T7 adept 3 choices?

[Zedarius]

Finally, I've managed to get my hands on two spongy loams (yay for soloing nameds in the Sanctum! *grins*). I haven't used either of them yet to make adept 3's, since I'm not sure what the best choices would be. I'm actually sitting in class right now, but I'll try to remember what masters I have of t6 and t7. Sorry I'm completely blanking out on most of the names of the skills. I could tell you what number they are on my hotbar, though <span>:smileywink:</span>-I chose the AoE taunt as my level 64 master 2. Very good choice, in my opinion - never regretted it. I usually don't have trouble keeping aggro when I'm tanking-T7 hundred-hand slap (master 1)-T7 self AGI and STR buff (master 1)-T7 hardened skin (might be the wrong name - the one that stuns you and boosts MIT) (master 1)-I'm pretty sure I have T7 Adept 3 punch. It's the vanilla punch, no extra effects.-T6 short-recast kick (not the DoT) (master 1). This is better than the adept 1 of the t7 upgrade, not sure about adept 3-T6 offensive stance (master 1). T7 adept 1 is worse, adept 3 I think has more damage/melee ability boosts, but more of a decrease in defenseThere are also some skills I have that are below adept 1:-T7 Last Breath (app iv, which is 96%). I do feign train a lot, but the offchance 4% I miss a feign hasn't been TOO big a problem. I would like to know what adept 1 and 3 are, percentage-wise-I have yet to get my hands on the T7 _____ Spirit line (health drain over time for MIT boost), of any quality. Never seen one on the broker or fence. Sorta weird. I do use this when tanking nameds, so if someone has stats of adept 1 vs. adept 3 that would be nice. I do remember seeing a master 1 version of the t6 one. Dont' have the #'s with me, but in the comparison of t6 masters to t7 adepts, the t6 masters seem to come out on top. I'll post numbers when I can.I think that's all? I'll check and possibly update this list once I get back to my dorm room.I'd say at the current place I am in EQ, I do about 80% tanking, and 20% off-tanking. So that will probably play a vital role in what should be chosen to be made into adept 3'sAlso, for what it's worth, my current AA setup is 4/4/8 STR, and 4/4/3 STA (I think I'm going to keep going down STA, maybe to 4/4/4/8 or 4/4/8/<img src="/smilies/b2eb59423fbf5fa39342041237025880.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />I look forward to hearing your responses!

[Danter]

<div></div><p>If you tank a lot, then Vigirous Spirit should be high on your list.  For the average DPS sometimes tank Bruiser I'd go:</p><p>1.)  Savage Frenzy</p><p>2.)  100 Hand Punch</p><p>3.)  Dropkick</p><p>4.)  Blazing Lunge</p><p>5.)  Slap Around</p><p>Savage Frenzy and 100 Hand Punch because you need the higher resistability so all hits have a decent shot at landing.  Dropkick because it's on a 10s reuse and uses low power, so you'll be using it a lot especially on long battles where you're oop.  Blazing Lunge has a great DPS to power ratio.  Slap Around for extra aoe damage.</p><p>The STR/AGI buff would probably come next at #6, but it won't be too big of an upgrade since most people chose the master 2 version of it so that's why I ranked it lower.  Our offensive stance is garbage so I wouldn't upgrade it past adept 1 unless you don't have Provoking Stance at Master or you seriously lack +crushing gear.  Rumble isn't great either anymore.  That's my opinion others may vary.</p><p>-Kald, 70 Bruiser Permafrost</p>

[Zedarius]

did you mean savage bruising for the #1 upgrade? the aoe 4x hit?<div></div>

[ShinmaRyche]

<div></div><div></div><div><font color="#ffff00">Probably meant battle frenzy, our STR and AGI buff. The adept III is better than the old Master II everyone took, but not by much. Like 5 STR, and about 10 AGI, iirc, but dont quote me. It is slightly better though.</font></div><p>Message Edited by ShinmaRyche on <span class="date_text">04-01-2006</span><span class="time_text">08:04 AM</span></p>

[TheSummoned]

<div></div>I wouldn't bother with battle frenzy if you already had M2 from the previous tier. The upgrade is minimal and capping stats in groups is easy enough. I'd go with: Off stance, Blazing Lunge, Eye Gash, Savage Bruising, Vigorous Spirit.Blazing lunge is my 2nd highest dmg dealer over time, just below Savage Bruising (both m1)<div></div><p>Message Edited by TheSummoned on <span class="date_text">04-01-2006</span><span class="time_text">11:59 PM</span></p>

[Nahlis]

<div></div>Got 2 spongies myself recently and went with Savage Bruising and Eye Gash.  Blazing Lunge will be my next choice.  I Mastered the T6 version and the Adept 1 upgrade for T7 is extremely negligible so haven't bothered with it.