Bye bye Frost-tanking! 

So the bomb dropped on tanking death knights today. Tri-tank-spec and the flexibility that comes with it will be gone in Cataclysm. Blood will be the new revamped dedicated tanking tree for death knights.

My first reaction: this is just sad! One of the reasons that i picked death knight over other tanking classes was the almost endless flexibility. I really liked that i could mix and match a spec for every tanking occasion there is in the game. Unholy AMZ/AMS on spell damage heavy encounters, Frost for avoidance and duel-wielding madness and Blood for pure survivability. Ever since the duel-spec system was introduced i have been running with two tanking specs and changed depending on raid setup (No enhancement shaman in the group? No problem, i will just switch to Frost for haste-buff etc). Will miss that. /violin

My second reaction: After a walk with the dog, fresh air in my lungs and some undisturbed thinking i came to the conclusion that tanking will probably be more fun after all. With a dedicated tree, Blizzard can focus on giving us more fun tools to play with without worrying about the balance between the trees. And Blood was my “main” tanking tree and the spec i, overall, enjoy most anyway. 

On my wishlist: I am still dreaming of a AoE-taunt like the Templars in Aion. Imagine a death grip that pulls several targets! I would also like the death knight iconic spell army of the dead to be more useful as a tank. I also hope they keep blood worms and make them contribute to the tanking by generating threat for the tank (the real reason: they look damn cool!)

Progress report in ICC10 Heroic:
Pretty good (and fun!) first week. We managed to down the first seven bosses. /clap

✔ Lord Marrowgar
✔ Lady Deathwhisper
✔ Gunship Battle (Lulz!)
✔ Deathbringer Saurfang
✔ Festergut
✔ Rotface

Better late then never. Happy Easter!

April 07, 2010, 5:11am | Leave a comment: Comments