Is it wrong to run Castrum Abania as a tank at ilvl 272

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I don’t understand this: people give you what you asked for, but then you accuse them of being “biased”? Why is that? Is it because some of the posters who answered you are raiders? Because they’ve mentioned previously about caring about their gear? Because they disagree with your position? What is your criteria for calling it biased?

It is a biased crowd. Myself and Fynlar are the only ones to seemingly hold ground, every one else scampered away. Obviously there are people on both ends of the fringes, those who skate by with bare minimum and those who want to farm every last drop. So it was a poorly thought out question on my part to begin with.

This comment is fairly uncalled for, to be honest. It’s just a derisive comment against those who gave you exactly what you asked for. It’s been discussed previously that the difference between i290 (beginner 70 gear) and i380/i390 (current 70 gear most available to the masses) is less than the difference between i270 (Shire or Shisui) and the level 68 HQ crafted. The same applies for i380 > i400: it’s, at most, survivability cushioning for o11s and o12s.

How so? If they are such a stickler about gearing for leveling content then surely they are sticklers about gearing for other content as well. No double standards here?

No, as far as I am aware, they did not. But how is you getting testy over “people assuming the worst” when it’s very possible you could be “assuming the best” with your comment about the gear? Were you assuming that their not-i270 pieces were some of the best they could get (weapon, body, or legs)? If so, how does that really make you different from those assuming the worst? Speaking for myself, I was assuming smaller upgrades, as getting accessories and perhaps a belt or maybe hands/feet seems to be far more common (and easier since there are 4 accessories) than getting a major piece such as the body or legs.

I didn't assume anything. I simply went to Excel to make a calculator that I could play with to see how many pieces of 276 and 282 gear would be required to achieve 272. More than a couple.

No, item level does not “trump all” for tanks, but you are speaking about something that has to deal with endgame tanking and the maximizing of substats, not leveling, where the focus is not on substats.

Again, there is a larger difference between the DEF/M.DEF and main stats of SB leveling gear than there is between the DEF and main stats of the gear available at cap. Considering most posters are pointing out the discrepancies in DEF/M.DEF and NOT substats, accessories shouldn’t even be considered in the argument, as they give only 1/1.

It is absolutely not restricted to end game tanking. Any tank worth his salt will tell a leveling tank they should wear at least a couple of the 270 str accessories if for no other reason than better aggro management. Tanks have more than enough tools to survive. Gear alone isn't going to help a tank that doesn't know how to CD properly.

If you’re accusing me of harassment, I think you should go through and actually re-read the thread in its entirety.

Disagreeing with your position that the gear isn’t an issue does not consitute as harassment either. I’m allowed to disagree with you on a public forum, as are others.

It wasn't pointed at you specifically.

If a undergeared tank is "harassing" the group by making the healer's job too hard, and clearly by the op's story 272 fits that, it will be valid to kick them. You do realize the OP here is only one side of the story right?

No, if the tank showed up in level 1 glamour and refused to change gear - that would be harassment. Clearly this is not what happened. So who is harassing who?