GUARDIAN OR BERSERKER

[Sexyman]

So i decided to get my exile berserker back to freeport....But Guardian or stay berserker?What are the benefits guardians get that berserkers don't?Disadvantages from a guardian?How do they stack in  group pvp with berserker>?

[MightyThor]

I change my 70 Guardian to a Zerker and I'm enjoying it... but it really depends on what you want to do.Hands down, Guardians are better for group PVP. I've played PVP since it started and I betrayed a 70 Guardian to a 70 Zerker.Zerkers are better for standard heroic PVE imo and are a lot of fun but their DPS advantage over the Guardian means very little in PVP. If you want to do a lot of damage in PVP, roll a scout or mage - you won't be smacking PVP opponents around like PVE ones. Your primary duty as a tank is to hold aggro and keep your group alive while your team mates burn down the opponents (it's why Warlocks were invented after all). The Zerker is pretty good at PVP but the Guardian is superior - opponents stick to them like glue and they take a lot of punishment. There's a reason why the top PVP gank squads all use Guardians.However, this is just PVP and Zerkers are still [Removed for Content] good PVP tanks. Personally, I'm really enjoying my Zerker because the extra DPS is a lot of fun, they are 'better' for heroic PVE and also add more to raids if your not the MT.Overall, I'd say it really depends on what you fancy and what your primary gameplay type is.

[LygerT]

with the recent and continual changes i would actually say a guardian is the better choice for tanks for most any occasion, at least until SoE decides to actually look at all the differences between the 2 classes before they keep nerfing berserkers further and further.

[Mildavyn]

<p>Sensatioinalist comments FTW!</p><p>Everyone is getting 20 more AAs per tree, that is NOT a nerf to zerkers. Guardians may get more out of the extra points (debatable), but that isnt to say that zerkers will suddenly not be able to hold agro, or wont be able to take any hits etc etc.</p><p>As for guard vs zerker... depends what you want to do, guardians are better for group PvP and raid MTing, zerkers are better for just about everything else.</p>

[TheSpin]

<p> Guardians are much better single target dps than they get credit for.  Zerkers are definately better damage against groups.</p><p>As for soloing, zerkers get the health regen while guarians get mitigation boosts so zerker probably comes out ahead, but that doesn't mean guardian can't get the job done.</p><p>Ultimately keep in mind they are both good classes, but with different strengths and weaknesses.</p>

[knightofround]

Guardians have been the top tank for at least the past year. It's not that Guards are necessarily better than the rest of the tanks, its that everyone believes that they are better.The main disadvantage to a Guardian is that they are the shittiest soloers in all of EQ2.

[Kygan_Mc]

Are zerkers tremendously better at soloing? Was thinking about betraying to switch to zerker because solo questing as a Guardian can be painful. Is the solo potential worth the change?

[Tybr]

<cite>Kygan_Mc wrote:</cite><blockquote>Are zerkers tremendously better at soloing? Was thinking about betraying to switch to zerker because solo questing as a Guardian can be painful. Is the solo potential worth the change?</blockquote><p>I would say yes "in general" Zerkers are better at soloing.  </p><p>Baised on what I have actually seen with my own two eyes. </p>

[Igixnasii]

I betrayed my zerker to a guard but I play on a PvE only server so I can't comment on their effectiveness in group pvp.The guard is a better option for tanking the game as it is. They have more hps, offer great defensive buffs and have really solid single target dps and now with the extra 20 aa's the guard can take 4 offensive AA lines in the warrior tree and remain just as strong defensively. Zerkers are definately better at AE aggro control, and probably make better soloing characters because of their health regen, but for groups the guard seems to have advantages the zerker can't really compare with.

[aias]

<cite>Paikis@Venekor wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Sensatioinalist comments FTW!</p><p>Everyone is getting 20 more AAs per tree, that is NOT a nerf to zerkers. Guardians may get more out of the extra points (debatable), but that isnt to say that zerkers will suddenly not be able to hold agro, or wont be able to take any hits etc etc.</p><p>As for guard vs zerker... depends what you want to do, guardians are better for group PvP and raid MTing, zerkers are better for just about everything else.</p></blockquote>LOL!  When there is little to no improvement with additional achievement points what would you call it?  Nice spin BTW.