The Defense Warrior in PvP

[mjdoom]

All things being equal, people that are working as MT in MC seem to be going for gear that results in a fairly even rate of damage to the MT (i.e. high defense for crit avoidance first, then overall AC, and ignoring dodge/parry altogether) so that the healers can get into a regular healing rhythm.

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Note that as GG said adding to +def is also boosting your dodge/parry/block chances as well as reducing your chance to be critted. I think the point that you danced around here (but it wasn't totally clear) is that due to the lowered crit chance being involved getting dodge/parry/block from +def is superior to items that simply raise your dodge or parry chance by a flat percentage. Personally Galreth currently has about +60 defense and I am building a +def suit for him. As of this time his dodge/parry/block percentages are all approaching 13% in addition to a lesser chance of crits.

I obviously don't heal myself so I can't tell for sure but it seems like the only times he has any issues that tax healers are when he gets hit by the big Mortal Strike shots from Dire Maul (got hit by one for about 3200 damage yesterday :wacko:) The only real concern with outfitting him this way is that my stamina is lower than it could be. This is why I always have food on me and even used the Lung Juice Cocktail (from Blasted Lands) for the aforementioned Dire Maul run to raise my hps when it is necessary.

- mjdoom