question on effectiveness of hybrid tanks in kunark

[fugazi]

Roll a halfling warrior, level up fast as hell and get some nice proccing weapons - you'll never run into any troubles and get sneak/hide to boot. Halflings got great stats and that xp bonus is too juicy to pass up on.

[guineapig]

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

Roll a halfling warrior, level up fast as hell and get some nice proccing weapons - you'll never run into any troubles and get sneak/hide to boot. Halflings got great stats and that xp bonus is too juicy to pass up on.

This is what I did on live and had no regrets. Had no issues on raid bosses. Loved my halfling warrior!

[Messianic]

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

This is what I did on live and had no regrets. Had no issues on raid bosses. Loved my halfling warrior!

Yeah, and having the ability to hide/sneak (albeit in a limited way) is indispensable for a class with no defenses other than its armor and weapons...

Warrior CR = /wrist

Although, it's kinda cool to have forage if you're iksar or wood elf (I think wood elves have innate forage).

[Folksie]

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

This is very true. If the healers are OK with it I love pulling with my chanter...have the mobs tashed, debuffed, mezzed, lined up and ready to have DPS applied at the group's earliest convenience.

Interesting, I can see this method really helping with warrior agro management too. Assuming they are able to land a couple successful taunts on the tashed/slowed/mezzed mob, they are then able to engage it with massive-hate lead over any dps in the group.

[Extunarian]

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

Interesting, I can see this method really helping with warrior agro management too. Assuming they are able to land a couple successful taunts on the tashed/slowed/mezzed mob, they are then able to engage it with massive-hate lead over any dps in the group.

If it's a warrior I usually root it before they break [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Folksie]

Hehe, such lack of faith. ;P If I was a war I'd protest the kid-gloves.

I would think in theory that if mob is blue-con warrior could get up to enchanter hate +1, and at that point chanter doesn't need to cast any more spells on the mob so all is good. Plus the war then has hate equal to tash+slow+mez versus the dps in group who have no hate? War could even do some target-switching for taunt on the mezzed mob while killing off old one to ensure a few taunts land.

[shuklak]

well you've also got to consider that at least 1-30'ish you're going to be tanking even cons and higher regularly. with that said, I don't think the current warrior taunt even helps at all.

[gnomishfirework]

Shadow Knights are the best tanks for a group situation.

Warriors are MT in kunark, velious raids cause of defensive discipline.

Paladins are good in groups as well. Kind of rely on proximity aggro until they grt stuns though (flash of light and root).

Shadow Knights have a level 9 spell that is king for aggro.

[Extunarian]

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

War could even do some target-switching for taunt on the mezzed mob while killing off old one to ensure a few taunts land.

They could, but most don't. And since there is no way to know if taunt failed or not most mobs end up running after the chanter when a warrior breaks in pug groups.

[Messianic]

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

They could, but most don't. And since there is no way to know if taunt failed or not most mobs end up running after the chanter when a warrior breaks in pug groups.

Yeah, and root is cheap. Even as a wizard, i'd root mezzed mobs for the chanter just in case...For those who didn't do it themselves, that is.