05-22-2005, 08:19 PM
Rinnhart,May 21 2005, 11:38 PM Wrote:you have bad gear you're still going to be a crappy tank.
Warrior I was partied with yesterday was the picture of that. Great guy, competent player- couldn't hold aggro over me and the hunter when push came to shove.
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Ok, two concepts here for tank. Damage sponge, and holding aggro.
With piss poor equip, a warrior cannot absorb as much damage. Honestly, regular equipment is 'good enough' until 40 man raid instances. At that point, only main tanks need to be concerned with equip.
But aggro control is everyone's job, and warrior's the primary hub. Warrior draws intial aggro, builds a bit, grabs aggro from every monster, and all other in the party hold off burst forms of aggro and start off slow. Equipment doesn't factor in. More damage, or special weapon procs are the only equip aggro contributers, and positioning, timing and order of skill use matter a lot more in terms of aggro control than equipment ever does.
I don't know what your party did or did not do, but your arguement is funk.