Why TBN is a powerful but poorly designed ability.

[SyzzleSpark]

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This is a discussion for any number of other threads on the tanking forum for this topic. This game is designed around tanks being exactly what you believe they shouldn't be and I honestly can't help you with that unfortunately. For DRKs that do want to play their tanking job as the design of this game strongly encourages, TBN is a messy ability. Powerful, yes, but messy.

I'm glad that you like the design direction of it, but that design direction applied solely to DRK while the other tanks "face tank" puts DRK at a disadvantage.

[Driavna]

This is a discussion for any number of other threads on the tanking forum for this topic. This game is designed around tanks being exactly what you believe they shouldn't be and I honestly can't help you with that unfortunately. For DRKs that do want to play their tanking job as the design of this game strongly encourages, TBN is a messy ability. Powerful, yes, but messy.

I'm glad that you like the design direction of it, but that design direction applied solely to DRK while the other tanks "face tank" puts DRK at a disadvantage.

And what I saying it's relevant to this topic:

- Skill design it's fine (we need more like TBN).

- Instead of sticking with this design they need to change it once and for all, all this DPS meta happens because how boring passive tanking is (once again relevant to this topic).

You are asking for a solution to numbers and I requesting a deeper solution related to this topic.

[TankHunter678]

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Paladin I have come to find is a better proactive tank (leveling mine still, only around level 43 just about to hit 44) then DRK because of how spammable shield bash is. Were it not for CC resistance well... all I would need to do is just rotate between mobs shield bashing. Then there is sheltron (which feels good to use, even in potd).

I mean when I ran Stone Vigil I was undergeared, with an undergeared group, and SCH as healer. I got into a number of bad pulls because of bad positioning from the sprouts with me. We did not wipe, only because out of desperation I was shield bash spamming to give the healer time to catch up. Pulls that my DRK would wipe we made it through because a enemy that cannot act is an enemy that cannot dps me down faster then the healer can heal me back up. Not to mention shield swipe letting me cancel enemy AoEs.

DPS meta was going to form anyways because as the old saying goes "The best defense is a good offense".

[AdamZ]

Off topic, but just want to thank you SyzzleSpark for all your write-up's (and all others that have contributed on the forums since SB for tank analysis) . Enjoying the reads