Colossaltitan wrote:
Everything is situational.
Coming from a Bruiser, for tanking, Berserkers is better.
Want a reason why?
Bruisers is when you hit, so sure, when we popping "Crushing Fury (9hits in one skill each has a chance to proc weapons, skills, etc)" 25% chance each hit 9x taunt increase basically from Quarrel. Savage Blows 4 hits in one in aoe, each has a chance to proc, + DW low delay weps proc'n.... Sure, nice aggro. But *ONLY* in offensive stance. Why? B/c in defensive stance our ability to hit the mob is crap, espescially raiding (orange con + defensive stance = hit 1 in 15swings). Crushing Fury, if one hits, the next has a chance to hit, if that one misses...then the skill stops.
I'd rather have a counter-attack/taunt then having a attack/taunt b/c of the way defensive stances works, when you are tanking yours works much better.
Goodluck, hopefully that changes your opinion on things, and...as for the bruiser wanting to keep up quarrel... let him? You are both tanks, as long as *one* of you two have it and not the healer/dps/dps/dps etc. If the bruiser takes it, he can feign, he can self heal etc.
Bruisers hold agro against single target encounters better then Berserkers, we ( Berserkers ) are Warriors, the definition of a Warrior is to lock down agro on multiple mobs or group encounters and control them, thats how we are designed and thats what we do best.
You can test this no problem at all, just get a Bruiser to agro a group of mobs and then use the Berserker as DPS, i bet you that if the Zerker is using his Offensive Stance that he will pull agro of the Bruiser from the mobs that the Bruiser isnt acually enguaged with, i do it alot but Berserkers offensive stance is acually broken atm since LU18, so you more then likely wouldnt do it now. This LU18 change hasnt just effected Berserkers, its effected every class out there that has a stance or a ability to add a proc to them that has a certain percent chance to proc, Bruisers has a Stance that has a chance to proc just like we do.
Problem is there removing the arch type system, so there will be no more arch types or sub classes, there will be 24 stand alone classes, question is, are Berserkers still going to be classed as a Warrior type and tank just as well as a Guardian? Or are Brawlers still going to be classed as a Fighter and still contunie on down the road and tank epic x4 mobs?
All i can say is the game is about to change again and this change will bring even more changes, so be preapred for a bumpy 2006. Going to be alot of turbulance for all classes.