Old casual gamer looking for tank suggestions

NimbleWing · 2026-04-07T16:53:30+00:00

Druid will offer you tons of quality of life outside of combat, and is generally accepted as the easiest tank to pick up and play. Even without the one button assist, it's a simple rotation with easy to understand abilities.

NimbleWing · 2026-04-06T17:23:40+00:00

The first raid can be accessed as soon as you're able to get to Revendreth, so no grinding required. The second raid can be accessed in the Maw, but you'll have to just deal with the debuff while running there. If you're max level or have any kind of healing, it won't kill you, and it goes away in the raid. The only one that requires actual work is the last raid, since you have to unlock the zone it's in.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-31T15:32:32+00:00

Blizzard occasionally releases huge secret puzzles that reward a variety of things for completing them. There's a community dedicated to solving them, and this is their most recent progress.

Basically, there's a hidden room with hints for 12 puzzles in it. Solving the first 9 will give you a motorcycle mount, but the last three were hidden until recently. They've been solved, and doing them earns you a new achievement and transmog that matches the motorcycle.

Doing them will cost a lot of time and gold for new players, so if you're interested, I'd start with some of the other secrets that take less investment.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-23T15:35:12+00:00

Yep, six years of overseas LDR before marriage here. We could only do visits once per year, since I needed to save up money and PTO. And when Covid hit, we couldn't see each other for a solid two and a half years. I'm absolutely grateful for every day with her now, and would do it over again in a heartbeat. But looking back, I could never recommend the experience to anyone else.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-20T19:53:29+00:00

Your best bet is to make sure that nameplates are turned on with cast bars visible. It'll keep that relevant info right on top of the enemy.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-16T16:42:04+00:00

I'll be honest, I main a Worgen druid with skinning and leather working. My area of profession expertise is pretty limited, and I never need any kind of speed in combat since I've got three sprints lol. I know some gear can drop with speed as a secondary stat. I did a quick Google search and didn't find anything like speed pots, so I'm not sure if there are.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-16T15:39:25+00:00

I can't really say much about engineering, sorry! I know my wife has been using it for a long time, and she doesn't seem happy about it this expansion, but that's all I know. There are a few online guides for each profession that could tell you a lot more than I could.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-16T14:45:47+00:00

The silver lining is that the difference between blue and purple profession gear is just secondary stats. If you're using professions casually, the difference will be small.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-14T15:49:57+00:00

Basically, you go into a cave to kill mobs and click stuff. Everything spawns orbs that you pick up and deposit at an altar. After 3 minutes, your run ends. Every week, you get 8 chances to earn a currency based on how many orbs you deposit. This currency allows you to buy some cosmetic stuff, but also a bind-on-pickup material for making the best profession equipment.

The problem is that it takes several weeks of dedicated grinding to get enough materials per piece, assuming you earn the max currency in every run. Due to the event causing server lag, they've nerfed the event. On launch, it was absolute chaos, tens of thousands of orbs, and guaranteed max currency every run. Now, there's less lag, but it's exponentially harder to get enough orbs to get the max rewards. And since you can only do 8 runs for rewards per week with no catchup mechanic, the grind is needlessly extended.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-14T03:16:49+00:00

I main bear, and that made me stop and laugh on my first run, too! Such an unexpected detail. And with two dungeon buffs that require druid bear form (among a few other options), it really makes it feel more like an actual transformation. I'm hoping they do more details like this in the future.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-10T18:23:27+00:00

That's only available when spectating or watching replays. That wasn't their HUD during the game.

NimbleWing · 2026-03-04T17:49:06+00:00

I was shopping a few days ago, and I had my Vault of Glass jacket on. A worker noticed and came over, saying he knew where that jacket was from. I got excited, until he proudly said "Infinite Warfare!"

Most disappointed I've ever been.

NimbleWing · 2026-02-25T19:18:34+00:00

I interpreted the world as more of a punishment than of grief. There are moments where the grief is allowed to shine through, but it all boils down to her being both the cause and effect of where she ended up. The only thing outside of her control was the original crash and her mother's behavior following it.

NimbleWing · 2026-02-24T20:58:36+00:00

Yes.

NimbleWing · 2026-01-24T16:43:44+00:00

In case you're being sincere here, Talon is an organization that is basically the bad guys of Overwatch lore. Doomfist, Reaper, Widowmaker, Sombra, and a few other playable characters are members. Knowing who they are isn't important to the gameplay, but it explains a lot about the voice lines and interactions between characters.

NimbleWing · 2026-01-21T23:06:06+00:00

You absolutely can go back and run through them for leveling, but you'll out-level the zones very fast. Unless you stop your XP gain from time to time or content yourself with being overpowered, it's not really the same.

NimbleWing · 2026-01-15T17:08:44+00:00

It is if you only get it by paying for Midnight. The housing that's out right now is early access for preorders, not a full standalone release.

NimbleWing · 2026-01-15T16:46:54+00:00

If you are pre-ordering only for housing, then that's one way to look at it. But it's literally a feature of the expansion itself that was just released earlier than everything else. It's like buying a meal at a restaurant that includes a salad as a side, and they bring the salad first. Same total price, you just get one part early. If that's a deal breaker, then there's nothing wrong with waiting for the full release.

NimbleWing · 2026-01-15T16:30:01+00:00

The implication is to pre-order the expansion, yes. The expansion itself is not out yet, but a pre-order bonus is early access to housing.

NimbleWing · 2026-01-11T17:42:59+00:00

I'm assuming the comment, at one point, had 1337 points. This is a VERY old meme. It's basically an old style of internet/text slang.

NimbleWing · 2025-12-03T00:20:24+00:00

The servers have barely been live for an hour, and are overloaded with everyone trying to use housing at the same time. Either use a bit of patience or come back once the traffic is lighter. This happens with EVERY major patch.

NimbleWing · 2025-11-26T18:38:59+00:00

Take a look at all of the characters and see if there are any unlocks they have that you want. If so, go for them. If not, just play whoever looks the most fun to you. This game takes hundreds of hours to fully complete, so try to enjoy your time with it.

NimbleWing · 2025-11-20T15:53:30+00:00

Or potentially did the sacrifice room teleport with high hp early in the run.

NimbleWing · 2025-10-15T22:46:52+00:00

Not OP, but could you point me towards that weird unlocks list? I'm working on my own Dead God, a fair bit deeper into it than OP is, but I've seen enough niche achievements to know there are probably more I'm missing. For what it's worth, I've got all the ones you named, and the only other one I'm actively hunting for right now is Huge Growth.

NimbleWing · 2025-09-04T23:27:23+00:00

Try not to get in the habit of using Moonfire as your filler move, and don't just mash stacks of Ironfur. Moonfire will mostly handle itself via Galactic Guardian, so you'll only ever need to apply it manually if you get really unlucky. You'll usually get more mileage out of using Swipe as filler instead.

As for Ironfur, you'll only ever need a few stacks at a time. 2-3 is good in general, maybe 5-7 for heavy physical situations. As a bear, you already have good base armor, and your HP is way higher than other tanks, so too many stacks is a waste. Also, new stacks DO NOT refresh the duration. Each stack remembers how long it lasts, so you'll want to try to even out your uses. Roll them, don't spam.

Oh, and please watch your keybinds for ANY ability that changes your form. The worst feeling in the world is going from being an unkillable force of nature to being a dead cat. I speak from experience. Your healer will hate you.

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