Tank Gear's Value for the Future.

[Lan_Mantear]

A lot of tanks I know (DRK and PLD too) are upset because they may not be able to use their DPS stance when tanking (something I'm hoping for...). That's what I'm talking about.

I don't think our DPS is going to change much. Its just being "forced" to be in tank stance lowering DPS. Off tanking shoudm't be affected much

I guess I'm misunderstanding something. How is changing dmg modifiers from STR to VIT 'forcing' us to stay in tank stance while MT? Why would it become detrimental to stance dance? Beyond the change in accessories, I don't intend to play any differently from how I am playing now. If anything, with the added pool of HP we should be able to use DPS stance more often.

[PArcher]

I guess I'm misunderstanding something. How is changing dmg modifiers from STR to VIT 'forcing' us to stay in tank stance while MT? Why would it become detrimental to stance dance? Beyond the change in accessories, I don't intend to play any differently from how I am playing now. If anything, with the added pool of HP we should be able to use DPS stance more often.

If SE does it right, being out of tank stance in a real fight means death without lots of cooldowns up.

Example, I died last night in a trap PUG A3S from a random 12K crit auto attack (no debuffs involved, just a freak hit after a swipe before the hand split). Even in Savage, that kind of damage from an auto attack is considered abnormal (I mean, the tank busters in A4S are only about 10-15K damage each).

What happens when 12K AAs are the normal damage, those crits do almost 20K? 40-60K (or more) tank busters coming every minute or so? And your healers are still only healing you for 4-6K per Cure/Physic/Benefic? (OK, ashamed to admit I have no idea how much my healers basic heals heal me for because I watch damage numbers too much. But Heal potency isn't being increased outside of the normal gear progression, as far as we know)

Yes, at higher ilv, after you've gotten some A7S gear (or 3.3), sure, stance dancing will be more common.

But early on...


Unfortunately, SE is likely to not increase the damage as high as its needed to save the casuals. So the best tanks will be stance dancing immediately. But there's going to be a ton of whining from healers and tanks trying to DPS and just watching hp go to 0.