Runs With Warrior Tank

We tried a couple of runs last night with our #2 tank, a warrior. The warrior has a long standing belief he's less able to tank than our paladin, primarily because of his lack of multi-mob tanking. We decided to try it out in Steamvault with him, my hunter, another hunter, mage, and pally healer.

Mekgineer Steamrigger:
Mask of Penance - won by my hunter as vendor trash since our pally has this already

Hydromancer Thespia:
Moonrage Girdle - won by the warrior for vendor trash

Warlord Kalithresh:
Gauntlets of the Bold - warrior love, though his Felsteel gear appears better until he gets more of the set
Moonglade Shoulders - won by our pally

Overall it was a pretty good run. A few bad breaks, including one big pull with the healer being silenced by an oracle. Another got a pat that we thought we were safe from. But we got a full clear and the much needed rep to move a step closer to a heroic.

Our pally healer had to bail, but our shadow priest came on about that same time. So I switched to my holy priest to heal for us. We took a stab at Botanica to see if we could complete the Arcatraz key for our mage. This was incredibly smooth until the 2nd boss. We weren't dpsing down the little plants that spawn so we were feeling the effects of those freezes, roots, and slows way too much, especially when she transition to tree of life form. The lashers were unloading on us as we moved behind the wall to pull them. Since we were moving slow, we frequently lost a person hear making it nearly impossible. Unfortunately we stopped on this one. We were getting worse with each attempt. Here's the loot from the first boss:

Commander Sarannis:
Libram of the Lightbringer - freaking healer pally gear won't stop dropping, even when our freaking healing pally isn't there. My priest won this for vendor trash.

This little jewel also dropped for our hunter. She's about a 320 JC at the moment. I wish my hunter had been there to get it. He's at 365 but could be 370 in no time.

Design: Coronet of Verdant Flame - gratz to our hunter on this one.