The "whether to betray" thread.

[TuinalOfTheNexus]

<DIV>I'm thinking, with my 60 Guardian, if I'm really not planning on raiding, is there any reason <STRONG>not</STRONG> to betray?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I play a 70 Warden too, and I've solo healed a Berserker on everything including halls of fate, and they do a perfectly adequate job whilst putting out more dps.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Since more dps = faster exp and loot gain, I really can't see any major reason to stay a Guardian. Although I'm hoping someone can convice me so I can save a fortune in replacement adept IIIs / masters.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It's a shame, but having played a Guardian for 60 levels, I can't think of a single advantage they have over a Berserker, asides from being a marginally better raid MT. It's a big incentive to people who hardcore raid, I'm sure, but for casual players, does the Guardian class really offer anything?</DIV>

[Timzil]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> TuinalOfTheNexus wrote:<BR> <DIV>I'm thinking, with my 60 Guardian, if I'm really not planning on raiding, is there any reason <STRONG>not</STRONG> to betray?</DIV> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>A tank is a tank.</P> <P>I'd say it doesn't really matter which class you chose to tank group content with. Neither the guardian nor the zerker is going to solo it, so your role will still not be DPS. Someone else in the group will be doing that. If you duo a lot, maybe the zerker gets the edge. After spending some AA I'm more or less satisfied with my guardian DPS though. Anyway six of one, half dozen of the other. If you can afford to replace gear and CAs and want a change, go for it. </P>

[Sirlutt]

if your not gonna raid MT then i'd say go for it.<div></div>

[Vorlak]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Sirlutt wrote:<BR>if your not gonna raid MT then i'd say go for it.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>/shrug only diff a zerk as mt and a guard as mt in a raid is how fast you can kill the mob, zerk will hold that agro while you wizards and warlocks kill it. If you dont have the agro mod people in your guard group he wont hold it unless people go slowly.</P> <P> </P> <P>** i was a raid tank guardian, its just a name not much diff as I saw other raid tanks such as paladins who had just as good if not better stats and could hold agro without ever losing it from orange/red raid mobs just by putting an assassin in there group or warlock.</P><p>Message Edited by Vorlak on <span class=date_text>06-14-2006</span> <span class=time_text>10:28 AM</span>

[Sirlutt]

<div><blockquote><hr>Vorlak wrote:<div></div> <div></div> <blockquote> <hr> Sirlutt wrote:if your not gonna raid MT then i'd say go for it. <div></div> <hr> </blockquote> <p>/shrug only diff a zerk as mt and a guard as mt in a raid is how fast you can kill the mob, zerk will hold that agro while you wizards and warlocks kill it. If you dont have the agro mod people in your guard group he wont hold it unless people go slowly.</p> <p>** i was a raid tank guardian, its just a name not much diff as I saw other raid tanks such as paladins who had just as good if not better stats and could hold agro without ever losing it from orange/red raid mobs just by putting an assassin in there group or warlock.</p><p>Message Edited by Vorlak on <span class="date_text">06-14-2006</span> <span class="time_text">10:28 AM</span></p><hr></blockquote>Guards have a couple of slight edges in tanking some of the T7 stuff and thus most guilds use a guard for MT for the tough stuff.  Other classes are well able to handle tanking just about anything, and often off tank adds and stuff aswell.  T6 was much easier for non guards in the raid tanking respect i feel but generally any well equiped tank with good support can do the job.  Guards just have an easier time with TOS, Reinforcement and the like.</div>

[beliker]

A guardian and a zerker equiped with the same equipment, each with a single mob in from of them of the same level, will kill it at about the same time. Zerkers really only shine when you get surrounded by 5 <<< mobs, other wise not much difference. Going from Guardian to Zerker your not going to be like omg I do like 5000 dps more, it will be more like 20 dps. <div></div>