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JesseDLewis wrote:I love tanking classes from other games and I've been reading about guardian and zerkers here on the forums for some time. Unfortunetly I still seem to be confused about which one I should play. First I'll list what I "think" I know about the two classes after reading on the forums for a few days.1.) Both Guardians and Berserkers make excellent tanks and both can (and do) tank every event in the game.    a.) Guardians have higher HP and better snap aggro on single targets    b.) Berserkers have higher DPS and better AOE taunts That guardians have more hit points, and berserkers have highed DPS is true. However berserkers do not have better AoE taunts than guardians. Guardian taunts are at least equal and often better than berserker ones. But since DPS generates hate and berserkers have great AoE DPS berserkers can have an edge there. At level 52 guardians get reinforcement - a great skill for taking aggro back once lost and which does work with  their two AoE attacks. 2.) Both Guardians and Berserkers have a rather hard time soloing since they're very group oriented and healer dependant (by hard I just mean... low-ish DPS therefore they take longer to kill things and can't heal themself if they get into trouble)    a.) Guardians never seem to get good DPS but always have great defensive capabilities    b.) Berserkers start having great DPS (for a tank class) at level 40+ afterwhich they not only have great defense but also great DPS and are able to solo-kill much easier/faster/better Compared to a guard berserkers get good DPS by level 30 at least. They can kill small groups of weaker mobs as fast as guards kill one due to their AoE abilities. Guards with sufficient achievement points (close to 50) can get decent DPS. Berserkers have the same options. The defensive capabilities of guards and bersekers are dependant primarily on their armour, and there is virtually no difference in the armour available to the two classes. Without aid from other sources the berserkers better dps is likely to earn him better armour earlier. Both classes have good defenisve abilities, berserkers are probably better suited to solo/groups and guards to being a raid MT. So early on I would say berserkers have the better defense. Guards do get more abilities for defending others in a group, which don't work on themselves. One thing that guards buff is skills which has little effect currently, but which is supposed to be changing. Guards also debuff skills, though their debuffing abilites are small compared to scouts. Correct me if I'm wrong guys, so far I've play Berserker to level 10 and I'm still planning on doing a guardian too. I know alot of people might say "Just play them both and see which one you like" This is discomforting to me since I've heard people say that Berserkes don't "get good" until level 40+. Is this true? If so I don't want to try both characters all the way to 40... I'd like to hear opinions on which one is better for solo-killing because although I will be grouping, it sucks if you can't solo-grind for money/items etc... A guardian can solo grind, but a berseker will certainly be better at that. Basically I already know that in regards to tanking both classes do great and are the best the game has to offer. So my real question is, why choose a Guardian if Berserkers can tank just as good and do more DPS at the same time?Guardians have a small edge in tanking high end mob bosses that do big hits and are hard to hit. If there is a guard and a berserker in the same group/raid with equal equipment the guard is more likely to be chosen to tank (because they can't really do anything else), so if all you want to do is tank a guard might be a better choice. And even on more targets at the same time? I'm guessing that I missed something... like guardians do better single target DPS and therefore are better for solo grinding? I don't know... right now I can't even see a reason for having the two classes if Berserkers do better DPS with the same tanking abilities. So please, let me know what you think of Guardian vs. Berserker in regards to solo DPS, high level DPS, group DPS... because it all matters.

Guardians do worse single target DPS than berserkers, except for mobs that are hard to hit (orange) where their skill buff can help. If you want to do DPS go for a berserker.