World of Warcraft Forum Tidbits

Blizzard discusses downranking of spells and addresses tanking concerns on their official forums.

We’ve talked about this a lot, and I’ll admit that it may not be the best way to go (designing tanks for certain bosses). Currently we are talking more about HOW classes tank, not WHAT they tank. Potential examples: The warrior tanks by having a shield, a lot of mitigation and avoidance. The druid tanks by having a huge health pool. The paladin tanks by using passive reactive abilities. That is a gross simplification, but perhaps you get the idea. This would naturally lead to some tanks being better at some fights, but it should leave more flexibility to the individual. Players won’t count up all the bosses and say “Only 4 hit for magic damage, so we don’t need a death knight.”