Lack of Warriors/Tanks?

[Spewys]

Yeah Karsten is right. Got to be proactive.. Won't happen on its own!





50 war ---- Spewys Dutchmaster ---- Peace Pipe

[Arclyte]

On the one hand there's the thought of being a big ugly bastard covered in plate armor with arguably the best defensive stats in the game. On the other hand, there's the mind-numbing reality of nothing but auto attack/kick for 50 levels. Ugh.

I think I'll stick with the wizard for now. I stopped playing at the end of luclin and remember liking my 54 wizard a lot.

[Mardur]

Originally Posted by shuklak [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

my oldschool warrior friend used to solo a lot... bind wound lol.

Soloing is still super viable even as a warrior.

[stonebeard22]

My trick is, if someone else plays good and they are a healer I friend them, Same for enchanters. So I always have a huge friends list of people online. I ask those people if they have openings in their groups and go join them or make my own group with them. Always easy to find DPS and as I out level people I drop them off my friends list after about 3-4 levels.

[Thetruth]

Originally Posted by karsten [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i made 80% of my groups from 1-50, with a much smaller player base as well as pool to pull from because i would boot crappy players and yell at them afterwards.

So, although I do understand that the circumstances are different in some ways, I am still getting the feeling that youre just not being proactive enough

The truth is,

So your the asshole that helped create the other guilds like TMO, Vesica DEi. Those poor booted players!

[DevGrousis]

Originally Posted by Omnimorph [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is generally a lack of tanks, but that's because warriors suck without proper weapons, SK's and pallies have horrible hybrid exp penalties. Why cope with this when your mage has a minimal penalty and can rape stuff without even looking.

THIS. i hate that damn xp penalty. i LOVE the paladin i started on this server i got him to 18 and was just so sad at how slow the experience was [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] forced me to quit him, until the penalty is dropped then i will be right back on him [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[DevGrousis]

Originally Posted by Arclyte [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On the one hand there's the thought of being a big ugly bastard covered in plate armor with arguably the best defensive stats in the game. On the other hand, there's the mind-numbing reality of nothing but auto attack/kick for 50 levels. Ugh.

I think I'll stick with the wizard for now. I stopped playing at the end of luclin and remember liking my 54 wizard a lot.

lol like Wizard is anymore interesting. if there is a cloth version of the warrior i'd have to say wizards get that one lol. nuke sit. nuke sit. nuke sit. haha makes warrior seem fun to me

[Psionide]

^^^^^^
Seriously, when you dumb it down like that you can make any class seem like that. Every class in this game is just about clicking buttons so yeah

[Spewys]

Originally Posted by Thetruth [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The truth is,

So your the asshole that helped create the other guilds like TMO, Vesica DEi. Those poor booted players!

Ohhhh... Your a total hater:-)

[Akame]

Tanks aren't rare, but I'd say that tanks who are playing their first character are. My war is my main and it wasn't my first character, I deliberately got a druid up a little first so I could farm enough plat to buy the warrior's first set of proc'ing weapons and some plate. The big deal is getting 1-15 on the tank, if you can do that, it should be relatively smooth sailing into the 30's before you need to start taking a closer look at gear. No one expects a 15 ish tank to be able to out aggro the monk in the group, but by the 30's you should start being able to be responsible for knowing your class. Summary, a little prep work and determination goes a long way.

As for finding groups and lfg for four hours, be proactive, when I log on, I locate every group lead sitting at every camp that I want to be tanking at and ask to be put on the list, I get about a 30% return rate in tells, because people forget or invite their friends, but that's 30% more group invites because I got on the list than just sitting lfg waiting for someone to find me. You do this often enough, save the good ones to your friends list, and play your class well enough and you start getting tells as soon as you log on checking if you are up for a hunt or not. Invest time and effort and you reap the benefits.