To play a Tank or not?

[Ralexia]

I agree, play a monk. The special attacks do a lot more damage than I remember. It feels like I'm playing a rogue that can backstab from the front and tank decently. At lvl 50 with good weapons on other classes this may be different but from 1-41, I feel like a god(at least as much as a non caster can in classic).

[Yak]

Thanks for all the feedback and explanations! This has helped me a lot in my choice!!! If I haven't said it before, I really love this community!!!

[jeffd]

it mostly comes down to whether or not you actually want to do things (sk, paladin), or hit auto attack, learn back and watch your screen until the mob dies.

[Spewys]

All good points..Been playing my warrior for a couple weeks now and though at times it is boring, if the casters wait long enough I can hold aggro pretty well. Sometimes you lose it, but its possible to get it back. My biggest issue is that it does take time to get the PP's for the proper gear to do good damage. I try to wink, hug and dance with whomever I can and hope they pass the love[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. Works sometimes.

[Dr4z3r]

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

@fastboy21 Could you please explain why Warriors can't hold aggro as well? How can this be the case, since Warriors get no spells, I thought that was the point?

Within classic, the main benefit of bringing a warrior isn't the ability to get or hold aggro, it's the amount of damage a warrior can soak up or mitigate. Warriors get tons of health, AC, and lots of damage-mitigating abilities, which makes it possible for healers be extremely efficient in keeping them alive (i.e., lets clerics take full advantage of c-heal).

[Yak]

Originally Posted by Dr4z3r [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Within classic, the main benefit of bringing a warrior isn't the ability to get or hold aggro, it's the amount of damage a warrior can soak up or mitigate. Warriors get tons of health, AC, and lots of damage-mitigating abilities, which makes it possible for healers be extremely efficient in keeping them alive (i.e., lets clerics take full advantage of c-heal).

That makes sense. Unlike Ashimar who is hopeless, I will take all the advice given. I also look at look at this thread as well.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22090

Clearly, there is a lot of knowledge and people that know what they are doing in this game and on this server. I am very happy to see a community giving good advice and knowing their game. I aspire to be one of those people one day that has knowledge of this game. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ashimar]

You're alias is YAK and your not playing a warrior. Epic Fail dude. Never play a Warrior.

[Ashimar]

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

That makes sense. Unlike Ashimar who is hopeless, I will take all the advice given. I also look at look at this thread as well.

http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=22090

Clearly, there is a lot of knowledge and people that know what they are doing in this game and on this server. I am very happy to see a community giving good advice and knowing their game. I aspire to be one of those people one day that has knowledge of this game. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You may like the community now, but if you want to start insulting other members, i promise you that will turn around very fast [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[stormlord]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

i should also say this...i play a gnome warrior. with two ssoys and an fbss i do a good job of holding aggro...however:

it really helps to be grouped with people that understand how warr aggro works. you need to give a warr a few seconds to build aggro before DPS classes start throwing their bombs in---sometimes you may even wait until you see my first proc.

for some reason, maybe because of other mmos, it seems that more EQ players have forgotten how important aggro control is on p99. i often grp with folks that will start nuking and super high damage output before i have even landed my first attack. this simply does not work well in EQ.

having said that, given a good grp that knows how to play and manage aggro a warr is a great tank that can do fine compared to SK and pally.

Praise the lord. Fastboy21, dear god, you bring the truth.

If we all had to prove things to ourselves first before accepting something and moving with it then we'd probably still be making mud huts and grinding stone and reinventing the wheel everytime a child is born. We might get to the first rocket in a million years or after monkeys learn how to build computers and spacecraft themselves. Sometimes all that matters is that it works. This warrior is just trying to help.

But I know what it's like. Sometimes I am also unwilling to believe until I prove it myself.

I'm still trying to prove that gravity exists. I still don't know how a light bulb works. I'm still working on 17th century physics and engineering principles. I couldn't put a man on a bicycle, let alone something as far-fetched as the moon. I'm azz-backwards. Without smart people, I'd be drooling on myself in a cave somewhere.

I'm still trying to prove that gravity exists. I still don't know how a light bulb works. I'm still working on 14th century physics and engineering principles. I couldn't put a man on a canoe, let alone something as far-fetched as the moon. I'm azz-backwards. Without smart people, I'd be drooling on myself in a cave somewhere.

I'm still trying to prove that gravity exists. I still don't know how a light bulb works. I'm still working on 11th century physics and engineering principles. I couldn't put a man on a raft, let alone something as far-fetched as the moon. I'm azz-backwards. Without smart people, I'd be drooling on myself in a cave somewhere.

I'm still trying to prove that gravity exists. I still don't know how a light bulb works. I'm still working on 4th century physics and engineering principles. I couldn't put a man on a chair, let alone something as far-fetched as the moon. I'm azz-backwards. Without smart people, I'd be drooling on myself in a cave somewhere.

I'm still trying to prove that gravity exists. I still don't know how a light bulb works. I'm still working on 300 B.C Greek physics and engineering principles. I couldn't put a man in his shoes, let alone something as far-fetched as the moon. I'm azz-backwards. Without smart people, I'd be drooling on myself in a cave somewhere.

I think that's close enough. But knowing me, I'm inflating my self-worth and overlooking my shortcomings.

The scary thing is this is all true.

This man:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristotle

.... is laughing his azz off.