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SageMarrow · 03-04-2005, 09:47 AM

lol there is only one move that we cannot use when in front of the mob and thats sucker punch - on that line- which aint the quickest timer we got anyway - and fully buffed by our own buffs and others and by the time a mid-high level mobs defenses are

debuffed we land almost all of our specials and its very noticeable when we do- im told all the time-

WHILE tanking... we are directly compared to guadians since we are not equipped with caster type spells- we have set role as does a guardian- if we are tanks then okay - if we are dps - then okay - but we are discussing tanks-

so in comparison to guardians - yes we are the better tank LvLs 1-49 for the ability to handle a damage spike which both classes endure - us moreso by maybe a difference of 200-300= pts (estimate) with our healing abilitys and the fact that when fighting mobs that we are "supposed to be" fighting -

aka yellow ^^'s on down - we go several fights without much damage at all fully buffed- an experience i know that alot of bruisers and monks have seen - 5 out of 10 fights with little or no damage at all fully buffed - on top of that we deal alot more damage than they do making the relativity between time/damage reduce consequently, (more dps = less time fighting = less heals = obvious)

no i dont have any numbers but these things are common sense- a taunt or two doesnt make that big of a difference when you are in an experience grp which is more than 70% of the content structure... so yeah - we are the better tank IMO for the greater portion of the consistent content in game. now if you could counter with what a guardian gets that makes a fight that much more drastic in the arena of killing mobs that matter which are everyday goblins - boars - whatever that get killed more often than any raid mobs are even attempted. we have a place in a grp with a guadian tanking - they dont have a place with us in grp tanking though.. argue that?

03-04-2005, 09:47 AM	#29
SageMarrow Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 958	lol there is only one move that we cannot use when in front of the mob and thats sucker punch - on that line- which aint the quickest timer we got anyway - and fully buffed by our own buffs and others and by the time a mid-high level mobs defenses are debuffed we land almost all of our specials and its very noticeable when we do- im told all the time- WHILE tanking... we are directly compared to guadians since we are not equipped with caster type spells- we have set role as does a guardian- if we are tanks then okay - if we are dps - then okay - but we are discussing tanks- so in comparison to guardians - yes we are the better tank LvLs 1-49 for the ability to handle a damage spike which both classes endure - us moreso by maybe a difference of 200-300= pts (estimate) with our healing abilitys and the fact that when fighting mobs that we are "supposed to be" fighting - aka yellow ^^'s on down - we go several fights without much damage at all fully buffed- an experience i know that alot of bruisers and monks have seen - 5 out of 10 fights with little or no damage at all fully buffed - on top of that we deal alot more damage than they do making the relativity between time/damage reduce consequently, (more dps = less time fighting = less heals = obvious) no i dont have any numbers but these things are common sense- a taunt or two doesnt make that big of a difference when you are in an experience grp which is more than 70% of the content structure... so yeah - we are the better tank IMO for the greater portion of the consistent content in game. now if you could counter with what a guardian gets that makes a fight that much more drastic in the arena of killing mobs that matter which are everyday goblins - boars - whatever that get killed more often than any raid mobs are even attempted. we have a place in a grp with a guadian tanking - they dont have a place with us in grp tanking though.. argue that?