Help for a non raid geared zerker

[Uandiiniu5]

<p>Hey guys,</p><p>Lately I havent been invited to groups, its a -very- rare thing on my server now sense pallies and guards make exceptional tanks</p><p> How can I get better? i currently have most of my A3's, legendary geared and have fabled epic.</p><p>I can only think of raiding, but no one seems to want me in theirs :< Plus, RE2 the mobs wipe the floor with me if I only have one healer (unless they're exceptional at healing, I go down fast)</p><p>My spec is buckler STR/STA/INT as I've been for a long time</p>

[LygerT]

what you CAN do is remind people that biasing their decisions on tanks only results in more tanks disappearing over time, in the short term they run the zones a little quicker, in the long term they sit in channel spamming for a tank for an hour.

[Bremer]

For Runny you usually need 2 healers who don't suck completely. If they can't keep you alive vs 1 encounter mob no matter what equipment you have they suck.And if they don't want you as Zerker they suck too. All the group encounters are perfect for Open Wounds, Insolence and you can make good use of Adrenaline with so many mobs hitting you at certain fights like Slamhammer.

[firewolf]

<cite>Uandiiniu5 wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Hey guys,</p><p>Lately I havent been invited to groups, its a -very- rare thing on my server now sense pallies and guards make exceptional tanks</p><p> How can I get better? i currently have most of my A3's, legendary geared and have fabled epic.</p><p>I can only think of raiding, but no one seems to want me in theirs :< Plus, RE2 the mobs wipe the floor with me if I only have one healer (unless they're exceptional at healing, I go down fast)</p><p>My spec is buckler STR/STA/INT as I've been for a long time</p></blockquote>I agree that a guardian is exceptional tank. Paladin is far from it. Believe it or not, as defiler sometimes I dread to group with paladin tank. I died more often with paladin running through easy zone like COA than with any other tanks. For maiden final boss fight, have to use deaggro gear when having a paladin tank. Not to say paladin is a bad tank class, just that the tank that I have the most trouble with agro so far is paladin. With guardian/zerker/monk/bruiser tank sometimes can afford to switch to dps gear without having agro problem. RE2 is a tough zone, need 2 healers especially for named. Depending on your avoidance, wisdom final ability with tower shield might work better.

[Subu]

RE2 is really a zone for people with a little bit of raidgear or who have farmed all fabled loot from all the other instances. You have one big disadvantage compared to guardians and paladins and that is that you have to be offense in this zone to hold aggro unless you have a group with a dirge and a coercer.You can get +3 % parry adornments for both wrists and 3% riposte for your weapon but these are fabled and cost a lot. There is also a T6 +1% block chance for your shield. its all about getting your avoidance up. Unless you have an exceptional towershield is the blockchance from buckler + 8% riposte from sta line better. Maybe you can try out str/sta/wis so that you can be defensive without the negative effects but you are goig to lose some dps then.Besides that is it always the group set up which can help you survive a lot. Having a monk who casts his avoidance on you can be pretty helpful. His defense abilities will be checked when yours failed. Templar/Dirges have a stoneskin buff. Depending on their spell lvl they can totally avoid a lot of dmg for you. Inquis and templar get an aa called shield ally. It means if your defense checks fail they have a chance to block and parry it with their avoidance.But unless you start to raid you will always need 2 healers for this instance tbh.PS: As a zerker you arent allowed to say that palas are exceptional tanks. They are class easy <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> They have amends what means that even if they totally suck they still will have aggro with a good dps class in group plus they have shield block aa which boosts their uncontested avoidance.