02-28-2005, 04:32 PM
Artega,Feb 28 2005, 03:26 AM Wrote:I've yet to see an effective Druid tank at the endgame, but they make excellent backup healers, and their buff is the best in the game. Combat rez adds many possibilities, though Soulstones can do pretty much the same thing.
I play a restoration specced druid, and I don't have a great set of bear gear yet. I've still managed to tank BRD, LBRS, Scholo and Strat. I was not as good as a warrior. To be that good I'd have to be twice the player, I simply don't have as many tools. But with a decent group behind you it's entirely do-able, though not always pretty.
You can 5-man BRD and LBRS with a druid tank. I think it would take some excellent play to 5-man Scholo or Strat with one.
One thing to keep in mind when looking at druid abilities; a druid gets less practice time at the different group roles than the actual class he fills in for. The druid has had perhaps one third of the experience (or less) of similar level warriors at tanking. He's spent less time learning how to heal than the priests have. I think that as more people get into their third or fourth level capped char we'll see druids played with much more skill in the end-game.
-DarkCrown