Moskito wrote:
I tank every day, too. But the OP is right with the statement that a 50 Guardian outtankes a 50 Bruiser. There is now way that we are equal.
Lets compare a lvl 50 Bruiser (me) and a lvl 50 Guardian (guildmate)
But still - the guardian has
~ +1.500 HP
~ +1.300 AC
An in raid encounter this makes the difference.
As usual, like in EQ1, someone throws in the "yeah but you n00bs know nothing about the end-game" crud. The OP didn't say anything about raiding, yet lets just throw that in to ensure "I'm right, you are wrong" and try to put extra weight in by implying you know more being the big level 50 raider. Can't say I missed that attitude.
How about a little story. Backtrack to Velious days ... those Warriors were tankin Vindi and statue and tormax and ... then everyone got geared up. SKs and Pallies started tanking. Then monks. Then you know what? The shammies and the chanters started tanking. Heck a few guilds got so bored doing the same stuff over again they started trying to get all sorts of silly people tanking .. wizzie, necro, mage, lets try the mage's PET to tank. How about the rogue? Suuuuure.
Turned out warriors were probably one of the worst tanking classes. Almost any class could out-aggro them, and with a proper CH chain even a wet-paper-bag wizzie could tank anything that couldn't one-round him/her. What does that have to do with this thread?
You argue that HPs and AC are what "makes all the difference". So you are going to tell me, without the extra 1500hps and 1300AC that the level 50 raids are untankable by a bruiser? Assuming your gear was more 'at par' with the guardian in question, what would the difference be? Is this now enough? You'd probably say no ... so what would be enough? Only 500hps/ac? 400? Where is this line drawn for hp/ac that makes things impossible vs possible? Yes I'm being rhetorical. Try and combat this with something other than "when you get to raiding the same stuff I am you'll see" btw.