WoW Unfiltered Podcast #3 - Tanks Don't Need Fixing?! with Sha

Sha thinks tanks don't need fixing — and that there will ALWAYS be a meta tank no matter what Blizzard does. We spend 2 hours going through the tank meta in Midnight Season 1, what might be the meta tank going into midnight season 2, and ultimately just talking all things Tank in World of Warcraft I always love talking to him and we end up yapping for hours. There's extra content on my patreon if you want some more background noise before episode 4 next week!   / awootank   (not every episode will have this, Sha and I just yap a lot) The Podcast Is also now live on Spotify! Will work on getting previous 2 episodes uploaded there soon. Links Season 2 resources/builds will be here -   / discord   Come say hi on stream one day! -   / awootank   Sha's links here!    / @sha_irl  He Makes a ton of tank content!   / sha_irl   0:00 Was Season 1 tank balance actually good? 4:02 Sha's hot take Blizzard shouldn't balance tanks 6:51 Power vs perception The real access problem 11:56 Apex Talents were a miss 19:59 The new Prot Paladin tree is somehow worse (fixed alr) 21:43 Did an AI write these patch notes? 23:17 88% Brewmaster: anatomy of a meta shift 29:00 "Just list your own key" and why access breeds toxicity 31:11 How to actually network: green flags & red flags 43:42 Reps, consistency, and cooldown-dependent tanks 46:06 VDH is gambling RNG to survive 48:46 Defensive cycling is the real tank skill 51:00 Should tanking be more forgiving? 57:07 "It's always the tank's fault" — DPS responsibility next season 1:00:21 Season 2 tank busters are designed better 1:07:05 New tank specs? Shaman, Evoker, Tinkerer 1:13:16 What Blizzard could actually do about balance 1:20:34 Blood DK and splitting raid vs M+ tuning 1:24:10 Sha's cook: make rerolling hard again 1:38:05 Restoring character identity in an MMO 1:41:22 Rewards between 3K and title 1:49:47 Keystone Victor and visual prestige 1:58:00 Wrap-up + where to find Sha