I'm just a bit worried

[Aranbenjo]

Because we are in "MAINtankadin" site ...
Not "OFFtankadin" site or simply "Protadins" site.
we export concern and ideas ... about main tanking ... if there's not Main tanking we are talking fo something different.
So by your post we should have the consequence that
"all the MT idea will stay the same from BC to wotlk ... so i will never tank a boss like naj'entus on progression, since the fellow warrior is a good one"

The fundamental thing you are missing is that many of us ALREADY Main tank things like Najentus on progression. Which is why this being maintankadin makes perfect sense.

If you aren't main tanking things already, and you don't see that changing in WotLK, maybe you should find another site!

(ok that last bit was horribly snarky but it needed to be said.)

Naaa it's not snarky ... it's just that maybe i'm too much involved of difending the cause "Pallyz have no special feature to consider them better than a warrior when it comes to main tank".

While this may be true (it's only my Pow), this not means that we need someone who's best. This means that things are not changing.
So when the blizz says "we made all the tanks spec viable" , that for me means nothing. They are viable, but it has no consequence in the satus quo. So where's the blizz acheivement?

I'm not here for sake of arguing ...
But some of u here feel confy with this position ...
Someone (like me) is not.
Since nazi are out i think we can share opinions.

Now i will quit with my reply here on this topic, because i feel i'm out of scope...
I'm not a main tank as a lot of you are, so i cannot deeply understand the things u say and i cannot share the satisfaction that comes back from hard work.
Just would like to thank all for the patiente and effort to try to make me understand why blizz made such a good work for us in wotlk.
There are a lot of nice ppl here (this is not sarcasm) .

[Worldie]

You still fail at understanding that even if they give paladins 300% more HP, 500% more avoidance and 900% more threat, you will not overcome the Main Tank spot of a well established main tank.

Because currently you don't earn MT slot by class, you earn it by
1) RELIABILTY
2) SKILL
3) KNOWLEDGE
(caps and bold are intended)

Plus, a warrior on Najentus would be better DPSing since a prot paladin in 3.0 would overaggro him by just judging JoL anyway.
Secondary, a priest might tank Najentus for how hard it hits.

[Vanifae]

I think we just differ in our perspectives.

[moduspwnens]

I'm personally convinced that Naj'entus has special swing mechanics that allow for two to three attacks to come at ~the same time based on the same attack table roll. I'M CONVINCED

[Io.Draco]

You still fail at understanding that even if they give paladins 300% more HP, 500% more avoidance and 900% more threat, you will not overcome the Main Tank spot of a well established main tank.

Because currently you don't earn MT slot by class, you earn it by
1) RELIABILTY
2) SKILL
3) KNOWLEDGE
(caps and bold are intended)

Plus, a warrior on Najentus would be better DPSing since a prot paladin in 3.0 would overaggro him by just judging JoL anyway.
Secondary, a priest might tank Najentus for how hard it hits.

Well said , kuddos!

[moduspwnens]

And, it depends on what you mean by "main tank." As far as being the guy in charge that makes the decisions, that's true. If you want to be the default tank for most encounters due to being equally geared and skilled and encounter/class mechanics favoring you, it may not be the same situation.

[Worldie]

Might also be worth remining that whole TBC has been designed with a warrior main tank in mind, so it's pointless to say for example "paladins aren't good MT cause they can't tank RoS p2"

[moduspwnens]

Certainly, but it's also a little misleading to say that having the vast majority of an expansion's encounters favor you doesn't make you any more likely to become main (default) tank. In WotLK, hopefully it will be the case that class doesn't matter as far as who's the "default."

[Sabindeus]

Certainly, but it's also a little misleading to say that having the vast majority of an expansion's encounters favor you doesn't make you any more likely to become main (default) tank. In WotLK, hopefully it will be the case that class doesn't matter as far as who's the "default."

i agree

additionally YOU FOOL YOU CANNOT SOLO BOWSER, HE IS TOO POWERFUL.

[Aranbenjo]

You still fail at understanding that even if they give paladins 300% more HP, 500% more avoidance and 900% more threat, you will not overcome the Main Tank spot of a well established main tank.

Because currently you don't earn MT slot by class, you earn it by
1) RELIABILTY
2) SKILL
3) KNOWLEDGE
(caps and bold are intended)

Plus, a warrior on Najentus would be better DPSing since a prot paladin in 3.0 would overaggro him by just judging JoL anyway.
Secondary, a priest might tank Najentus for how hard it hits.

Maybe it's because i'm not english ...
but i'm unable to make me understand ...

If BOTH are (caps intended, no bold intended)
-RELIABLE (my attendace is double that the summ of all the warriors in my guild, i'm currently topping dkp)
-SKILLED (i'm currently taking care of pallys accademy)
-HAVE KNOWLEDGE (i'm currently taking care of the tanking accademy)

who do u choose?
If the answer (and mine is ) is a warrior, then welcome to my world.
if it's the pally, maybe i lack in something and bliz have done it.

[Vanifae]

Your situation is not class based but very much guild based and for that we have no miracle fix.

[honorshammer]

Maybe it's because i'm not english ...
but i'm unable to make me understand ...

If BOTH are (caps intended, no bold intended)
-RELIABLE (my attendace is double that the summ of all the warriors in my guild, i'm currently topping dkp)
-SKILLED (i'm currently taking care of pallys accademy)
-HAVE KNOWLEDGE (i'm currently taking care of the tanking accademy)

who do u choose?
If the answer (and mine is ) is a warrior, then welcome to my world.
if it's the pally, maybe i lack in something and bliz have done it.

If youare truly double the attendance and have skill and knowledge and they pick the Warrior, it's time to take your skill and knowledge elsewhere.

[Worldie]

If youare truly double the attendance and have skill and knowledge and they pick the Warrior, it's time to take your skill and knowledge elsewhere.

What he said.

If your GM lacks the brain and puts a less skilled / geared / reliable warrior in the MT position everytime just because he got a rage bar, then it's not the class who got a problem.

[moduspwnens]

If youare truly double the attendance and have skill and knowledge and they pick the Warrior, it's time to take your skill and knowledge elsewhere.

Indeed. Also,

YOU FOOL YOU CANNOT SOLO BOWSER, HE IS TOO POWERFUL.

I just took the pic before he one-shotted me. :(

[Eanin]

It sounds like it's time to get a new guild. Screw them. There are lots of guilds out there that will appreciate a solid paladin tank. Thanks to server transfers, you've now got your pick. Just take your time and find the right guild. Put up a post on the guild recruitment forums, and say that you want a core main tanking slot. You'll get one in less than a week.