Noob Tank, PUG Dungeon List

kvlou79

So, I just completed my tank sets and I'm looking for a list of Easiest to Hardest dungeons to start on. I'm sure this will vary quite a bit, but wanna get some input. TIA

WaltherCarraway

With adequate tank spec; you may duo (yes a dps is still needed) most of the Normal dungeons.
Except: Imperial City Prison, Ruins of Mazzatun and City of Ash II. These 3 are tough even under Normal mode with randoms (PUG) in my opinion.

Ratzkifal

@WaltherCarraway Don't forget blackheart haven. That last boss's mechanic can screw you in a group of two.

ccfeeling

Tank is not required in normal level

zaria

kvlou79 wrote: »

So, I just completed my tank sets and I'm looking for a list of Easiest to Hardest dungeons to start on. I'm sure this will vary quite a bit, but wanna get some input. TIA

Obvious normal dungeons first and start with the 1 dungeons. afterward you can do both 2 and the ones with no 1 and 2, dlc last, repeat on veteran.
Normal dungeons with low level group is nice places to train, they use time to kill bosses so you can practice but damage is low so its not much danger.

Yakidafi

Dungeons with "1" easiest.
Dungeons without number in alliance zones and cold harbour and not from dlc easy.
Dungeons with "2" a bit tougher.
Dlc dungeons hardest atm.

Iselin

All the "I" versions of dungeons that have a "I" and a "II" are very easy.

Best thing about tanking a PUG is that you can hand pick the one dungeon you want to do in the LFG tool and you'll still get a group in seconds.

WaltherCarraway

Ratzkifal wrote: »

@WaltherCarraway Don't forget blackheart haven. That last boss's mechanic can screw you in a group of two.

Oh thanks for saying that; i totally missed it, maybe more... Yes, blackheart haven will be painful to duo especially the last one. I think FG2 second boss kinda painful for duo group as well?

FrancisCrawford

WaltherCarraway wrote: »

Ratzkifal wrote: »

@WaltherCarraway Don't forget blackheart haven. That last boss's mechanic can screw you in a group of two.

Oh thanks for saying that; i totally missed it, maybe more... Yes, blackheart haven will be painful to duo especially the last one. I think FG2 second boss kinda painful for duo group as well?

My wife and I just duoed Blackheart Haven for the first time a few days ago. Perhaps not coincendentally, it was the first time she brought a real tank. (Warden, w/ the healing ultimate and well over 30K health.)

I was on a magicka sorcerer with healing pet -- actually dual pet/heavy attack -- who on his best day parses 20K on a test dummy, and can fall below 10K in a live single-target fight that has survivability challenges.

Mainly, I ignored the archer adds. But when a couple of them stood together, then I burned them down.

Pulling the boss a little up the path helps -- well, it helps a little w/ bunching the adds together.

This would not have worked in vet mode, I'm pretty sure.


We've never done Fungal Grotto 2 successfully, because of the fight you mentioned; it's a DPS check for whichever player isn't chained. No matter what your build is otherwise, for that fight I'd go with 2 DPS set-ups.

abigfishy

I would also try to avoid FGII and DCII with Pugs. If they don't know the mechanics you will wipe far too many times with Gaymne Bandu in FGII and The Engine Guardian in DCII. Just try and do DCII with two low level melee DPS characters in your group and you will see what I mean.

Pele

Yakidafi wrote: »

Dungeons with "1" easiest.
Dungeons without number in alliance zones and cold harbour and not from dlc easy.
Dungeons with "2" a bit tougher.
Dlc dungeons hardest atm.

This.

Good luck, OP!

ccfeeling wrote: »

Tank is not required in normal level

You're missing the point entirely. The OP is learning and normals are the best place to start. Going into vet mode dungeons, especially through the group finder, with no tanking experience is a terrible idea.

Rianai

"Bad" groups aren't neccessarily bad for learning purposes. Yes, they are most likely going to wipe a bunch of times, and it will take some time (maybe hours), but it is a great opportunity to figure out how certain mechanics actually work, even on normal mode. If you got a good group that just rushes through the dungeon, you won't learn much.

DC2 was pretty much the only (non DLC) dungeon of which i knew the mechanics before starting to run vet dungeons, simply because on my first ever DC2 run i ended up together with other new players who had never done this dungeon before. So we were 4 clueless noobs, all <lvl30, and had to figure out by ourselves, how to do this dugeon. And we did it. Not without wipes and quite some time spent, but it was still a fun and informative experience.