Cripes i'm going to be a Raid Tank. AA suggestions for KoS and EoF

[gundali]

<DIV>Well i've got the go ahead. As part of a new guild i'm going to be MT/OT as we progress our raiding capabilities. I'm a capable group tank and i have done some OT before in easier zones like Labs. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>At the moment i'm running on 4.5k Mitigation and around 6.8k Health. So my gear is reasonable but not great. But my AA spec is for DPS at the moment, i'll admit to attempting the 'Battlemage' build and having some fun with it but now i need to change i think for a more tank like build.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So my current AA spec for the KoS is 448 in Str, Sta and Int</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I'm thinking that on the face of it for KoS 448 for Wisdom and then Stamina 84588 would be the path i need to take now?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>EoF i'm clueless on but it seems that the path of Hate would of course help with aggro managment and that Decay would boost my survivablity. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sorry if this has been posted and discussed before, but i'm really not wanting to let the Shadowknights down by not exploring every option. Please feel free to give any options for gear too.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>For Freeport and Innoruuk!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Devotee Rothchilde Moriquendi of the Unforgiven</DIV>

[t0iletduck]

This is a valid question and I don't think there is a valid authority who can say what will be the best yet until some Sk's get 100 AA's and get a chance to test them out in a raid situation. I'm going down the hate tree personally and have Innoruk as my diety. I recently changed the SK to my main and have started to get good gear, but not good enough for MT'ing just yet. (~4500 mit, ~7300 hp) We currently a very well geared Guardian and Pally as our normal MT. I will off tank or MA and can do that easy enough. My goal too is to be a valid MT on occassions when our Guard and Pally isnt there. Now as far the old SK AA tree, I've gone str 4-4-4-8-8 sta 4-1 and int 4-4-8. This is mainly for hate generation with the passive hate gain, and the 10% casting speed and reuse reduction at the end of the str tree really makes a difference. I put a point into hammer ground just for the AoE stun. On the Int line, maxing spell crits is essential, no matter how you intend to play your SK. More DPS=more hate and more fun <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> I've seen a few posts from SK's about the end of the STA line (Divine Aura?) not being worth it because it doesn't factor in mitigation. What im really interested to see is how much of a difference the 3% hate siphon at the end of our SK specific AA tree will make. I also will invest in the reduction to taunt resistability as agro is one of the biggest concerns for all tanks. Im sure everyone has noticed the increase to taunts being resisted so far in EoF. As for gear, all SK's should work on the <a href="http://eq2.ogaming.com/data/4091%7ETheClaymoreQuest.php" target=_blank>claymore questline</a>. There is a lot of good tank rewards with +mitigation and sta on top of a ton of AA xp for doing the quests. <div></div>