10-02-2005, 08:24 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-02-2005, 08:27 PM by TheDragoon.)
Darian,Oct 2 2005, 09:01 AM Wrote:Rest assured, that specfic tank was most certainly blown away by the nerf, because he'd neglected everything BUT defense.I think that those sorts of stories are not particularly common. Most people have realized what was happening and adapted. So perhaps you are right, some tanks were stupid about what they were doing and got blown away. But the vast majority were not and simply changed their gear tactics. It was definitely not all doom and gloom as you imply with your tone.
Quote:While it's never a bad idea for a None of the Above to have adequate tanking gear, I don't view it as a necessity for tank #7 to be overly concerned about the possibility of being under-geared for tanking duty either.This would be why I included the bottom section talking about getting some offensive gear if you don't think you'll be needed for tanking. Of course warrior #7 will probably be free to go after offense. However, they'll still want resistances and decent damage mitigation so that the AoE attacks that are so prevalent in the end-game raids don't destroy him leaving him to either spend all of his time bandaging or drawing healing resources away from the raid.
Quote:I suspect that perhaps that in the rush to disagree with a collateral point, the real point of the quoted paragraph was missed despite its key word being in boldface.Well, given that my post detailed much the same thing (but in more detail), rest assured, I did not miss the point. I just don't feel that painting a doom and gloom picture about +defense skill really proves why your gear must be balanced.
-TheDragoon