Originally Posted by Kodus
I just dusted off my druid and leveled him up to 70 with the goal of tanking 10 man stuff and heroics since we frequently have a shortage of folks willing to do so. On the other threads there is plenty of info about the path I should take to gear him up but my main problem is threat generation.
Part of it is fighting for threat in blues against a bunch of S3/T4 folks. How do I get threat early in a fight? I am having trouble holding the mobs early, once they are on me they generally stay but since I do so little damage it takes time (even after an enrage) to get enough rage to magne+lacerate (my swipes don't do the recommended damage yet).
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My situation's similar to yours, Kodus. I'm playing a feral alt to tank entry-level content like heroics and 10-mans while our mains farm Illidork. I've run into quite a different issue, though. I'm having a hard time staying alive versus heroic mobs, even though I have all the standard recommended blues for feral tanking (Heavy Clefthoof, Honored kara ring, Braxxis staff, etc). I'm sitting at about 15k health fully buffed, 22k armor, 25% dodge, and I'm getting SMOKED. The massive amount of healing I require causes our healer to pull insane threat, even though I usually work with a paladin (.25 threat per heal). I can't imagine how bad a shaman (.425) or druid healer (.4) would get smeared across the floor trying to heal me. What can I do to solve this? I can't very well get my Earthwarden if I can't handle tanking the requisite Coilfang heroics... not even PUGs do Steamvaults normal on my server these days.