Serious lack of tanks here

[mtb tripper]

50 something warrior reporting for duty

[JayN]

Warriors are for Velious and on, when mobs dont insta gib with 32k hp

[webrunner5]

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

Yeah, I'm sure there are tons of /anon plate tanks leveling up. All that whining for buffs and ports gets annoying, and they don't want tells for groups anyway.

Oh wait.

Throw the guy under the bus if you want to. He has a valid point.

[mtb tripper]

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

Warriors are for Velious and on, when mobs dont insta gib with 32k hp

warriors aren't that bad in kunark

[Lagaidh]

Well, this tank just got sick of the community, or the common expectations. You get into a group and folks want to go balls to the wall for hours.

I burn out fast. EQ was slower in Live with this content. I wasn't in groups that commonly ran at maximum efficiency like now.

I can't speak for other tanks, but the groups are too efficient for how I view EQ now. I'd rather fart around with a group like the old days. They're just so purpose driven anymore. I did it all in Live. This content is for slower play.

There is a nicely geared, unguilded L54 paladin logged out in sol a...

Anybody want to not take it all so seriously some time?

[ncapatina]

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

Well, this tank just got sick of the community, or the common expectations. You get into a group and folks want to go balls to the wall for hours.

I burn out fast. EQ was slower in Live with this content. I wasn't in groups that commonly ran at maximum efficiency like now.

I can't speak for other tanks, but the groups are too efficient for how I view EQ now. I'd rather fart around with a group like the old days. They're just so purpose driven anymore. I did it all in Live. This content is for slower play.

There is a nicely geared, unguilded L54 paladin logged out in sol a...

Anybody want to not take it all so seriously some time?

I just find this attitude a bit odd. It's not like grinding experience in this game is hard, but leveling up takes a lot of time. While I wouldn't want my group to be teetering on the brink of destruction with the speed of pulls, why wouldn't you want to be efficient?

Furthermore why would you choose a group dependent class if you want to screw around?

[Lagaidh]

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

I just find this attitude a bit odd. It's not like grinding experience in this game is hard, but leveling up takes a lot of time. While I wouldn't want my group to be teetering on the brink of destruction with the speed of pulls, why wouldn't you want to be efficient?

Furthermore why would you choose a group dependent class if you want to screw around?

To the last question: I am a dwarf paladin. I can get by in Norrath. (I'm a tunnel rat too, so gear comes my way, just very, very slowly. I've been here over 3 years. I am geared.)

To the other part, I failed to express my view clearly. I don't like being in a group where it's so efficient that there's no time to socialize, joke around and enjoy company. I do, however, enjoy progressing. I enjoy the middle ground of advancement while "smelling roses".

From my seat, and my seat alone, I say that the groups I do get into have been min-maxxing. I see the allure of that style of play. Like I stated before, I did a lot in Live. I used to be a power gamer.

Just not for me anymore.

Trust me. A paladin in Norrath has time to smell the roses.

[Lagaidh]

Oh! I see... "hard"

I agree. There isn't much in classic that is hard in the sense of difficulty (just tedium). But if I am doing my job as a paladin in a group that is min-maxxing, then I'm not going to be typing social banter as I'd like =)

Last item: Paladins are viewed as group dependent only if you're thinking in terms of efficiency. I can solo a pally. My wife plays a druid and we have mostly leveled as a duo (haven't played together in forever though.) I truly do love the EQ interpretation of a paladin... so that's what I play. I don't see it in terms of black and white ability/liability.

[ncapatina]

I can definitely respect that viewpoint. It's the same reason my first alt will be a ranger despite them being debatably the worst class in a pre-luclin world. I just love the "nature warrior" type implementation rather than a tree hugging bow user they are in most games, or worse - a pet class.

I guess I've never run into that issue...if a group is a good one you're usually waiting on pulls at some point after massacring everything you can find. I can't think of too many spots where you could be a solid DPS group with good tanking/healing and pull every 10 seconds indefinitely, but I'm only into my 30s at this point and people are just better at playing video games than they were 13 years ago so maybe I'm wrong.

[Lagaidh]

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

I can definitely respect that viewpoint. It's the same reason my first alt will be a ranger despite them being debatably the worst class in a pre-luclin world. I just love the "nature warrior" type implementation rather than a tree hugging bow user they are in most games, or worse - a pet class.

I guess I've never run into that issue...if a group is a good one you're usually waiting on pulls at some point after massacring everything you can find. I can't think of too many spots where you could be a solid DPS group with good tanking/healing and pull every 10 seconds indefinitely, but I'm only into my 30s at this point and people are just better at playing video games than they were 13 years ago so maybe I'm wrong.

Now at your level, that was the sweet spot on this server for us. We had a ball in the Karanas and met up with many a stranger and laughed.