Quote:Not just Warlocks and Hunters can deal with Elites solo, I've done it with my Shadow Priest, I heard of Paladins doing it as well, and Frost spec'd mages playing the kiting game. A well geared Warrior or Rogue can take on a number of Elites solo (I've seen Tal many a time in Un'goro going after the Stone Warders). Soloing elites is not the purview of Hunters and Warlocks alone.
Heck, Lissa, Keshi can handle most *single* elites, especially if it's mostly physical damage. I soloed the Nerubian Overseer the other day, just barely, in tank gear. Stone Warders? They hit me for less than my block amount, therefore I have 60% avoidance or more in tank gear. Meh. The overseer just couldn't penetrate for enough damage fast enough.
I'm talking about that Warlocks and Hunters, (some mages, some other stuff, but not much) habitually go on to the next tier of elites. Demons in WS. Blue Dragons in WS. 2 at a time in Tyr's Hand. They can do another tier up that I can't even attempt w/o death, usually. It's not that I can do some of those things a little slower, or with more downtime. I do that anyway. Big deal. That's a consequence of my build. No, what irritates me is that my class/build in all epics can't even kill some of the stuff that new 60 hunters in blues can farm, and hunters/locks in epics farm w/o much effort.
That's how big the disparity. As far as skill, I guess you're all saying that I'm a complete n00b? If I'm such a n00b, why was I one of the first-kill Emps tanks for Avarice? This is an issue that anyone who's played a prot warrior or a *holy* priest extensively knows about, but those who haven't habitually tell us we're just n00bs.
This is not a new issue, but I do get tired of hearing that we're 'unskilled' or 'oh, this isn't a solo game' If this isn't a solo game, then why can *those* classes do that solo? If you don't play the game with RL friends, or with a built-in duo buddy, you solo. A lot.
Final Edit: at this point, I'll wait and see what the itemization is at 70, and see how things are.
--Mav