Tanks and Tankery

[Treesh]

I've never much liked Defensive Stance, even with its increased-threat-generation junk.
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Defensive stance is so much easier on your healer though, especially if you have a high DPS character in the group as well so you don't have to worry too much about the damage output reduction from defensive stance. I can tell when GG or Tal switches from defensive to battle stance because I have to heal him so much more in a shorter period of time. Yes, thunderclap is darned handy and is great for keeping critters off of the squishies in the group, but staying in just one stance all the time doesn't really work all that well either. Yes, you lose your rage when you switch stances, but you just have to learn when to switch and when not to and tactical mastery can help with the loss of rage. It's relatively cheap to get too.