Dolf Goodcheese wrote:
I have a level 20 bruiser, yet I have to disagree with the viewpoint that the brawler/bruiser is now "nerfed". I don't even like the term "nerfed" in this situation, as that is not what I see as happened.
My take on it is that SOE didn't catch their error, before releasing the game. Their error being: of allowing a brawler/bruiser with high agility to be stacked with a lot more additional protection (too much). Thus, at times making the classes rarely get hit by higher level enemies. Players got used to running the brawlers/bruisers as MT to specific level mobs, but now that SOE has fixed their "playability error", those players are angry or upset. Had SOE foreseen the error (semi-exploit IMO) and set it to what it is now, prior to launch, no one would be angry or upset now.
So, basically I don't see it as a "nerf", but as an error that has been corrected.
Well, I cant fault your logic since your only a 20 level bruiser. But you really do need to play your class to the 30-40's. If you do, you will notice that this isnt the case where we had something good and lost it, but instead we are substandard tanks when compared to the other tank classes. I could point-out the details, but they are well covered in numerous posts in the monk/bruiser boards. If you are interested, I wrote-up a lengthly one a few days ago. Btw: my wizard is level 22 and tanks very well too. Although it would be flawed to make any rational conclusions to monk/bruier tanking abilities.
-Jenjer