Current state of tanks

[Gunnie]

I would argue wars are actually the best MT's in midas savage, but most wars don't want to MT.

As a leveling tank (got Pld to 60, working on War right now), I am missing some endgame experience, is there a reason why Wars don't want to MT? As far as I can tell they're more then capable. Or is it just they like to DPS more then to tank?

[Kali-ka]

As a leveling tank (got Pld to 60, working on War right now), I am missing some endgame experience, is there a reason why Wars don't want to MT? As far as I can tell they're more then capable. Or is it just they like to DPS more then to tank?

Fell Cleave...that is all.

To elaborate...if you have a WAR and a non WAR, the overall damage output is going to be higher with WAR in the OT position, especially with an opener that hits around 1800 dps. This is pretty much fact. Even more so with a DRK who can do more damage *theoretically* as MT than it can as OT.

But as far as capability, WAR can easily MT with no problems. If I go into DF and see another WAR then I gladly offer to MT if they don't want to. Otherwise its almost always assumed that I will be OT if one of the other tanks show up.

[Ragology]

As a leveling tank (got Pld to 60, working on War right now), I am missing some endgame experience, is there a reason why Wars don't want to MT? As far as I can tell they're more then capable. Or is it just they like to DPS more then to tank?

2 Main reasons why WAR is usually the off tank:

1) In the beginning before WAR had received its class overhaul, PLD was a superior tank in most every way that counted and so it became the games de facto main tank. Even now that all three tanks have been made viable, people still have it in their minds that WAR's are too squishy to main tank and so they let PLD/DRK do it.

2) PLD and dark have skills that trigger on block/parry, making them lose some of their kit while in off-tank position. I think the only thing war loses is the damage reflection that comes with Vengeance.