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Tank Question
grannas211
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So I havent really played (other than logging in and doing writs, and dailies) in about a month due to work. I see all the patch notes concerns. But do you guys think its a waste of time to make an Imperial Stam DK? I guess the answer is just guessing. But I would like to tank in dungeons, trials (eventually) and do some occasional pvp (probably would need to go medium and go more dps I guess.)
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✭✭✭✭✭Tanks do not equal DPS. If your pulling more than 3K to 5K DPS, your probably not a tank, your tanky.
So, do you want to be Tank or a Tanky?
And, other than some changes to Block Cost, not much is happening with Tanks in the upcoming content that is not happening to everyone.
My Tank is an Imperial DK, but I play him more of a hybrid. That is not saying much as I recently changed some things about his build and I am still trying to figure it out. You have to remember that with a Tank, Health is your biggest Resource to worry about, then Physical Resistance, then Magic Resistance, then Block Cost Reduction, then Healing Received, then finally Stamina and Magic, and only to the end that you can apply your Taunt and Group Support skills as needed during the fight and Block when you need to. It's a whole different mindset than playing a Stamina DK DPS.Enjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
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✭Tanks do not equal DPS. If your pulling more than 3K to 5K DPS, your probably not a tank, your tanky.
So, do you want to be Tank or a Tanky?
And, other than some changes to Block Cost, not much is happening with Tanks in the upcoming content that is not happening to everyone.
My Tank is an Imperial DK, but I play him more of a hybrid. That is not saying much as I recently changed some things about his build and I am still trying to figure it out. You have to remember that with a Tank, Health is your biggest Resource to worry about, then Physical Resistance, then Magic Resistance, then Block Cost Reduction, then Healing Received, then finally Stamina and Magic, and only to the end that you can apply your Taunt and Group Support skills as needed during the fight and Block when you need to. It's a whole different mindset than playing a Stamina DK DPS.
A tank. I only through in the dps part because I was unsure if that worked at all in PVP. I mean obviously not playing solo which I'm fine with. I just wanted an option to sometimes pvp with.0 -
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✭✭✭✭✭PvP Tanks are a bit different than a PvE Tank, so different rules apply. For one, your main job as a PvE tank it is to draw aggro and hold mobs so the DPS can do what they do. Kind of does not work that way in PvP as Humans can ignore Taunts. I think.
In PvP, your probably supposed to be the enticing target for the humans to focus on while the DPS whittle them down.
Edited by Nestor on April 24, 2017 6:30PMEnjoy the game, life is what you really want to be worried about.
PakKat "Everything was going well, until I died"
Gary Gravestink "I am glad you died, I needed the help"0