Fiery Avenger also allows bash (or did on live, haven't got it here yet.) The problem with hydrids using a two-hander to tank a raid boss is that they give up shield AC, and shield AC ignores the AC cap. This matters especially before the melee revamp in Velious. If p99 melee mechanics are the same as (or close to) live mechanics during Kunark, Warriors mitigate incoming damage noticeably better than Paladin/SK do. It's not a huge difference, but it can matter a lot.
As I recall it (lol memory), knights did not tank the more difficult Velious raid bosses until after they were geared from the expansion, Warriors were doing it while they and their guilds were in the process of gearing up.
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11-16-2012, 11:20 AM
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