If u havent raided since SOD you are really behind in the amount of boosts classes like ZERKER and ROG and MONK and BSTs have gotten lately the new AAs discs and level cap increase most dps classes are stand out now from what they use to be. THe group gear matchs that of lower end raid gear from the last expasions now if not beating it in most cases...so that helps DPS on an overall note aswell.
i play every class most close to 3500 aa up to 6500) for the most part fully HoT geared
i am not oblivious to what other classes can do, its not like i hinted anywhere that i stopped playing during SoD and just am learning now how to play ANY class
I cant remember how far ago I been shield tanking, going back over the yrs I even shield tanked when shield tanking wasnt cool
(as long as aggro wasnt hurt and survivability was needed).
I as most warriors today tank, I think not specifically for the added ac and mitigation and shield block, but cause there is like what 65% increase to dmg for primary
the mobs got nasty in UF so putting up higher numbers as a MAIN tank isnt as highly possible as it once use to be sir..
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I think that expansion made main tanking POSSIBLE to put up big numbers (shield specialist AAS) and theyve gotten bigger numbers since then , fyi the reason MAIN tanks DO get big numbers over warriors not main tanking is riposte btw........
As far as mobs UF + being nasty, I grpd geared the expansion (grp gear, crappy ac low resists) even when it was nasty hard (cooling chamber if anyone remembers these fuckers were even avoided by some raid geared folks), the stuff was eventually gimped to be doable by alot more folks and non warrior tanks
Im guessing you arent aware of what warriors CAN and cant do (they had alot of CANs for a long time), maybe you should get more out of your warrior.
not gonna dabble in raid commentary of tank roles cause ive said quite a few times I DONT RAID anymore
(Im guessing this still works on raids though)
1)keep aggro
2)survive
3)dont be a mana sponge
anything past that is icing on cake