07-30-2006, 01:59 AM
Quote: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).
Do you have any specific fights in mind? I'm not sure I entirely buy that premise, mainly because there are also reasons why Bears would be worse at surviving spike damage - mainly lower mitigation, no crit immunity, and no access to shield block (the skill, not the passive trait). On top of that, warriors have more proactive things they can do in response to spike damage - Last Stand, the class trinket that has a similiar effect, and Shield Wall. I'm not aware of any similiar abilities for Druids.