drgneb wrote: »

thanks for that. I swapped to all heavy and yea, didn't lose that much in magika regen at all. Plus getting it on gear is a great way to make it up and not waste a point. But again, what attacks you guys use other than ransack? Spamming that would suck your stam would it not? Or you just using white (auto) hits in between along with the damage volatile armor and such do and just let your dps be the damage dealers....is their job after all...lol?!

You dont use any other skill
Il make sure the boss attacks me, you make sure you burn the boss down. Thats my approach to tanking and it seems to work

As a Nord, I always choose Pierce Armor over Ransack, as i softcap my armor anyway.

Tanking generally theres two ways you can do it as a DK

Pierce Armor/Searing Strike/Inhale for Multi Mob Pulls, Cinder for Boss Mob/Dragonblood or Obsidian shield/Absorb Magic

I tend to prefer Obsidian Shield in dungeons since its useful for the entire group.

we need updates, how are people doing now? the builds and such...successes?
I actually re-rolled, went with Redguard for passives, trying to get back into pure tanking as opposed to being a dps that takes hits. Rerollin was far cheaper than respeccing and to many points were wasted in levels of DW and such from when I started out.

ok, servers down, good time to chat. How is everyone finding the DK tanking and are the builds holding? Anyone finding the need to repsec like 6 times, like me? The reason I did it was went into game as dual-wielding dps, but then found that most "tanks" I was grouped with couldn't keep agro for what ever reason so decided to go ahead and keep tanking... have done it in WOW since vanilla so figured what the hell. Now, this game has a completely different style to tanking and dungeons as a whole, and I love it! It will take some time for sure for dps players to get used to the fact that ESO tanks don't 'round 'em up, like in WOW and other MMO's. I'll hold the Big guy and try and grab some stragglers but other than that dps has to be on their toes. I am loving Dark Talons for sure, making holding packs just a tad easier for that short time. That and Fiery Breath is great for keeping the damage and some amount of agro on as many as you can. Cant wait til Inner Fire! Having that AOE taunt will really add a whole new level to grabbing the packs and helping the dps and healers not get owned as much. I really wish the Devs had made for a bigger ability bar, because with such we could have a whole heap of skills that would make tanking so much more fun, without the bar swapping. I don't know about anyone else but due to lag and such it just sucks trying to swap bars at the right times. But I have found that you can be a bit more relaxed with killing and that a second here or there isn't really that bad, but it just "feels" like forever when you are used to things being "right now".
All in all though thus far ESO is a welcomed breath of fresh air and lets hope that the Devs do take heed and make some good UI changes. I for one am willing to keep on killing and waiting to see what happens. Keep the posts coming guys, always great to hear what others have tried and what feels right and what sucks. And where is our OP?? Be awesome to hear about how you are going now and is the "offensive" approach still viable and fun?!

drgneb wrote: »

Ok, here's a question that I hope a few will answer. How often are you all hitting your abilities? I mean with "other" MMO's you have you GCD (global cool down) so spamming them isn't an option. But I am not seeing such in ESO. So with skills like Green Dragon Blood and such do you all just keep hitting it when it up, along with Ransack or Inner Fire? I mean I do know that your stam and magika levels will come into play, as you run low on resources but many of the "trees" I have seen posted don't show a lot of damage dealing abilities. Is that due to constant bar swapping? If so, then I can see it really becoming an issue. Would really like to hear from any of you who have done the higher dungeons, where things start to get a bit hectic as compared to some of the lower ones. Like I stated, this game is a whole new way of tanking so many questions in regards to play style and just plain and simple, what button do I hit now kinda thing. Thanks again DK community, and all tanks as well!!!!

The three abilities you just listed have a duration timer on them. So basically just reapply them when the timer is up. The only one you may want to reapply before the timer expires is Green Dragon Blood due to the heal, but that is entirely dependent on your situation.

Spiked Armor, thoughts? I have bounced back and forth in its use and not completely convinced its viable. I mean, its not bad, and of course "looks" cool, but can the points be used elsewhere to a greater benefit? Some swear by it and others are meh, so what's it to be....? Fiery Grip is tempting mainly because I played a DK in WOW and it just feels right, but that's me. What I am finding is that most times Bosses are immune so its a waste yet again of precious skill points. Right now my "Boss" bar is looking like; Ransack, Engulfing Flames, Burning talons, Dragon Blood and Shield Charge with the Dragonknight Standard as Ultimate. Now to me it feels like I have only 2 really strong dps abilities as Talons is more of an aoe'ish attack and not one really suitable for a Boss fight. Any thoughts as to what could be changed to make for a stronger Boss focused bar? I do know that once I get my 2nd bar it opens up more options but as I stated prior swapping out my bar all the time during a fight just seems like a real pain in the butt and not very strong for a tank, but thats me.

Wow.. great build. My magicka won't be able to use all of these though.