Starting a warrior

[Weekapaug]

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

yep, personaly i would go fully STA myself and try to get my hands on DEX armor like cloak of shadows (+13 dex?).... procs start to hit more often above the 100 mark.

STR can be completely disregarded till the warrior reaches the planes levels. they aint DPS, they are primary here to shield the rest of the group folks!

if you want to do dmg too, go knight.

The DEX on the Cloak of Shadows is a wonderful extra for warriors, but for any tank, the real value of the cloak is the 12 AC....Best AC cloak pre-planes in classic EQ, as far as I know.

Warriors prioritize 1 AC (worn) = 6 HPs, so the 2 extra AC on the CoS likely doesn't warrant sacrificing the HPs found on on a HBC or CoF for a warrior (my live accounts arent active or I would go look and tell you for sure), unless he most definately needs that extra DEX for holding aggro. Especially the CoF, being a haste item on top of a great tank cloak AC and Stat wise, allowing the tank to wear a real belt rather than an FBSS. You don't need procs to go off constantly to do DPS as a tank....You just need enough to take and hold aggro. There is a difference.

Hybrid tanks, or bards for that matter, "aint DPS" either. If you want to do DPS, be a DPS class. If you want to be a tank, gear yourself accordingly by maximizing your AC on every slot with a bit of leeway for gear that gives you extra HPS. End of Story. With the exception of warriors, who should have ONLY enough extra DEX as needed to proc enough to reliably take and hold aggro.

And if you, as any tank, find yourself just oozing AC and HPs out the ears in current content so much that your cleric constantly has the extra mana to let you deviate from that, which you probably won't unless they are uber with a manastone and rubi BP, then go with resist gear. With the OP situation of caster mobs here you will find that goes a lot farther to contributing to your role than a miniscule extra amount of DPS that you might generate with extra STR or DEX gear.