tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post6846139168048577714..comments2023-11-05T04:08:15.335-05:00Comments on Escape Hatch: Death Knights get a "Prot" talent treeHatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-43579063175810209242010-04-09T14:23:57.866-04:002010-04-09T14:23:57.866-04:00"But hopefully Blood will include something t..."But hopefully Blood will include something that emulates block"<br /><br />BAM! The crystal ball *nails it*!Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-36167178003287191262010-04-08T13:51:29.643-04:002010-04-08T13:51:29.643-04:00Hopefully we find out today, Cataclysm info for DK...Hopefully we find out today, Cataclysm info for DK's is slated to be released today!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376166151832684966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-65828537726845519652010-04-08T13:47:17.561-04:002010-04-08T13:47:17.561-04:00In Block's current incarnation, our lack of it...In Block's current incarnation, our lack of it is a huge issue. It's so strong in heroics because there are a larger number of smaller hits, and things get better (but not fixed) in raids. Block is getting changed in Cata, so this will be less of a problem. But it's a big problem now and makes us the worst tanks for anything but the highest-end raids.<br /><br />But hopefully Blood will include something that emulates block (maybe you have a chance to heal back a fraction of the damage you take or something) so we don't keep being the only ones without it.<br /><br />If they don't, at least they can put talents in the Prot tree that buff mitigation without making PvP DKs invincible.Hatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03615033343005638291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5896560166952584311.post-21733208149263526032010-04-07T13:12:02.111-04:002010-04-07T13:12:02.111-04:00I've always envied prot pallies and prot warri...I've always envied prot pallies and prot warriors having a tree dedicated to tanking. The real problem for DK tanks is a lack of block to mitigate damage like those two specs/classes have. <br /><br />Without it, we need larger health pools (ala druid) but don't. I can't tell how many healers I've come across that flat out hate DK tanks because we are "squishier" to them. And many have this opinion considering equal gear levels, so they don't think this is just a gear problem.<br /><br />Here's to hoping the tanking focused Blood tree brings more mitigation. TBH, I think the whole thing could be fixed by buffing frost presence, but they probably don't want to do that since you can be frost presence in any spec.<br /><br />I remember in the early days of patch 3.3, I couldn't tank Halls of Reflection, yet prot pallies and warriors with very close gear scores had very little problems in the exact same group when they subbed in for me :(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18376166151832684966noreply@blogger.com