Due to the amount of grinding I have been doing lately, I have had the chance to play with a lot of different bears with lots of different playing styles. I have to be honest when I say my favorite follows the Ellyidol model of tanking through the sewers (with Ellyidol himself at the top of the list -- but there are lots of very good bears that play this style that I have been lucky enough to play with).
And I may have been unfairly judging some other bears who don't follow that play model as not playing the role of the bear to the full advantage of the party. This comes from my conversation with someone who said he really was more of an attack bear than a tank. Something akin to a close quarters melee damage dealer, rather than the meat/aggro shield. So he really doesn't try to follow the traditional tank model of play. Rather it is more of the Tasmanian Devil attack style that he uses. At least that is what is what it looks to me.
Once I got it through my thick skull that these type bears aren't trying to be tanks, but rather dps melee attackers, I started enjoying the games more. I wasn't frustrated with those bears and had more fun playing through the levels because my expectations of their role was different.
I think it is possible to blend these two roles, but maybe that is just me going back to liking the tank. So which do you like better? Tanks, attack bears, or some blend of the two. What is your style of play? And why do you prefer one over the other?
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