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[Ilenya]

I'm fairly sure he was talking about Ravana Ex ^^; Which has an ilvl requirement. The tank he was talking about just got past the ilvl requirement by upgrading everything but the weapon. Unfortunately, the weapon... is kinda important to upgrade as a tank ^^;

I sigh, Provoke, Defiance for 30% of Thordan's HP, then get enough lead to Deliverance, no biggie.
Except I look at the PLD after the kill and he had lvl 57 gear and i200 accessories..

I was responding to that. If he only meant the Extreme Trials, then I get the comment in a sense, but still...

[Noxifer]

I was responding to that. If he only meant the Extreme Trials, then I get the comment in a sense, but still...

Ah yeah. For Thordan Story Mode, I was pretty much in 57 gear as well. Oh wait, I had the HQ lvl58 gear I got from the quests. But yeah, to this day, I haven't seen a single tank piece (apart from trinkets) drop in the Library >.< Oh! except for one time. When I was healing. Story of my life right there. It's the same with the Arboretum/PharosHM. Only seen tank gear drop when I heal -- and the tank either Needs on it, or I lose the Greed roll >.<

For that matter, I still don't have the i80 tank head piece from the Labyrinth of the Ancients. I lost count of how many times I ran it, back when people still did due to the weekly, just to get that one piece of the gear set.

[Nathair]

I was responding to that. If he only meant the Extreme Trials, then I get the comment in a sense, but still...

Please read it again: the guy had i200 accessories.
As in, esoteric accessories.
And a lvl 57 weapon.
I would've noticed very low HP otherwise, and MT without a question.

40, painful, minutes later, we clear the final boss room, in which both adds were ignored for far too long, and all of the idols were killed by me, not the dps. I couldn't get out of there fast enough.

I'm surprised you didn't kick the healer, it would've been perfectly reasonable since they were not doing their job.
Kudos for endurance :s

[Ilenya]

Please read it again: the guy had i200 accessories.
As in, esoteric accessories.
And a lvl 57 weapon.
I would've noticed very low HP otherwise, and MT without a question.

Esoteric accessories are cheaper than weapons, and can be used by all tank jobs. Weapons and armor cannot. As we have no idea if he has other tanks at 60, my point still stands.