Tanks for nothing

As you may have gathered from a couple previous posts, I've done several of the new dungeons. At first I didn't really plan on checking any of them out until I hit 100, simply because I was pretty nervous about trying to tank (and I had heard that queuing as DPS took forever). However, after getting a couple of the daily dungeon quests I decided to give it a shot, anxiety be damned.

As you can imagine, the first try was pretty rough. I didn't even have all my skills on my bar until I entered the dungeon (woops). In case you were wondering, yes, it is kind of difficult to read ability tooltips while you're tanking! Several people died along the way, but we managed to finish the dungeon, so I guess that worked out alright. I got better (and less nervous) the more I tried to tank, and at this point the only thing I get concerned about is when I try a dungeon for the first time.

One thing that has made running the dungeons immensely easier than when I last played is the Looking For Group tool.

I've only used this for dungeons, so I can't comment on how it works with PvP or Raids, but it's pretty straight forward for dungeons. You basically select what roles you are comfortable playing and then select your dungeon (there is also a "Random" option that gives you a small amount of gold). It selects your two current specs by default (from left to right the options are: Tank, Heal, DPS, Leader).

You'll notice in the screenshot that I am currently unable to queue for the highest level dungeon, Auchindoun. Each dungeon has a minimum iLvl gear requirement and mine was a tad too low! It's an interesting mechanism to ensure everyone is capable of contributing, and I've heard all the heroics / raids are like that as well.