Kadoer

Well after playing a very decent sk since launch I have recently sold my account. It seems the bite to play has hit me again. Although I greatly enjoyed playing my sk and showing up many not on par tanks I feel like since I am doing this all over again I may be better of in the end game being a guard.

You can ask most anyone my tanking techniques were great and I am sure 90% of that will crossover to the guardian realm. I am also sure that I will be learning all kinds of new things along the way back to the end game.

The questions I have are essentially this:

What is considered now post shard of hate to be medium to high mt guard dps, or even 2nd tank / OT dps. I will miss the lifetapping ability of my sk and the aoe dps abilities as well, but to gain a surefire spot in a raid would really make me happy.

Does anyone see soe or the next xpack leveling the playing field more for the tanks, not inciting a riot here as I was able to tank anything up to t2 in rok without issues. I know for many this is a far cry from vp and beyond but I have to state it.

How is solo/grouping as a guard? Iam pretty sure as a sk its more fun and a bit faster with the goofy tools and utility which that class brings. I have only ever heard guards complain about this aspect of the game. I am willing to suffer if this nets me respect as a raiding tank under the same name instead of my sk.

Just looking for some insights here as I never really tried playing a guardian or really for that matter any other class besides my sk since launch.

mafoe

Solo/grouping is easy. You might not be able to solo as fast or as high mobs, but you're not making a farm toon anyway.

And I hope you pay your debts better (at all) as a guardian.

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Kadoer

I have not forgotten ya :P get with me here in a pm and we will saddle up. Im looking for a decent server to roll on as well.

mafoe

I hear you rolled a guard on Oasis... alrighty, direct the 30p to Oasis.Primevil then. I can trade with his alt on Runnyeye.

Fuck, if I took interest, you'd be owing me half of North America already!

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Kadoer

Easy killer lol. So anyway lets make this thread constructive in the best dps setup possible in ideal gear and group whats the best a guard will generally do for dps? I am currious I am currently only lvl 21 but the buckler spec is actually pretty amazing.

Besides wtf would you do with most of north america? We sold it to china already we are just borrowing it now.

salle

As MT 2k-4k without mythical, 4k-6k with.

Well they said they were gonna look at the SK class but havn't yet, perhaps they'll get a bump up, but there are too many guards in raid guilds for SOE to make guards the least favorable of the plate tanks, that would just be bad buisness so to answer your question. Yes it's very likely SOE will fuck up and put guards lowest the next expansion rather than leveling the playing field, mostly because true equality is impossible to achieve.

Guards arn't the best for group tanking but quite good, just get the right gear for it and you'll be doing ok. Solo, guards are probably the worst fighters for it but again with the right gear you'll be ok, although not able to take quite as hard mobs as other fighters but you'll be able to do all solo quest lines in RoK.

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"The ultimate lack of self-preservation is probably to call the tank a chicken." - Ravengash

Kadoer

Good to hear and as easy as an sk to lvl 22, now to ad3 and mc out andit will be cake for another 10 levels. I am loving buckler line. Im just wondering what I should take next Int or agi or str

salle

I would have suggested go STR first then INT then STA ... you can dualweild for quite a bit, buckler line or no shield holds very little significancein the beginning especially if you only do the solo questlines with the occational grouping where you might want to use a shield.

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"The ultimate lack of self-preservation is probably to call the tank a chicken." - Ravengash

mafoe

Is that a yes or a no or a what? I'm in the mood to post a R&R some time soon; the logs and screenshots I have.

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Kadoer

go for it, if you think its worth 30p either way Im ok. Your choice.