Tag Archives: gear

Blizzard Dev Blog: More Threat!

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Orinfoo

http://us.battle.net/wow/en/blog/3300854 Today’s blog is pretty lengthy, but the highlight is: Hotfix: The threat generated by classes in their tanking mode has been increased from three times damage done to five times damage done. In an upcoming patch: Vengeance no longer … Continue reading →

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Firelands: Trinkets for Tanks

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Orinfoo

With the new raid and dailies in 4.2, we tanks have several new trinkets to keep our eyes on. Here’s a brief description of each and where to get them. Moonwell Phial is one of the Stamina trinkets. Nice, though … Continue reading →

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Blizzard Dev Blog: Hit and Expertise for Tanks

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Orinfoo

There’s a new blog by Ghostcrawler up on the official Blizzard site, mostly talking about the new direction their blogs are going. But it also mentions their thoughts on how to make Hit and Expertise more interesting for Tanks, since … Continue reading →

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Reforging for Avoiding and Mitigating (and Threat)

Posted on February 19, 2011 by Orinfoo

So now that you’ve got your Tanking gear, the next step is Reforging some of the less useful stats into those that’ll make you a better Tank. This will be mostly dependent on what your current stats are. When I … Continue reading →

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You too can be a Tank!

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Orinfoo

Tired of long queue times? Think you can do better than this PUG tank? Looking for a change of pace from throwing out big numbers in damage and/or healing? Want to help out your friends? There is a solution! If … Continue reading →

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