Comments on: Blog a Day 62of365: World of Warcraft Beginner’s Guide http://www.halycopter.com/blog-a-day/blog-a-day-62of365-world-of-warcraft-beginners-guide Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:54:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Haly http://www.halycopter.com/blog-a-day/blog-a-day-62of365-world-of-warcraft-beginners-guide/comment-page-1#comment-7006 Haly Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:08:53 +0000 http://www.halycopter.com/?p=861#comment-7006 And such? Not sure what else there'd be other than tanking or DPS :s Tanking = standing in front of the enemy and absorbing all the damage and keeping the enemy interested in you, so that the weaker classes don't get hurt (i.e. the wimpy mages) DPS = damage per second is the literal meaning but people tend to refer to DPS classes which are classes that inflict lots of damage quickly, such as rogues and hunters. And such? Not sure what else there’d be other than tanking or DPS :s

Tanking = standing in front of the enemy and absorbing all the damage and keeping the enemy interested in you, so that the weaker classes don’t get hurt (i.e. the wimpy mages)

DPS = damage per second is the literal meaning but people tend to refer to DPS classes which are classes that inflict lots of damage quickly, such as rogues and hunters.

]]> By: Daniel Lipscombe http://www.halycopter.com/blog-a-day/blog-a-day-62of365-world-of-warcraft-beginners-guide/comment-page-1#comment-7005 Daniel Lipscombe Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:01:09 +0000 http://www.halycopter.com/?p=861#comment-7005 I would certainly explain to the newbies what "tanking" is, as you referred to it and it's a common term. Same with DPS and such too. :) I would certainly explain to the newbies what “tanking” is, as you referred to it and it’s a common term. Same with DPS and such too.

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