New Tank (Beastmaster)

[Ceodore]

The point was to introduce something that seemed interesting and new for a tank. We currently have three tanking classes with slashing damage. So, my partner and I pondered over one that might do blunt damage. Further, we didn't want it to be like Shamans OR Druids from Wow, as this tank would use a totem as a weapon, not place them. Yes, I used a picture of a Tauren Shaman, but that was to give a thematic idea of what the weapon might look like in scale. AS I said, it would be the largest weapon yet in the game, and thus have a low attack speed but a high auto attack potency. Further, we wanted to try a pet tanking class. This specifically required a lot of discussion because there was discussion of whether the pet would be tanking, or if the player would be as well as if the player should have forms (like Druids from WoW) or stances, like the current tanks. We ultimately narrowed and argued it down to stances and the player being the main receiver of the damage while keeping away from things that would alter the character model (like WoW Druids) but also stick with the more animalistic and naturist theme of the Beastmaster.