Viability of Non Oger Troll SK discussion and how to equip them

[kaev]

Originally Posted by tops419 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ogre/Troll are the only viable SK/WAR. anyone who says "play what you want" is right if you were playing wow/eq2 or any other game. This is EQ and it's brutal. If you play another race for a tank, you're going to suck until you come into some significant gear. EVERY other class/race combination can be pretty good and forgiving of start point allocation. No other class subgroup relies as heavily on stats as tanks.

If you're a roleplayer, sure, play what you want. But, f you want to be a functional tank play a big race.

When i play my cleric, I avoid small tanks like the plague. It's just too much work healing them and I hate watching the dps get aggro because the tank is spinning.

Again, small races suck at tanking, big races own.
If you question this, you're dumb.

"Special" clerics need "special" tanks. Good players don't need to be "special" to keep up.

The key to tanking is agro, and SKs are great agro generators regardless of race. If you question this, ...