Why bother with Protect Warriors?

#0 - Sept. 16, 2008, 11:21 p.m.

I don't have a warrior. I'm leveling one right now and it's a lot harder going than it was for my Druid.

It seems the main focus in Wrath of the Lich King is to normalize the classes so no one class is necessary or better than any other for their role (healer, dps, and tank).

For this reason, is there a good reason to bother with creating a protection warrior in Wrath of the Lich King? They can't heal, can't stealth, can't bubble, can't do many things that won't result in a mob of enemies chowing down on them while questing or doing dailies.

This is a serious question, it seems with how superior Druids and Paladins are for every other aspect outside of tanking, why bother with a protection warrior who can tank only as well as the other but not really any better?

Bornakk

#28 - Sept. 17, 2008, 4:51 p.m.

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I don't have a warrior. I'm leveling one right now and it's a lot harder going than it was for my Druid.

It seems the main focus in Wrath of the Lich King is to normalize the classes so no one class is necessary or better than any other for their role (healer, dps, and tank).

For this reason, is there a good reason to bother with creating a protection warrior in Wrath of the Lich King? They can't heal, can't stealth, can't bubble, can't do many things that won't result in a mob of enemies chowing down on them while questing or doing dailies.

This is a serious question, it seems with how superior Druids and Paladins are for every other aspect outside of tanking, why bother with a protection warrior who can tank only as well as the other but not really any better?

With the changes to gear, (adding strength) protection warriors should do a decent about of damage when they are not tanking, so while a dps focused class will obviously do more, they can rotate between tanking and dpsing better to fit the situation.

If you are in a situation where you have your choice of all 4 tanks (possibly multiples of each one), it's true that you could go without a protection warrior tank as we want all 4 of them to be totally viable. Grats to those people in such a position.

Bornakk

#35 - Sept. 17, 2008, 5:10 p.m.

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So basically you saying all other tanks will be bring to par with warrior, even on 1 vs 1 situation which warrior shines before wotlk. If so I say warrior will be a sub-tank because all other sdoing extreme well on aoe tanking which lots of us just love it. I will not pick a warrior tank when I need one in wotlk.

While we want each tank to have their niche in the tanking circle, we plan for all of them to be capable of handling both single target and AoE tanking aspects. If you prefer the styles of the other 3 tanks over the warrior then that option is available for you and your guild.

Bornakk

#48 - Sept. 17, 2008, 5:33 p.m.

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I don't think that is the point really. When you are talking about the needs of a raid or a guild, then its great to have all 4 classes be able to tank. The question the OP seems to be asking is why would a person level a character that cannot assume as many roles? That is to say, if the warrior tank is just as good as any other tank, why level that character when you could be leveling a druid or a paladin?

Both the paladin and the druid can tank as well, but they can also, if needed or desired, heal and DPS. The warrior can only DPS. Sure, it would take a respec and a regearing (less so for the druid to switch to DPS), but you wouldn't have to level a new character if you decided that you wanted to try out healing.

This is not a raid or party question. Paladins and Druids offer more playstyles and flexability then a warrior (and Deathknight for that matter). The question is, Why would I level a character that cannot do as much as another character, all things being equal?

So since a Druid can dps, heal, and tank in various forms, the question is why aren't all classes just ignored? That's kind of a question that everybody who plays these classes should answer themselves, but it is probably the play style. There are a number of people who want a class that is more focused on one aspect of the game and aren't interested in doing other things.

If your goal is to level a class that can do as much as possible, then yeah, hybrid classes like the Druid and Paladin are good choices, but not everybody is interested in doing this.

Bornakk

#80 - Sept. 17, 2008, 6:08 p.m.

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I love my warrior too, it was my first character and i play it 5x more than any of my alts. and i love being a main tank.

That being said, if my druid becomes just as good of a MT, why would i play my warrior when it is more beneficial to m guild to have the druid raid so he can have high end offspecc gear for nights when we might need an extra healer.

I already know some players who rotate between tanking and healing depending on the situation, it's already possible and not something brand new in Wrath of the Lich King. That said, I think it comes down to "do you want to heal?" - If you want to do both things on one character then it sounds like a good option for you. I know some people who play these classes but aren't interested and simply refuse to play one of the aspects like tanking or healing because they aren't fun for them.

Another thing to keep in mind is that you may want to do both, but it's possible the guild will have numerous tanks or numerous healers and so you won't be able to do the other type you want to play or get the gear for it for a long time as there are others who need it first.