Brig light tank?

[sp33r]

<DIV>Im playing a Dirge atm and seem to do a good deal of tanking soloing with the drain lline of health.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Was wondering if brigands make really nice light tanks compared to a dirge?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Is brig for me? im kinda bored with my dirge so its time to roll up something else.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do brigands get alot of FRONTAL CA's?  Or mostly back attacks?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Been playing for awile and i remember brigs had a frontal attack that caused hate and did a nice amount of damage.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyways i want to be a light tank that deals alot of damage this class for me?</DIV>

[NemaLVey]

<FONT color=#cc99ff>Haven't you heard....either of the Brawler classes do better than us tanking and DPS..... :smileywink:</FONT>

[sp33r]

Lies i refuse to believe it LOL's

[Grim0]

brigs get plenty of frontal attacks, but they deal more damage from behind<div></div>

[UNTILitSLEEPS]

<P>get yourselve a good rond shield and go down the sta aa line</P> <P>-hp, miti, avoidance,  grp tount and aggro increasing buff</P> <P>by using your stunns(/roots^^) its still possible to fire most/all of the must be behind cas (if not you could still invest a few points in walk the plank)</P> <P> </P> <P>brigands are quite good tanks without the sta aa line (know a brig on my server tanking hof)</P> <P> </P> <P> </P><p>Message Edited by UNTILitSLEEPS on <span class=date_text>05-11-2006</span> <span class=time_text>02:52 AM</span>

[Radigazt]

I love my Brigand, but to me it comes down to PvE or PvP.  If you're on a PvP server I'd go Brigand, because they get tracking, which is phenomenal in PvP.  If you're not on a PvP server, I'd recommend trying a new class entirely, get a fresh approach.  Bruisers do great damage and are true light-tanks.  Monks are a little bit more Tankish and ATM they seem to do more damage too.  If you're bored of your Dirge, a Brigand may not be fresh enough to hold your interest ... though IMHO a Brigand is the most interesting class that exists, tracking, evac, stealth, group stealth, debuffs to juggle, positional attacks to juggle, the validity of both stances, etc. 

[fre'do]

<DIV>And we can CLOBBER.</DIV>

[Sydias]

<P>I play a Dirge as well and picked up a Brigand toon.</P> <P>I am able to tank equally as well with the Dirge as I am with the Brigand.  I do have to say that holding agro is a little more elementary and easier to figure out with a Brigand.  I tank quite often in the group I play with and with the Ruse line of spells I find it very difficult to lose agro unless I want to.  Think of it as casting the hate buff on yourself as a Dirge.</P> <P>That being said, get a Dirge in your group with you and you'll probably let them tank.</P>