Hit %

[Danan]

<DIV>Any parsers out there that have noticed a 20-30% decrease in hit % when tanking?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I did a parse today with a 26 guardian tanking and his % was between 70-90%, mine was the same as 25-26 bruiser doing dps. He went LD and never came back and we continued with me as a tank and my Hit % dropped to about 50% from the 70-90% that i had been doing from the rear. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I do know that dodge and block will affect all this but if that is the case then the same should count for the guardian. The guardian was equiped with a shield and a sword of some kind and doing a steady 25dps from the front and i was doing about 35dps peaking at 40ish dps. But this dropped to about 15-25 when tanking.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Good news is that it seemed like we only recieved about 50% of the dmg that the guardian took</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Jezekie]

Did you change from using Roughhouse to using Brawler's Stance when you changed to tanking?Did you stop using Intimidating Orders/Did the loss of the guardian result in a loss of offensive buffs? (Crushing, Piercing, or Slashing).And just for clarifications sake for others reading this thread while we're on a similar topic. Players and NPCs have two Arcs both covering 180 degrees, one to the front and one to the rear. To the front you get defensive checks such as Parry, Dodge, Block, and Riposte. But to the rear you do not get any of those checks. Which is why, especially as a brawler, you should try to avoid getting hit from behind, and when hitting others you should try to maneuver behind them to get max potential increase in damage done over time.<p>Message Edited by Jezekiell on <span class=date_text>01-11-2005</span> <span class=time_text>01:32 PM</span>

[Danan]

<DIV>The only change that happened from when the guardian tanked and I started tanking was what ever buffs he would have supplied and that i moved from rear to the front.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>When i pulled i usually pop Intimidating Orders while bringing in the mob to add aggro and refresh the buff, I used Brawlers stance both when doing dps and tanking along with fiery fist.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I didnt really mean to parse looking for anything special but happened to notice a huge drop in DPS when i started to tank, i used the excact same skills in the same order. Only real change was that my hit % dropped about 30-40%. I would have expected a drop but nothing like that, and once i looked back at the guardians hit % it made little sense. I will try and look into this a little more, trying 2hb and do dps from both front and back when i have a tank, it could have been that guardians have a buff that add offense from front only  ?.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>looking here <A href="http://www.eq2arcane.com/combat_arts.html#Guardian" target=_blank>http://www.eq2arcane.com/combat_arts.html#Guardian</A> they do have offensive buffs so that might have something to do with it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>