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[SW:TOR] Tanks like spanking.
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Maybe, I guess I wouldn't know as I don't think I've ever run into an Assassin 1 v 1. Pretty much every Inquis I've ever fought has been a Sorc of either the dps or healy variety. Dunno why that is, maybe just my server.
...and Sniper/Gunslingers in my experince are like syphilis; you deal with it as soon as it shows up, there isn't too much of a problem, but wait too long, and you start losing body parts in a frightening manner, so most I see get stunned, then grappled to where I'm at, and then set on fire.
In any case @Joshmvii, I saw that he said he was a Powertech tank, so I was just saying what ACs that I found beatable as a Powertech tank because of, (or perhaps, in spite of) having tank gear with def/shield/absorb... and that was still 3 of 8, so I wasn't disagreeing with you so much as pointing out the exceptions while agreeing with you in a different way
AoE threat isn't that important in Ops though, except on a few fights, mostly trash pulls.
I honestly get the feeling that Guardian tanking is going to get a major overhaul in the future, but for now, I just swapped to Vigilance DPS which I really enjoy and I just throw on my tank gear and tank the one fight in the raid content that needs 2(subjectively)
I ran HM foundry with one the other day, and literally as soon as I healed on some of the pulls 2-3 mobs would be eating me. It's possible the guy just wasn't very good, but the difference between jedis and even semi-competent powertechs is pretty stark. I hardly ever see assassin tanks.
do you lack faith, brother?
or do you believe?
Tanking on a Guardian right now is basically TBC Warrior tanking, down to analogues of the same abilities. AoE is an utter joke while the other tanks have a cakewalk of it, and it needs work in the single target area too. I'm sure the first expansion will get a copy of sword and board and shockwave and all will be well, but until then... =)
He probably just wasn't that good. While it's true the number of AoE options are limited compared to assassins and powertechs, by that point he should be smart enough to smash as soon as he lands on the charge, and do everything he can to make sure use sweeping slash regularly and that it hits as many people as possible.
I mean, that's what I do with my Guardian Tank, and while it's true she's still only in the mid 30's, noones complained about it.
...and the almost utter absence of tank assassins when I'm not playing my other two tanks really makes me want to make one... if only the act one stories of both Inqs and Consulars weren't so boring...
...that, I and really don't feel like rerolling my sorc now that it's in RC... though she still hasn't finish Balmora...
Maybe I'm just a shitty tank. All those years in WoW and CoH mean nothing, but I'm happy as hell that I'm a DPS juggernaut now.
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do you lack faith, brother?
or do you believe?
I have read through this thread and have seen quite a few comments about Powertech pvp that doesn't seem to be anything like my experience.
I created Xeoo on imperial side of the Sith Wyrm server in the middle of January and am currently valor level 63. I main/offtank for my guild on hard mode raids and pvp with a hybrid spec of 21/2/18
http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#301hRGrboboZMZbIbbdh.1
When I am pvping I use my ion/tank cylinder and almost always have up guard on a guild sorc. The gear I'm using for pvp is the merc eliminator set for the rail gun damage boost. Rakata shield in offhand, Rakata dps gun in main. I keep my expertise around 450-500 and use modded orange gear for chest/wrist/bracers. Biochem for the endurance stim and the crit adrenal. I'm usually running around with 19k hps in mostly dps gear. Aim and
Endurance both at 1611.
Since I have switched to the shield/pyro hybrid spec there is no class at all I fear anymore. I try to take on all the big names 1 on 1 just to see how overpowered this spec and gear setup is. It's beyond broken. Try it out and go feel like a tiny god.
PS. I was really shocked at the comments about how marauders destroy us. Even in full shield spec I felt they were always the easiest kills. With hybrid shield/pyro spec they just explode, even in full battlemaster gear.
Covers the above build along with others, must read for any vanguards out there.
Bnet tag: Nermals#11601
13500hp
22is% defense chance
22ish% shield chance
30ish% shield absorb
This is my current build but I kind of think the point in Unleashed may be better spent in Heavy Handed (5% damage increase is a 7.5% threat increase right?).
I'd move some stuff around so that you can get unstoppable in the vengeance tree... but thats just me. You wont have crushing blow, but you will have more utility and CC immunity. More reason to use intercede then leap back in... 20% damage reduction isn't a bad thing either.
Something like this: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#101cMGbuMrkzMZhGM0M.1
That spec leaves 2 points that you could either put in intimidation or quake.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Depending on the group you go with, you might be able to handle some of the more forgiving FPs. Taral V (skip the bonus boss) would be good.
do you lack faith, brother?
or do you believe?
14010hp
21.87% defense chance
32.47% shield chance
24.4% absorb
But yeah, I dont think I can tank HM BT yet. I dpsd it fine (although the final boss did one shot me, but I think that was a glitch).
For an example of what I'm talking about, I ran HM BT with somebody from the guild the other night, and the bonus boss would just one shot him once he got under 20% and soft enraged. I think he had 13k health or so.
do you lack faith, brother?
or do you believe?
I have to get used to doing instances/ops in melee range, Ive been ranged for way too long (my mains a sniper, and when I played WoW way back in 2008 I was a Moonkin and before that a warlock).
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I love tanking on this thing. I've already tanked every heroic my level and the baby flashpoint, although that one wasn't hard. But I just did that one for fun.
I need advices for both pve and pvp tanking. Specs, gear, etc. No, I will not switch to dps for pvp. I'm going to be a guard bot and love it. Although I will probably put on dps gear.
Also I have a sith warrior tank, but they are more straightforward. There also seems to be a lot more tankey advice floating around.
torhead.com/skill-calc#601bIrokrskbsZZf0c.1
With those last two unspent points going wherever you like, either in psychokinesis, applied force, or whatever you felt like. Most likely psychokinesis, just because project costs a lot of force.