I need a hug....

#0 - March 6, 2009, 9:25 p.m.
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Ok, just gonna make this short and sweet. I am aware of all the changes to armor, Savage Defense, health, and everything else that's being worked on. I'm praying that we are not forced back into the OT for trash role that we were in for TBC when these changes go live but I guess we'll wait and see.

But 2 VERY important druid tanking aspects have gone too long without being mentioned or looked at.
1. Our tank idol. We were promised way before DKs were promised more sigils that we would have a tank idol to use at level 80. So far Idol of Terror which is level 70 from heroic badges remains best in slot. Most druids don't even care how the method of obtaining a new idol would be, we just want one.
2. Tanking enchants. I noticed there is a new parry enchant being introduced. That's great for Paladins, Warriors, and Deathknights, but it is horrible for Druids. The stamina enchant that was mentioned during last PTR was pretty decent but was removed because Blizzard didn't want it to be the only enchant tanks use. But currently this is exactly how it is. Mongoose is the only enchant that druid tanks will use. This new parry enchant will be the only enchant that Warriors and Pallys use because they are still using mongoose for the most part as well.

I'm not really asking for much in my opinion, just the ability to use WotLK items/enchants when raiding WotLK content. Having to use TBC stuff still because it is the best available just makes me a sad Bear. If you can toss us any info if this is being worked on I as well as many other Bears would greatly appreciate it.







P.S. I don't mean to push it, but maybe an update on our skin changes if possible. I wouldn't mind being a sad Panda bear.
#3 - March 6, 2009, 9:33 p.m.
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Yep, we would still like to do a bear-oriented enchant. This one wasn't made specifically to be mean to druids. It was in the pipe for a long time.

Oh, and /hug.
#30 - March 7, 2009, 1:11 a.m.
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We originally had two tanking enchants: the parry and stamina one. We pulled the stamina one (and let's not revisit that whole discussion please) but that means druids did get the shaft.

The plan is to get a second tanking enchant in 3.1 but I am very hesistant to promise anything.

I don't know the Ulduar loot well enough (it's not all complete last I looked) so I don't know what the idols look like. I'm a little reluctant to spoil that loot too much in any case, though I know it's easy to find for those of you who don't mind the spoilers.