r/classicwow • u/Natural20DND • Feb 20 '25

Classic 20th Anniversary Realms Two completely different experiences

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Idk man, I’m having fun shield slammin.

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u/[deleted] Feb 20 '25

What's the appeal?

Mitigation isn't a problem for any warrior in vanilla, even if they have 0 talent points applied to their character. Going all in on redundant durability, when vanilla is a TPS gated meta dominated by DPS warriors, is aggressively stupid.

DPS warriors with Fury/Arms DPS specs in offspec gear are going to be more suitable for tanking than you.

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u/Cold94DFA Feb 20 '25

For some, mitigation IS the appeal. the fantasy of playing s big tanky shield boi.

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u/Odd-Bandicoot-9314 Feb 21 '25

But do you really get any extra mitigation from the prot tree aside from maybe the first 15-20 points?

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u/Cold94DFA Feb 21 '25

Wow players who have played for years eventually start to crunch numbers, as you suggest, but lots of players are playing for the first time or even from retail, which means tanking = picking the tank spec, and that's as simple as it needs to be in vanilla.

It's fine to want to push numbers and clear times, and it's also fine to wear a shield cus you think it looks cool.

No amount of shouting math at shield-fanciers is going to make them like you, or start gushing over math.

It's either an incredibly easy game that can be cleared naked or it isn't, and we know what the answer is. 

Best to just let sub optimal players do whatever they fantasise about.

You are asking " is it good?" 

While some people ask "is it cool?"