tanks with strength accessories

[Miaa]

More HP means healer can stay in cleric stance longer. I've had to heal STR tanks that I couldn't even get my dots off on sch before i had to get out of cleric stance to keep them from dieing.

[Ashkendor]

More HP means healer can stay in cleric stance longer. I've had to heal STR tanks that I couldn't even get my dots off on sch before i had to get out of cleric stance to keep them from dieing.

That sounds more like a case of improper or nonexistent damage mitigation than it does lack of hps.

An extra 1.5k hps will only last a matter of seconds without it anyway.

[Jakeson]

More HP means healer can stay in cleric stance longer. I've had to heal STR tanks that I couldn't even get my dots off on sch before i had to get out of cleric stance to keep them from dieing.

This. I obviously don't do maths, but STR tanks actually slow groups down when I play my scholar. With a full VIT tank I can almost stay in cleric stance the whole time and DPS constantly while Selene stands in fire. Not to hurt the tank pride, but I do more damage than you.

[SarcasmMisser]

This. I obviously don't do maths, but STR tanks actually slow groups down when I play my scholar. With a full VIT tank I can almost stay in cleric stance the whole time and DPS constantly while Selene stands in fire. Not to hurt the tank pride, but I do more damage than you.

If you think your DPS is seriously affected at all by 2000 more HP I doubt your ability as a SCH.

[Domira]

This. I obviously don't do maths, but STR tanks actually slow groups down when I play my scholar. With a full VIT tank I can almost stay in cleric stance the whole time and DPS constantly while Selene stands in fire. Not to hurt the tank pride, but I do more damage than you.

I don't think the extra 450 hp a full vit tank has makes a difference. Talk about exaggeration? Switching from poetics accs to pentameld ilvl 110 I gained 90 str and lost like 450 hp....Also I have about 2% extra mitigation with blocks and parry's. So there is more to gain than there is to lose.

[aisustrong]

I don't think the extra 200-300 hp a full vit tank has makes a difference. Talk about exaggeration? Switching from poetics accs to pentameld ilvl 110 I gained 90 str and lost like 200 hp....Also I have about 2% extra mitigation with blocks and parry's. So there is more to gain than there is to lose.

it's like 2k, not 300
but pentameld gets best of both

[Donjo]

it's like 2k, not 300
but pentameld gets best of both

Currently, i130 Fending accessories each give 6 Vitality over i110. Adding up the entire right side, it is 30 Vitality. Pentamelding i110 accessories gives a maximum of 90 STR at the cost of 30 VIT you would have if you used i130 fending. This is a loss of 450 HP maximum health. If you do these accessories and nothing else a Pally will have 9500 health while still wrecking things.

As Domira stated, melding accessories really does give the best of both worlds.

[Domira]

Currently, i130 Fending accessories each give 6 Vitality over i110. Adding up the entire right side, it is 30 Vitality. Pentamelding i110 accessories gives a maximum of 90 STR at the cost of 30 VIT you would have if you used i130 fending. This is a loss of 450 HP maximum health. If you do these accessories and nothing else a Pally will have 9500 health while still wrecking things.

As Domira stated, melding accessories really does give the best of both worlds.

Thanks for the correct number! Yeah 450 hp isn't a lot at all. Its not even noticeable, but that extra 90 str sure is.

[aisustrong]

Currently, i130 Fending accessories each give 6 Vitality over i110. Adding up the entire right side, it is 30 Vitality. Pentamelding i110 accessories gives a maximum of 90 STR at the cost of 30 VIT you would have if you used i130 fending. This is a loss of 450 HP maximum health. If you do these accessories and nothing else a Pally will have 9500 health while still wrecking things.

As Domira stated, melding accessories really does give the best of both worlds.

yes that's what I mean
and the 2 k diff is if you don't meld, as in tome acc

[Judge_Xero]

yes that's what I mean
and the 2 k diff is if you don't meld, as in tome acc

Yeah, using i130 STR accessories instead of i130 VIT accessories would be 2k.

i131 VIT tanks get around 10k HP in party with food. (12500 if War)

FCOB - 8500 HP is fine

Which means for everything else, even less HP for STR is win.

400 DPS Tank + 200 DPS Healer > 250 DPS Tank + 200 DPS Healer

The extra snap aggro from having that much extra STR, does create a nice cushion for the healer to not pull hate no matter what they are tossing out and when dealing with crazy DPS.