Originally Posted by Schnigges
I didn't think much about druids as full blown MTs until today because I thought the gear difference between bears and warriors was too big, now I think different. Crushing blows weren't that much of a problem as I thought they would be, peak damage was still way unter that of the warriors. Both I and the warrior tanks have full T6 with pretty much everything except the way too rare Shadowmoon Insigna. If it weren't for encounters like Illidan or Kael would druid MTs be more common?
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I'd wager so. My previous raid guild didn't have any Protection Warriors, so we had a Druid maintank (me) all the way from Karazhan to 5/6 and 3/4, as well as for Vashj attempts. I (or one of our other Druids) tanked guild first kills for everything minus Nightbane, Gruul (this was more a matter of petulance though) and Hydross. From what I'm told about MH/BT, the only encounters we can't tank there are RoS (Spell Reflect) and Illidan (Shear, SBlock). I doubt it's possible to be a cutting edge world first guild with a Druid MT, but you can be somewhat competetive. I think WotLK will result in many mechanic changes, including Crushing Blows (Deathknights don't wear shields!) that might put us on a more even level.