This week, Blizzard was forced to admit that tanking in Shadowlands was broken. Okay, that is somewhat hyperbolic, but a genuine bug had led to a metagame… Read more “Balance and the Actual State of Shadowlands – Looking at the Tank Buffs”
Tag: tanking
Tanks for the Threat – Threat Changed In Shadowlands and I Don’t Like It
Tank design in most holy trinity MMOs boils down to managing a trifecta of gameplay components for a player to focus on and learn – managing threat,… Read more “Tanks for the Threat – Threat Changed In Shadowlands and I Don’t Like It”
The Journey to Level 80 Gunbreaker, and Lessons Learned on Tanking in Final Fantasy XIV
Now that my Gunbreaker in Final Fantasy XIV has hit 77 and is closing in on the current level cap of the game, it is time to… Read more “The Journey to Level 80 Gunbreaker, and Lessons Learned on Tanking in Final Fantasy XIV”
Tanxiety Through the Eyes of a New Game
I’ve been tanking in WoW for around 5 years as my main role now, but yet, the job is still somewhat scary. Not so much in WoW,… Read more “Tanxiety Through the Eyes of a New Game”
A Look at Tanking in Legion and Battle for Azeroth – The Design Ideas, The Reality, and The Future
Legion has been a rather fascinating look into how a concept that sounds really great on paper can sometimes degrade in reality. To start with, my tank… Read more “A Look at Tanking in Legion and Battle for Azeroth – The Design Ideas, The Reality, and The Future”
Storytime – How I Started Tanking – Video
To go with my Tanxiety videos, I thought it would be fun to talk freeform about starting tanking, and how it took me almost 10 years to… Read more “Storytime – How I Started Tanking – Video”
Getting Over Tanxiety – A New Video Series Emerges!
This series is an effort to approach something near and dear to me – how the fun gameplay of tanking can often be ruined by the… Read more “Getting Over Tanxiety – A New Video Series Emerges!”
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