Short term solution: Remove tanks from queue
Long term solution: Redesign tank purpose in battlegrounds
Now take a 5 sec inhale and exhale air and hear me out…
So far my experiance with tanks is that they do not know how to play so I don’t see things like…
–Perma disrupt healers
–Prio objectives and team survivability
Either Blitz or RatedBG its a competetive mode where ppl want to win by all means. So if you are bringing a spec that does no dmg / no healing / no utility / no comms / no game knowledge then ppl are frustrated that they have play with something/someone that doesnt bring anything to the table.
I still remember back in Cata when rated bgs were firstly introduced. Tanks were a key part of success and I would really want to bring this back…
If you as a TANK def flag / peel for your teammates / provide utility / call INC and you are still getting HEAT then I’m sorry but your teammates clearly don’t understand how to play PVP nor BG’s.
My advice for any Tanks: Comm to the mob what you are going to do during the BG. This way ppl will know with what they are dealing with. Bringing awarness the the mob verifies their expectation of you.
As a tank i could say the same for DPS, a bunch of Bots that run in middle to arena fight and ignore tactics, the most active ppl in RBG who play the tactic and take load are Prio Tanks and 50% healer, since 2nd heal is always doing something else.
Whenever a tank gives a strategy to win at start of the game 60% are not in and just run in middle like brainless bots.
I dare you to get 1.4k with tank. if you never played RBG, you should be standing on the side cleaning the forum after we finish discussing
Playing tank is just proving ur too trash to play a dps or heal spec with actual nuance and variety of buttons/ high skill cap. Tank got about the lowest skill floor and lowest skill cap in pvp.
Every tank have played DPS and healer, DPS is the easy bracket in RBG, you can just run and afk it goes unnoticed, very easy classes to play, healer come with 2nd responsibility and tasks to do, tank take all the load and most difficult role to play in RBG that’s why less tank because no one want to take responsibilities.
Same in PVE tank have to deal with boss mechanic and also the defence mechanic while you just deal with one mechanic.
Im surprised a player who never played RBG is still arguing here and trying to say a stand and spank role is hard to play compared to tank.
In fact most of DPS roles screws in BG as they just bot in middle, rare when you see some smart dps in the game.
The only negativity i’ve seen towards tanks are the ones that try and avoid any work to be a ‘‘support’’ or something
Like you queue a tank and get WSG/twink peaks, you’re the dedicated FC unless otherwise specified, but some guys will queue prot warrior, join wsg, and announce they’re going to be ‘‘fighting to distract’’ or something, basically doing nothing, maybe that is what people are flaming, not tanks doing their job in bgs
I still think any tank spec have potential in an aggresive stance, you have a taunt talent that generates 3% damage taken to the target per player (up to 15% damage taken) which stacks up additionally along with the flag carry debuff which can synergize well with any class that can offer burst damage like rogue, boomy, hunter.
On node maps like Arathi Basin, they excel in stalling the capping, the only issue with them is that they can be CC chain and lose that pressure, but other than that, with the adequate communication and coordination with the team mates, I still think tanks can be considered a threat when it comes to map control.
same minutes ago. they are unhealable when they pick up the flag - dmg intake is more than a 5m hp boomkin in bearform in the same bg. complete nuisance to get on your team.
You enter pvp as tank spec. That’s the problem here. I fully understand why people react, since tanks have no place in pvp. It just makes it a worse experience for everyone.
I don’t think people should verbally abuse you and encourage others to report you. That’s sh!tty behavior on their part, and frankly, abusing the auto ban system like that should in itself be a bannable action.
But that said, just don’t play tank in pvp. Like I said, it makes the experience worse for everyone. The exception might be rbgs, if you play with a coordinated team who are all on board with whatever strategies you choose to play. But in pvp with randoms, someone queing as tank is just someone needing to be carried.
