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Originally Posted by LazyHydras
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but not specifically about gearing for reasonably gearing for dex
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It's simply impossible to reliably tank on a Warrior in a good XP group that chews through L45 NPCs with 5000 HP in 30 seconds or so. 150 DPS is easily sustained with two rogues or one charmed pet plus you. The median time to proc with a full 255 dex is 14 seconds. The Bioluminescent Orb was the ticket before the (sorely needed) proc hate nerf, but it really only worked with single pulls in areas like HoT. A good XP group will always have fresh meat in camp. My suggestions:
- Pre-taunt mezzed mobs (autoattack off, tab, taunt, target nearest, attack on). If successful (40% or so?) you can start with a nice head start on the hate list
- Pick Enchanters over Bards for CC: you have literally chance to tank over a Bard, but an Enchanter can use dispel rather than slow.
- Pick Clerics over Shamans: CH works well on your huge HP pool while slow does not work well with your low threat
- Pick Monks, Magicians, Necros, and Enchanters over Rogues, Rangers: you can always tank ahead of pets, and Monk FD works better than Evade/Jolt.
- Don't worry about it. As long as the Cleric isn't calling OOM, it doesn't matter. Full speed ahead.
This isn't to say that DEX gear is a terrible idea, but I don't think the human brain can really register +0.3 procs per minute.