swapping gear in combat

[Rast]

<p>Has anyone else noticed that this isn't working as it was?  I noticed Saturday in HoS that going from DPS to Tanking mode was next to impossible due to this delay in changing gear.</p><p>To me, this is yet another slap in the face to those of us who can't dual wield weapons in that we can't effectively go from OT to Tanking roles as easily now.</p>

[Jal]

Im confused how this is unfair to people who cant dual wield?  IF you need to swap from 2h to 1h and shield you abide by the mechanics and have that pause, if you're offtank then shouldn't you be ready in tanking setup anyway?

[Rast]

<p>no, the standard practice is to OT with your dps set up and switching to your tanking set up should it be needed, thus maximizing your dps/hate to remain near the top of the hate list.</p><p>A dual wield individual doesn't have this delay, they can pop their shield on (with no delay) and they are in tanking mode, a crusader who can't use dual wield, has to equip 2 pieces to go from DPS to tank mode.  This this becomes a penality to those who can't dual wield and are OTs (which I am).</p><p>Not to mention, I'm already taking a penality on damage for not being able to dual wield, this added penality is unwarranted.</p>

[MaCloud1032]

<p>Ummm.... i use to off tank all the time.  Heres what ya do equip the shiled first. follow up with shiled bash.  Then equip sword.  Proced to tank</p>

[Rast]

<p>Cool, I'll give that a try, thanks.  I'd not had any problem with this until this LU, so was thinking they changed something</p>

[Armawk]

Id like to see a formal pause of maybe 2 seconds when changing gear, during which time you are without gear in that slot.

[MaCloud1032]

<cite>shaunfletcher wrote:</cite><blockquote>Id like to see a formal pause of maybe 2 seconds when changing gear, during which time you are without gear in that slot. </blockquote>There already is.  When in combat you cant swap out a full set of anything. You have to do it once peice at a time.  Even if you have a macro.  To equip my vampire tools i have to click my macro 3 times if iam in combat.  As far as i know this delay has always been in.  It prevents swapping out a full set of crud gear on a death.

[Rast]

I'm guessing I never noticed it because before I'd toggle my stance off inbetween the gear changes (so it was sword, stance buff off, shield, stance buff on)

[xOnaton1]

That delay has been around for a long time. It was reduced to 2 seconds in LU #22 in April of 2006:<a href="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/posts/list.m?start=0&topic_id=253092" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=253092</a>Othesus - Dirge - Lucan DLereVaspar - Fury - Lucan DLere

[Beldin_]

The only new problem now is that you can't swap items when the appearence tab was active before you closed the inventory. So make sure you switch to the inventory tab before closing it <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Cocytus]

<p>If an offtank is dual wielding, that makes him a warrior.</p><p>If a warrior is dual wielding on a raid, he doesn't know [Removed for Content] he's doing.</p>

[Rast]

<p>Even with Zerkers, going from DPS mode to tank mode is still a one piece move (whether it be dual weild or buckler, the concept is the same), while crusaders have to move 2 pieces to get from dps to tank.</p><p>Regardless, there are methods to use that will compensate, so I'll drop my complaint on this, for now.</p>