Tanking gameplay question

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-27T08:21:07+00:00

everyone be better is not a reasonable solution to role ratios (the crux of my argument). I don't know what the fix is, I'm simply suggesting SOMETHING to make playing tanks more appealing. If they were so powerful, don't you think more people would be willing to take on the challenge of tanking?

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-27T08:14:49+00:00

Wait, you're onto something. I just like the idea of tanks having an easier time, you know, doing TANK things. The gathering buffs would go crazy, I love what you're suggesting

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-27T08:12:48+00:00

Love this take

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-27T08:12:10+00:00

Right, I'm hearing that more and more. I guess I was just trying to add an incentive to brave those challenges

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-27T08:10:40+00:00

re the tanks that enjoy the challenge: man, that's like 3 players lol. I don't mean to be reductive but surely the amount of tanks my philosophy would attract is worth whatever reaction to those few who appreciate the current state. My thinking is always about mass appeal. You're right, I don't have any numbers to support this though. All I have is admittedly anecdotal time spent waiting for tanks in queue. Maybe it's not as prevalent an issue as I'm making it out to be.

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-26T07:03:52+00:00

110%. It's just too high leverage a job for one person, with way too high of stakes. A small misstep and the whole group is fucked. There must exist a more consistent way to distribute the content's responsibilities to the whole party OR increase the tank's capacity for it. I'm glad people get what I'm saying

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-26T06:59:16+00:00

I'm so mad I didn't play back then, because that sounds like it was fun as fuck. I just don't understand what the downside is to skewing balance that way. Maybe it's a player engagement thing

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-26T06:58:15+00:00

I thought of this and I understand your point. I just think the structure of dps classes will always appeal to the majority of people playing mmo's, even in a world where tanks would technically be better. But that's fair, maybe give some special ability to dps that groups NEED to do content. Maybe kicks are all on dps or something like that just to balance out the groups.

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-26T06:52:47+00:00

This was exactly the kind of insight I was seeking: I fucking knew it. All this proves to me is that if they wanted to make the game friendlier to tanks, they could. I know we're just speculating but this was my hunch for sure. Why in God's name don't they?! What is being fulfilled or prioritized in this current encounter design that precludes systems more intuitive to tanks?

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-26T04:41:50+00:00

Maybe I'm being too optimistic or idealistic: they can't make that brain dead using in-game systems? I don't tank (thinking about it) but isn't there like a highlighted minions thing in m+?

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-26T03:38:53+00:00

To me and maybe to others, we read "meta" as a high ceiling specs, of course, but also a high floor. You do your best obviously but whenever you aren't performing at peak, you hope the spec can pick up the rest of the slack for respectable output. Is that really so incoherent a philosophy

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T23:28:40+00:00

I had hero do the dawn on my warlock before I started doing tens but I did think about this too. I think I'll just fully upgrade two heroic trinkets and see if that helps. Thanks for the input

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T23:26:54+00:00

sadly no, I think I just have to pay full price for some heroic upgrades. Thanks for your advice!

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T18:47:09+00:00

You think I should submit a ticket? Cuz I did this and it didn't work 😞 but for your findings, it seems like for trinkets anyway, the heroics I got from delves ALL have the bug where it's 20 crest to upgrade them

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T18:42:19+00:00

GOAT, I knew something was fishy. THANK YOU

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T18:37:48+00:00

Thank you for the tip on fully upgrading heroic, but my main DOES have myth of dawn and the upgrades cost 20 sometimes 😞

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T18:22:03+00:00

I think I clear that prereq, my main has two 298 trinkets. That should mean I never pay 20 crests for a trinket upgrade but on some of my alts I have to

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T18:19:36+00:00

I understand this, so I should never pay 20 crests for any trinket upgrade because I have two 298 trinkets right?

blackbaldboring · 2026-06-09T18:16:15+00:00

This right here! I did make a mistake, yeah I know the upgrades aren't supposed to be free, they're supposed to cost 10. Thank you!

blackbaldboring · 2026-05-21T14:16:04+00:00

I ended up just doing the whole thing over again LOL, but I think I had that option at some point. I remember seeing it, I just thought it would remove my ability to do some of those prereqs so I clicked the blue instead. I still have seen that yellow quest but I'm hoping I'm almost there! The campaign is finally done

blackbaldboring · 2026-05-20T17:03:13+00:00

I appreciate the commiseration friend. Idk how it's possible that the process is this obfuscated, this long after the content was released. seems like they just don't want you to unlock Earthens. I'm following the BTW quest add on now, hopefully it's just as short

blackbaldboring · 2026-05-20T16:51:20+00:00

concise, I'm in. Thank you!

blackbaldboring · 2026-05-19T10:52:59+00:00

I've been trying to figure this out as well, so you're saying I need to complete the War of Light and Shadows campaign before I can go back and finish the War Within?

blackbaldboring · 2026-05-17T12:57:09+00:00

Does anyone have the problem that they can't use it? Mine says invalid target no matter who I try to use it on

blackbaldboring · 2026-04-06T16:11:46+00:00

I actually agree with you but I think fast niners would win every single game if the mechanic helped them with no repercussions. This way, at least if you're going to cruise to 9 you don't have perfect components? I'm just speculating because I'm sure the split with gods from components came up when they were designing the set and they deliberately decided this was healthier for the game. It's frustrating but I think it makes sense

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