Tanking and I

As I am one of those lucky few in the WoW world who has nothing to whine about, really I don't, I thought I'd blog about something I know and that is tanking. But I have a problem, though I am undoubtedly a tank I have no clue whatsoever about what I do when I tank. If you were to ask me what I do, well my answer is errrrr well. I have come to the conclusion that what I am, what I do is tank. Simply put: "I am therefore I tank, I tank therefore I am." And if I ever want to dps I need to roll a non-tanking class.

*sighs*

And I was so hoping that I could level Naofa as a retribution paladin. Ah well. Hmm, does that count as a whine? I think it may. Sweet.

But it has been pointed out that I should not feel pressured into tanking, I don't, as I'm trying badly to explain I just seem to always end up tanking. I'm just not sure why, or what I'm doing when I do it. Which may make my SAN guildies a bit worried about grouping with me, but though I don't know what I'm doing I seem to do it well. At least thus far.

Another picture.

I know I know, last post was full of them, this one is special though. This is my hunter soloing Wailing Caverns back in 08. I'm proud of that I am....and with a ravager. Started doing it at 20.....till about 30.

A history in pictures

I apologise in advance, I've being going though my screenshots folder recently and I thought I would share some with you. I say 'some' because I'm not sure how many I will end up doing.


In the above picture we see the brave Naofa, the first, face down the evil paladin Agrus, whom had just invaded Stormwind to run the Stockade. And no, I'm not calling him evil for being a blood elf, he's my little brother I can call him evil if I want to. Also in this pic you can see Nao and Pilf have been together for a while.


Here they are in Hellfire......isn't Outland gear so very er......stylish.....that's a word for it, not the word you understand but a word certainly.


Here we are at 70, before Wrath hit much better looking gear wise, yes I know I'm vain, not as bad as Bro, but what can I say.... I really like this tabard. Dang I'm going to have to go get it again for the SAN toons.


And Nao at 80. I feel sorry for Nao now and somewhat guilty. His gear since this picture has not improved much and all he gets to do is well....


.....pose on his pink drake.


Moving on to another of my characters, Fiach my hunter.

I was seeing if my wasp was suitable for 5-man instancing......yeah no......

And lastly but by no means least is Fiatim, my druid. I'll just upload a few pictures and let them speak for themselves I think.






And to finish off a random yet beautiful picture.

Where I Am

I know I said I was going to list my toons and give a bit of an in-depth behind each one, but wait for it, I got sidetracked, surprised? You shouldn't be, I thought I went over this already.

By what you may ask, ah there in lies the tale, and the reason behind this post. I like many bloggers out there have joined in with Single Abstract Noun, when the Better Half said why don't we join this I, as ever, followed along for the laugh. SAN is, what's the word, oh yeah it's an experience. I will freely admit I am not the most avid of bloggers or blog readers, I am however a huge Warcraft nut. I've played the series from the beginning, so the chance to be guilded with people who are mature, know what they are doing AND can have a laugh, well the opportunity to do that is something I am always on the look for. There is also another reason for enjoying this guild as I do, no guilt or pressure. I am not being forced to level, or instance, or raid. Actually I am under a bit of pressure, on Nao (the second), I had intended to level as ret and to do it properly for once. But ever as there is a lack of tanks, but if I'm honest, most of the pressure is from the Better Half, who if I'm honest I am happy to have on my back about this. It feels almost like second nature for me to tank with her healing and as she has said a time or two, it probably very apparent to any we group with that we have played together a lot.

But Naofa isn't the only toon I have in this guild, there is also Lobh the Blood Death Knight who I originally created to mine ore to feed to Nao, levelling Blacksmithing is a pain, but has ended up as something more, and there is also Seilg the Marksmanship hunter who I transferred over from my home server.

What happens here on in, I'm not sure, but I hope this guild continues on, it's a fun place to be.