07-29-2006, 02:51 AM
One minor point - there are fights that are better learned with a bear tank. Bears have less long term mitigation but survive spike damage a bit better (more HP, more armour). If the risk is "will the tank get one shot" rather than "will the healers run OOM" it's worth trying a bear tank, provided you have one with equivalent gear (a major caveat given the rarity of Druid tanking items).