Where my Tanks at?

[Vizax_Xaziv]

As a mid-20s Monk it's starting to get better. From levels 1-15ish I was a Monk Tank in about 70% of my groups. Which was actually a bit of a blessing as it allowed me to keep my defensive skills high. Starting in Guk early 20s I'm now forced to Tank maybe 20% of the time.

It's quite remarkable how much more effective Warriors and Knights are at tanking than anyone else when everyone is BIS twinked like on Blue. Even as a Monk w max defensive skills I take markedly more damage than the true Tanks.

[oldhead]

Think most people dont want the pen exp and wars are not that fun to play as they cant hold agro well without gear.

[Coridan]

Are you guys not finding tanks all on Teal? I'm an SK and most of my groups I'm not even the only tank. I've been in Guk/Befallen though pretty exclusively. I've only been turned down by a group once by pet classes and that was way back at level 8 for orc camps. I'm 22 now and group regularly.

[Whirled]

What lvl r u now? I got a teens lvl warrior if same game times

[Barantor]

Tanks on the low end are the first to die and the ones to take the blame if things go south due to aggro.

"You didn't hold aggro." - after a spellcaster blows their mana on a mob

"You got hurt too much." - after a cleric ran out of mana, tank still not able to afford more than leather armor

"You need to pull." - after getting stun locked down a hallway alone

"You need to do more damage." - knowing that it's like spells, expensive

The tank life is a hard road, but rewarding in the end when your group knows how to play with a tank instead of disposable pets.