GU29: PWR & INT vs. def Stance

[SinIsLaw]

It hadn't been changed on Beta, then I was hoping that the Dev team would throw this in as a last min. change, unfortunately it didn't happen ...I am talking about our Defensive Stance - Infernal cirlce will add about 146 wis to our stats! Yes nice for the resist, but with the recent pwr pool change - I'm now loosing pwr (& dps due to lesser int) when i change to my Def stance ... The dps loss has been discussed a lot pre Gu29, and I don't wanne start this again! but now with the Power pool change I think we have a valid concern ... or?So it would make much more sense to break the current + wis into +int (or a combination of +int & +wis), or am I the only one who thinks that we should especially now after GU29 have +int in our Def stance ...

[Boke]

tank in offensive

[SinIsLaw]

Pre Gu29, you wouldn't have tanked raid mobs in the off stance - and u don't wanne do that now either with the Addition of mitigation to ur def stance ... and yes in EoF one could tank the instances or overland named with a 1h+symbol or 2h in off stance ... been doing that as well ... However it still doesnt change anything to my question about the def stance issue <div></div>

[Rylight]

actually (or at least in my case) the power has been increased so much for the sk that when I go into defensive stance I still have more power then what I had in offensive or defensive pre-EoF, so actually I didnt lose any power at all. and dps just isnt that critical in defensive honestly. <div></div>

[Mistmoore-Milaga]

<div><blockquote><hr>Rylight wrote:actually (or at least in my case) the power has been increased so much for the sk that when I go into defensive stance I still have more power then what I had in offensive or defensive pre-EoF, so actually I didnt lose any power at all. and dps just isnt that critical in defensive honestly. <div></div><hr></blockquote>The power increase is quite substantial.  I wish I had taken [Removed for Content] of my persona window before the patch and after.  I think I may have gained about 40% more power in offensive stance between the change, the new earring slot and a lot of my gear now having INT on it instead of WIS. I've yet to even need to go into defensive stance in this expansion.</div>

[Anselan]

What you should bear in mind is that Paladins and other Str+Wis tanks will now have far more power than us in defensive stance. That's a disparity in tanking abililty that must be addressed and it seems sensible to change our defensive stance to an intelligence base, even if it's half the int bonus of offensive.<div></div>

[Dogm]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Anselan wrote:<BR>What you should bear in mind is that Paladins and other Str+Wis tanks will now have far more power than us in defensive stance. That's a disparity in tanking abililty that must be addressed and it seems sensible to change our defensive stance to an intelligence base, even if it's half the int bonus of offensive.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>It is fine the way it is IMO.   Paladins are the Defensive Crusader,  they get bonus power from wis while in defensive stance.   SKs are the Offensive Crusader, we get bonus power from int while in offensive stance.     The power gained from INT or WIS, is minimal anyways, and should be looked at as just a bonus, while doing your designed role.