Getting into end game tanking

[Soothsayer]

Originally Posted by Lightbringer55 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That's what I needed to hear! Obviously if I'm so casual that my gear sucks and I'm a liability, I wouldn't be expecting to have a shot. I love xp'ing/grouping so I know it won't be a problem to hit 60. But it's more the question of when I should be thinking about joining a guild to start gearing etc.

I guess the real question will become with velious, how gear progression is going to work. Are people still going to start with the planes to get geared enough to start in velious, or is there enough dropable/entry level stuff from velious alone to just dive right in?

Plate house in Kael is a good starting point for getting serious tanking gear. Prior to that, just use whatever. Crusty shell, crafted armor (the warrior quest armor), etc. The camp is easy for a small raid and plate pieces drop like candy, and people will be selling the MQ's for the armor at some point in the relatively near future (though some pieces will be more expensive than others). You also have good weapon options like frostbringer + sarnak warhammer available, so threat should be okay as long as you also have a decent haste item.

I will say that in my time in a "megaguild" on Green, I rarely had the opportunity to tank and was mostly just extra melee DPS, and I left not long after. There were a *lot* of tanks. It wasn't terribly fun or exciting. I've had the most fun tanking high level single group dungeon content.