Impression of a Nerfbat

[lagerone]

<DIV>It seems clear to me that brawlers are tanking far less effectively than pre-EoF, from both a raid and group perspective.  Based on what I saw in beta I was expecting us to finally become a competitive tank as compared to other (read plate) fighter classes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As of now our abilities are woeful.  We take much more damage from group mobs and are completely in one shot territory versus raid mobs, and I might venture that this is worse than what was already bad to begin with.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My relative raid dps seemed lower but it is a little to early for me to tell based on parsing for one raid.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am totally OK with whatever SOE wants to do with the brawler class - it is their game and their revenues not mine.  But I would appreciate knowing if this is an intentional reduction in class abilities or teething problems.  If it is intentional then personally I'll retire by brawlers and switch to my zerker where I can add some value on raids.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It would be nice to know either way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[deadsidedemon]

 Not sure which raid mobs you were tanking, but let me know so I can avoid them!  Anyway, everyone is taking more damage.  It seems a lot of tanks in general are feeling sorry for themselves now, not just brawlers.<div></div>

[swordfel]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> lagerone wrote:<BR> <DIV>It seems clear to me that brawlers are tanking far less effectively than pre-EoF, from both a raid and group perspective.  Based on what I saw in beta I was expecting us to finally become a competitive tank as compared to other (read plate) fighter classes.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As of now our abilities are woeful.  We take much more damage from group mobs and are completely in one shot territory versus raid mobs, and I might venture that this is worse than what was already bad to begin with.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>My relative raid dps seemed lower but it is a little to early for me to tell based on parsing for one raid.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am totally OK with whatever SOE wants to do with the brawler class - it is their game and their revenues not mine.  But I would appreciate knowing if this is an intentional reduction in class abilities or teething problems.  If it is intentional then personally I'll retire by brawlers and switch to my zerker where I can add some value on raids.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>It would be nice to know either way.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>its not gonna stay this way for long according to Lockeye's post <A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=combat&message.id=117510#M117510" target=_blank>here</A>. once this gets put in, monks and bruisers should (hopefully) be much better at tanking.