Asuryan's Flames

Tonight I hit my first ability that made me want to go OMG WTF, the Knight of the Blazing Sun's version of this is way better. This was the ability: Corrupting Retribution. In comparison to the Knight’s On Guard ability, the huge difference between the two is that Corrupting relies on being hit by a caster where as On Guard is being hit by melee.

I have to ask first, why? As one of the primary heavy tanks on destruction you would think that they would go for the same style since, in most cases a tank will be up in the meat of melee. Now I think I understand the logic because they give chosen Bane Shield to fill that gap, but the ability to twist a melee damage reaction shield would be huge for a chosen.

I digress though, last night was a blast. I started my push through tier 2, and with a little luck I will be in tier 3 by the end of tonight. Sadly I have done it that many times now I almost instinctively know where to go to do X, Y, and Z, but I am having a good time doing it and that is what matters.

Everyday I notice the differences between playing my tank and a healer, and see that tanking in RVR is a lot harder than it appeared, but I am glad I decided to take a crack at it because overall I feel that Mythic did a solid job of building these classes and making them better overall for people. More over the micro-management aspect of this tank really takes me in. Not only are you worrying about those around you and what is going on, but you are also keeping auras up, watching your healing core, and potentially running/defending a flag.

Overall I have having a great time. It is a nice break from T4 where it is all push this, or flip that, and now that I have seen both order and destruction endgame completely I feel I can enjoy the leveling process and play something that may interest me more.