're stupid.
    go roll a real tank class.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    I rerolled my dk to dps not because I was being replaced but because I found tanking with him boring.

    When cataclysm comes out, here comes the Tauren pally! BEEFCAKE!!!

    Why is this in the paladin forums?

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Ronark
    Bye.
    Agreed, nobody cares, of course, when he does decide to leave nothing of value will be lost.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Well, bottom line, my GM is jsut doing what he thinks is best fo the guild, and if I have to sit out of tanking so be it. Bottom line, if I want to be the best tank, roll a Pally. Would I rather be loyal to my class? or do what I enjoy? which is tanking? I'll pick tanking anyday over dps'ing or healing, thats just me.

    Once again I'm not hating on Pally's, hell I'm going to roll one and see how I like it. This post was just a 'get it off my chest' kinda of thing.
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by gunner_recall
    Why is this in the paladin forums?
    death knights cant read.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    I tank everything fine. Even Anub 25M Heroic....
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Lt McHamburger
    This.

    Cruel, eh?
    not at all
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by nightcinder
    you're a death knight.
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT

    and they're stupid.
    go roll a real tank class.
    Like.. a warrior? Or.. a warrior? Or.. I know, a warrior.

    Cause they're the only true tanking class. Pallies were healers in Vanilla and trash tanks in TBC.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by nightcinder
    death knights cant read.
    Oh, okay.


    Hey, wait a minute!

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by nightcinder
    you're a death knight.
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT
    A DEATH KNIGHT

    and they're stupid.
    go roll a real tank class.
    i lol'd

    Quote Originally Posted by Saimene
    Like.. a warrior? Or.. a warrior? Or.. I know, a warrior.

    Cause they're the only true tanking class. Pallies were healers in Vanilla and trash tanks in TBC.
    Trash tanks... lol. Could have a shammy do that back then. Palies are plate wearers who wear shields. See the similarities compared to like... a warrior? Or... a warrior? Or... I know, a warrior. :
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Gee, people are quick to jump the ship nowadays.

    Read patch notes: a) oh finally, a well warranted buff, we needed that for like 2 years now
    b) oh well, minor nerf, blizzard is stupid, nerfing our class all the time, but we'll handle
    c) oh GOD! we're soooo nerfed, blizzard must be preparing *class* to be taken out of the game completely! Run! Reroll!



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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Perhaps you're geared incorrectly or undergeared and taking frustrations out on another class because they can do 'your' job better?
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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by select20
    Well, bottom line, my GM is jsut doing what he thinks is best fo the guild, and if I have to sit out of tanking so be it. Bottom line, if I want to be the best tank, roll a Pally. Would I rather be loyal to my class? or do what I enjoy? which is tanking? I'll pick tanking anyday over dps'ing or healing, thats just me.

    Once again I'm not hating on Pally's, hell I'm going to roll one and see how I like it. This post was just a 'get it off my chest' kinda of thing.
    Haha fail. "if I want to be the best tank, roll a Pally."
    You just proved to everyone why you were replaced, because you don't know anything about tanking.

    Oh and your guildleader doesn't have a clue either.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    First of all, comparing tanks across different encounters is stupid. It's like comparing range dps to melee on a melee friendly fight, it just doesn't work and is stupid. Secondly, overall damage taken shouldn't be compared to with tanks simply because they all behave differently and take damage in differently. The only true comparison you can do for two tanks is having them both tank the exact same encounter and see if the healers really feel a difference in healing the two, and normally they won't in comparatively geared tanks, any difference will either be RNG or just them thinking it's easier.

    Any tank can tank any encounter atm, it shouldn't be enough to the point where it stalls your guild on encounters, and if it is then you're doing something wrong.

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    Re: Well, tonight was the last straw.....

    Quote Originally Posted by Cheezyweezy
    well if you've been following the posts tonight, pallys ret and prot are starting to get nerfed again.
    May be worth sticking around for a bit
    nothing gamebreaking, but usually, 1-2 nerfs to pallys doesn't satisfy blizz, I sense more coming
    actually when they nerf prot they tend to go back and undue it.

    Or make it slight change.

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