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Baindrag · 03-15-2005, 10:55 AM

Level 45 Guardian here. I do not know what sort of tanks you have on other servers or what tanks you have grouped with on my server, but all the information about who has the best dps and blah blah your mostly wrong. JFYI when I say tanks I mean only Guardians and Beserkers. Since we are the Only main line tanks PERIOD.

So lets set the record straight. My guardian wields (depending on the mob's immunity) 2 Pierce weapons (serrated bone dirk,saber of velocity) 2 Crush weapons (Cudgel of Night x2) 2 Slash Weapons (Ebon Spatha x2) As you probably see I never use a 1h weapon or a 2h weapon and I never use a shiled. Well to my point, the post I have seen mostly talk about the monk/brawler classes being the highest dps of the tank tree. Well unfortuantly this is not the case. The only classes that can out dps me are mage class and only if they have some adebt 3's on their hot bar. My dps runs roughly 85-128. Depending on the mob I can squeek out 140ish. I know you going man I know my dps is way better than that. ITS NOT get a parcer and check it yourself. Yes I have had other class than mage out dps me but they were atleast 4 levels ahead of me. The only person my same level that out damged me in a group was an assassian but she was decked out with some serious gear. Of course DPS is relative to the duration of the encounter. Sure a 1 min fight the dps is going to be lower ended for a tank. Through in 5+ min fights the Guardian/beserker if equipped right will out dps anybody in the group accept maybe the mage classes. So all you monkies take your dps talk else where SMILEY

because it just is not the case in EQ2. One last comment if any doubt me I will make an extensive post on my melee skill abilities which are all on different timers. I have close to 2 full hot bars of dd melee skills that do not share a timer.

Disclaimer..... I love the fact I have high dps as a guardian. Do i think it is right nope. I truely feel monk's should have alot better dps than a guardian. You are the dps of the fighter class (well supposed to be) I imagine SoE will eventually get around to nerfing guardians that ditch the shield for dual weapons. Shield on tank = huge agro loss. Dishing out 100+dps on mobs = huge agro increase.

Serrated Bone Dirk; 7sta, 9agi, 6str, 40hp, 32power 18-53dd delay 1.5sec

Saber of Velocity; 8agi, 8str, 27hp, 31power 17-52dd 1.6sec

Ebon Spatha; 8agi, 8str, 30hp, 30power 13-38dd 1.2sec

Cudgel of Night; 7agi, 9str, 26hp, 33power 18-54dd 1.7sec

This bit of useless knowledge brought to you by Dragonsbain Black Burrow server.

03-15-2005, 10:55 AM	#21
Baindrag Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 46	Level 45 Guardian here. I do not know what sort of tanks you have on other servers or what tanks you have grouped with on my server, but all the information about who has the best dps and blah blah your mostly wrong. JFYI when I say tanks I mean only Guardians and Beserkers. Since we are the Only main line tanks PERIOD. So lets set the record straight. My guardian wields (depending on the mob's immunity) 2 Pierce weapons (serrated bone dirk,saber of velocity) 2 Crush weapons (Cudgel of Night x2) 2 Slash Weapons (Ebon Spatha x2) As you probably see I never use a 1h weapon or a 2h weapon and I never use a shiled. Well to my point, the post I have seen mostly talk about the monk/brawler classes being the highest dps of the tank tree. Well unfortuantly this is not the case. The only classes that can out dps me are mage class and only if they have some adebt 3's on their hot bar. My dps runs roughly 85-128. Depending on the mob I can squeek out 140ish. I know you going man I know my dps is way better than that. ITS NOT get a parcer and check it yourself. Yes I have had other class than mage out dps me but they were atleast 4 levels ahead of me. The only person my same level that out damged me in a group was an assassian but she was decked out with some serious gear. Of course DPS is relative to the duration of the encounter. Sure a 1 min fight the dps is going to be lower ended for a tank. Through in 5+ min fights the Guardian/beserker if equipped right will out dps anybody in the group accept maybe the mage classes. So all you monkies take your dps talk else where because it just is not the case in EQ2. One last comment if any doubt me I will make an extensive post on my melee skill abilities which are all on different timers. I have close to 2 full hot bars of dd melee skills that do not share a timer. Disclaimer..... I love the fact I have high dps as a guardian. Do i think it is right nope. I truely feel monk's should have alot better dps than a guardian. You are the dps of the fighter class (well supposed to be) I imagine SoE will eventually get around to nerfing guardians that ditch the shield for dual weapons. Shield on tank = huge agro loss. Dishing out 100+dps on mobs = huge agro increase. Serrated Bone Dirk; 7sta, 9agi, 6str, 40hp, 32power 18-53dd delay 1.5sec Saber of Velocity; 8agi, 8str, 27hp, 31power 17-52dd 1.6sec Ebon Spatha; 8agi, 8str, 30hp, 30power 13-38dd 1.2sec Cudgel of Night; 7agi, 9str, 26hp, 33power 18-54dd 1.7sec This bit of useless knowledge brought to you by Dragonsbain Black Burrow server.