Questions, Comments, and Suguestion ...

[KFizzle]

<DIV> <DIV>Ok, I've been a Zerker since Februrary and I will explain some things first before i get into questions and comments. I'm far from a 'power' gamer, I play a couple hours a day at most, sometimes not for a few days as I also play Planetside (although increasingly less frequently lately). When the DOF expansion came out I wasn't even 50 yet (now I am however, and i'm halfway through 50).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am at work, so please forgive any 'numbers' which are estimates at best, because I cannot see the actual numbers right now. My gear is 'good' but not great, I had been saving my money for Ebon till the price of Ebon jacked up, then i decided i'd wait till the expansion before i got any expensive crafted and imbued armor (presently i have 3 pieces of Cobalt waiting to be crafted...gunna get a BP and Legs then use the other on a weap, but thats not the point of my question). My Breastplate is an Enchanted Rubicite one, my legs are Pris Fulginate Vanguard, arms are Vanguard Spaulders of Disarray, Impact Gussets, Gauntlets of the Sweeper and Journeymans Boots (the HQ not the preorder). My 'jewelery' is all nice stuff although names escape me besides the FBSS and my imbued agi ring. Yet with all this going on, I can't get my avoidance above 20% unless buffed by others. I use my agi ring, and i dont put on a stance and i cant get my agi up past i believe 18%, even when i have Vehemence on with its plus 44 agi or whatever it is. So my first question, is there any reason evident why my avoidance sucks so much? </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My second question is along the same lines, I have all that gear, plus good 'Str' and 'Sta' bonus' on my other gear, and i cant get my fricken strength even self buffed anywhere near 300. I think the highest i can get it is like 221 ... i'm a Dwarven zerker and on all my racial things when i could i picked things in this order Strength, Stamina, then Agility ... sticking with that formula because those are our most important stats. Is there something i'm missing buff wise (even with tides of war or whatever its called with a 40something + in str), that is keeping me back?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now when it comes time to 'comments,' while I don't like some of the combat changes because of reduced DPS and our changed utility role, I will say overall that *gasp* I like the changes now. I think its just as easy if not easier to hold agro and control the mob. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Suguestions? Well, I just think everyone whos been complaining about the changes needs to just relax and chill out. Remember, Heroics arent meant to be soloed so the fact that you cant solo those now shouldn't be your main problem. Certain things about our class have changed but its MOSTLY the same, so don't go into things thinking that you have to learn everything all over again. Also, take the time out to fight some solo mobs, and just experiment with things, you might see that certain things have gotten better ... overall even though our DPS is down, on solo mobs i seem to kill them FASTER now.</DIV> <DIV><BR>Anyway, maybe someone can help me with my Avoidance/Strength issues, and who knows, maybe someone will read this and instead of being discouraged, be encouraged to try things with an open mind.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>P.S. Sorry i wrote this while at work, so its taken me quite a while to finish so my mindset might not have been 100% focused during it.</DIV></DIV>

[Lalaya]

Try switching to defensive stance, your avoidance should raise to about 40-50% depending on your gear. Don't focus on str if you want to tank a lot - go for agi and sta. *throws in 2c* <div></div>

[KFizzle]

<DIV>Well 9/10ths of the time i am Soloing or operating as an "Off Tank," because my guild has a fantastic Guardian who does most of our tanking (i tank when she doesnt want to, or in pickup groups, thats about it). I like being the offtank and trust me, I dont mind sacrificing my defense for damage able to inflict, I never tried a defensive stance (mostly use offending defence, that fury one i forgot what the latest ones called or nothing at all) but i'll try that tonight. <BR><BR>Any ideas on why my Strength is no where near that of other people? The Guardians strength is far better, hell our Swashbuckler has alot higher strength than me and i have better str gear all around, the only thing he has i dont is a ring he uses to buff his strength like 10 or 11...but even still i have a +9 str hex doll i keep equipped also (and a +9 Agi one also).</DIV>

[Huna]

A couple thoughts, they might be using food that gives them +str, I usually use the 10 str one, imbued rings, and after all my buffs, my str is only 241. Considering I just got the upgrade to our strength buff at 51, your strength is pretty comparable to mine. Also, I think my avoidance with no stance is usually right at 19%, so if anyone else can give you suggestions, I could probably use them also <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Would be nice if we could get some other 50+ berserkers to post their self buffed stats, what type of food they use, rings, etc...Sorry if my post doesn't help you, but at least you know you aren't alone.

[Huna]

little follow up to clear any confusion. I use the Strength bonus food, Imbued rings (Strength/Agility/Stamina), and I have a +9 strength doll and +9 agility doll. As soon as they add the new recipes I'm going to upgrade the dolls and rings, probably change the Agility doll to stamina, and add a wisdom ring also. Remember you don't have to wear the rings to get the effect, just swap them out, cast the buff, and take them back off. I'll try to right down all my stats next time I'm in game and post them here.