Knaughty's 4.2 Tankadin FAQ!

[knaughty]

Q: ZOMG! 4.2! WTF do I do?

A: Ask Theck!

[knaughty]

To be less flippant:

1. I'm not longer a hard-core raider - baby #2 put paid to that. My guild is still hard-core - they're 10/13, working on the last couple of hard modes. But I'm not longer raiding outside a semi-casual 10-man one night a week. I've tanked a couple of hard modes when the 25-man hard core "main raid" was desperate for people, but I'm not a hard-core tank anymore (though I miss it). The personal goal for my "Geriatric" team was 12/12 10-man normal modes, and we hit it.
2. Theck pretty much covers everything you need to know nowadays. When I started writing my FAQs back at level 70 there wasn't a one-stop shop for tankadin advice (Psiven went close) and being a maintankadin was extraordinary enough that hard-core "We goddamn can tank shit, here's how and tell the doubters to STFU!" style advice as required. Two expansions later, we're just another tanking class - we don't need a massively biased advocate.
3. I have less time to work on the writing these days. See (1) - I've had to retire from hard-core raiding, which limits the experience I have of hard-mode content and also the time I have to pontificate on how to tank it.

Thus: When 4.2 hits, can I get a mod to de-sticky my 4.0 FAQ thread.

It's been a blast, and I'll miss having a #1 Google hit to call my own.

But clearly the student has surpassed the master: Theck's Emberseal

[theckhd]

/salute

I'll de-sticky the Advanced FAQ; I know we had planned on working on it together, but neither of us were able to find the time around our other commitments.

I still think there's merit in having a Basic FAQ that's updated. If you think you'll have the time for that, great. If not, hopefully someone else will be willing to take it over.

[fuzzygeek]

I shall miss Knaughty's particular idiom and verve.

[Calleana]

The Basic FAQ has always been where I have pointed myself on patch day and other tanks I come across who may be struggling. Sad to hear you won't be maintaining it Knaughty but thanks for all the work you have done.

[Arcand]

If you don't mind, Knaughty, I'll leave it up as a basic guide and
we'll note that it's only current up to 4.1.

[knaughty]

That's fine.

I'm slightly tempted to update it, I must admit...

[Haztank]

You're an absolute hero to new and aspiring tankadins the world over /salute

[Asterial]

A big THANKYOU for your work. I've been using the advice found here since I started my Protadin in Burning Crusade. You've helped me through heroics and raids alike.

The doubters we're silenced!!!!

[Zeruvar]

Sad to see you go knaughty. That comment about back in 70 when we had to prove to everyone that "Yes! Im a pally MT!!!" brought a smile to my face. Everytime i came back to play wow, your guides is always top of my list to check out first.

[Syl]

I've been a reader of this site for years and finally decided I'd register to extend my thanks, Knaughty. Your work was what inspired me to roll a tankadin in BC. You've been my go to resource for as long as I've played my paladin. Your posts were the first places I went whenever I needed to figure out what was what and they were always fun to read and easy to understand.

You helped me (and a great many others) through dungeons and raids, patches and expansions. I cannot express how grateful I am for all the hard work you've done.

Thank you so much, Knaughty.

The paladin community owes you a great debt.

/salute