MMmmmm.... yes, it's possible to tank sub 50, and it gets progressively more difficult from there. Here's a direct quote from our new sticky:
Quote:What is the hunter's role in a group?
A hunter's primary role in a group is to safely deal damage. They have other possible roles, but 90 of the time, your group
will want you to just stand in the back and shoot.
Note that that means not taking aggro, running into other creatures to get a clear shot, or breaking sheep.
Other things you can do for your group include:
Crowd Control - Freezing Trap will work on nearly every creature in the game. It
affects the first target to run across it, and it doesn't work extremely long when the effect isn't broken by someone hitting the frozen target, freeze trap is still a very powerful tool. While survival hunters are masters of crowd control (due to talents like Wyvern Sting, Readiness and improved traps,) all other specs are still very able to do
pull their weight. Also, your pet can sometimes off-tank things in a pinch; at higher levels, this isn't usually recommended, as Fido will not weather too many hits from elites, but better your kitty than your healer!
Pull - Hunters can feign death, take one creature out of the fight with freeze trap, designate a target with Hunter's Mark, and are masters of taking and dropping hate. At level 70 you will also get Misdirection, which lets you give someone the threat from your next 3 attacks. (Note that you cant abort the pull with FD if you do this.)
Scout - hunters can track, meaning they can know if something is nearby without walking up
to see it. Hunters can also use their pet with Eyes of the Beast to go exploring; even if the pet aggroes something, as long as he doesn鈥檛 bring it back to the party, it doesn鈥檛 matter.
Tank - it's a pretty sad day when this happens in a group, but in some cases and with the right talents, your pet can tank single targets. (This is generally a much more acceptable thing to do before level 50 than after.)
You can't really do away with a tank versus high level elites, but you can do the job with your pet for a short while.
I tried to tank the Headless Horseman with Morris, he lasted the whoppin' 3 shots... if I were BM, he might've lasted 4...
A good tank is an invaluable asset to any
Ruling Warlord of the Space Monkey Empire
Hunter: Thalika & Morris the Cat (owner of aforementioned Hunter) I was just wondering, personally I think a BM is better then most tanks in any
low and easy instance...
It requires some skills but you can make your pet build up enough agro and also keep it... Generaly our pets have more armor and hp + you dont need a healer on the cause you just mend your own pet.
Ive done this now a couple of times and i find it
goes better this way... The rest of the group can focus on pure dps and healers have an easier job...
But then again highest instance I tanked with my pet was ZF at lvl 45, but pet didnt die onces nor did we get a whipe ;)
What are your opinions about this...-To WaSTe Or To Be WaSTeD
