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Reiker wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2026 3:11 am

Joyson wrote: Thu Jul 23, 2026 6:56 am unfortunately shamans were never supposed to be able to tank. just because they can wear a shield and earth shock generates high threat doesnt mean they should actuall consider tanking. i think the shield thing is just flavor, not an actual signal to go tank

This is both wrong and irrelevant.

Wrong because it's clear that tanking was part of the Shaman design at some point in development since they have threat abilities.

Irrelevant because the whole point of Turtle / Octowow is fleshing out the vanilla specs further. You could also say that Paladins weren't "meant" to tank but the fact that they can is why people play this server.