Tanking as a Druid

[Artega]

One thing about thorns...

I played a feral druid to 54 in beta and there was a nasty bug about it that might still apply.  It appeared that when a mob hit the druid, the thorns damage kicked in about half a second later.  Similarly, when a mage cast polymorph the effect kicked in about a half a second after the spell landed on the mob.  This resulted in many unsuccessful polymorph attempts while thorns was active.

If this is still the way it works, thorns probably shouldn't be used in any 5-man instances.
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Alternately, you could have the mage(s) pull with sheep.

I hardly ever do any real tanking outside bosses anymore. It's generally just more efficient for the two mages that usually hang out with my group to spam Improved Arcane Explosion along with Frost Nova and Cone of Cold than it is for me to run up and attempt to contain aggro while they do their thing. Between Shield and the occasional Ice Block or Ice Barrier, the mages are never really in true danger, and the group as a whole moves much faster through the instance.

For BRD, we usually have them sheep two while I occupy the Officer and the priest Controls the medic. Everyone else obliterates the remaining mob, helps me finish off the Officer, then we kill the two sheep followed by the Controlled medic. Works pretty well.