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It always happens, every battleground I enter in my tank spec I get the question "Why are you pvping as a tank? That's stupid!" I have my reasons. Some battlegrounds are designed to use tanks. Strength and resilience shields can be purchased at the honor vendor. Perhaps survivability is important. But tanks don't do good dps! Tanks can't heal! They're a waste of space in a BG! Is that what you think? Do you tank in PvP? Does having a tank in a BG affect the outcame?
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I am 10x the nuisance in prot spec than I am in Ret.
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On my DK I pvp in my blood tank spec and I am a total nightmare for anyone who is not a frost mage.
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Tanks are bloody amazing in PvP if someone knows how to use one.
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Tanks are great to have in any bg particularly the ones that require guarding such as Arathi Basin.
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The best part is, I typically remove 3 to 4 alliance players from the BG because their little egos get so bruised that they focus on trying to kill me, as I continually self heal, when they could ACTUALLY be killing at least 3 to 4 other horde.
Protip, don't waste your time focusing on a tank that won't go down. Move on kill SEVERAL easier targets, you get more honor that way 
Same principle applies to trying to solo a resto shaman or resto druid kids. Move ON!
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Spookysheep posted:
The best part is, I typically remove 3 to 4 alliance players from the BG because their little egos get so bruised that they focus on trying to kill me, as I continually self heal, when they could ACTUALLY be killing at least 3 to 4 other horde.
Protip, don't waste your time focusing on a tank that won't go down. Move on kill SEVERAL easier targets, you get more honor that way
Same principle applies to trying to solo a resto shaman or resto druid kids. Move ON!
I agree 99.9% but only because my arcane mage eats resto druids for bfast 
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Mostly I go holy in BG's there are only a fwe I go Prot in. AB would be one of my favorites. I jsut stand on the flag and interupt, interupt. Takes them forever to kill me and I can usually keep them off the flag long enough for help to arrive. Even if they focus my healer I'm still there when he rezzes.
Isle of Conquest and AV are both BGs that are a little easier if you have a tank or two.
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I love playing as tank in Bg's, and in PVP in general....
Makes all the difference in several BG's.
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Before Cat I would go prot spec in ret gear and destroy people. Not sure how that works now though.
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Primary reason to use a tank spec is that you can reduce your chances of being critically hit by 6%. As a Paladin tank you just have so many ways to annoy people its hilarious fun.
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I have to admit that shield tanks aren't near as beastly after cata (imo) as they were before due to the fact that you just don't have tons of mastery on pvp gear. However blood DK's....they're super nasty. I still enjoy pvping in tank spec though.
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My feral druid is "tank specced" for PvP - I still do excellent damage in cat form, and can survive quite an assault in bear form - best of both worlds. Not to mention I can tank the bosses in AV and IoC without problems.
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So what's a good way to shut up the "PvP tanks? LOLz!" [Ignortantnewb reports you "afk" type /afk to clear it] kind of guys?
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I don't know how much the game has changed, but tanks rocked in AB and WSG. Especially if the tank knew how to push buttons and get people to focus on them.
AB specifically, I can't tell you how many times the match was won by a shrewd tank camping nodes.
WSG, I was part of many a lost and won BG that came down to0 how well a tank handled a flag.
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So what's a good way to shut up the "PvP tanks? LOLz!" [Ignortantnewb reports you "afk" type /afk to clear it] kind of guys?
1. right click their name
2. click ignore
3. profit
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TruthyID posted:
PallyDog posted:
So what's a good way to shut up the "PvP tanks? LOLz!" [Ignortantnewb reports you "afk" type /afk to clear it] kind of guys?
1. right click their name
2. click ignore
3. profit
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Arg!! You guys are too sensible. I need a more serious in depth Topic ..topic then I guess.
Tanks can be great in PvP - Duh!
Ignore whiners - Duh!
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Ok, fine.  I'll come up with something better next week.
Maybe....
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PVP TANKS FTW!
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They can also make pretty good flag runners in WSG and Twin Peaks
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