Issues with tanking

[Rorix]

All this information is really helpful but why does being a Tank in this game has to be so complicated?

I'm normally a good tanker and never had any problems with tanking on all the MMOs I've played but in here, it just... I don't know, I'm still kinda new to the class and I'm still doing tests with skills but tanking shouldn't be so complicated in my opinion.

[Krin]

I seem to recall seeing a video by Doctor Mog about Taunt and Provoke. I'm not sure if it's still relevant, but those moves don't actually generate a lot of enmity on their own. They actually just put you at the top of the enmity table by a very small margin. I.E. if the person at the top is at 200 enmity, no matter what your actual value is, Taunt/Provoke will put you at 201-210. As such, those moves should be followed up by all the hate you can put behind it while whoever pulled aggro cools it for a few seconds to give you some margin to work with.

Again, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. If it still holds true, though, it could explain why once an Archer pulls aggro, tanks have a hard time getting it back.

Accuracy definitely seems to be a big gear consideration for Gladiators, though. Of all the classes, it's the one I have the most trouble landing hits with.

[Rentahamster]

I seem to recall seeing a video by Doctor Mog about Taunt and Provoke. I'm not sure if it's still relevant, but those moves don't actually generate a lot of enmity on their own. They actually just put you at the top of the enmity table by a very small margin. I.E. if the person at the top is at 200 enmity, no matter what your actual value is, Taunt/Provoke will put you at 201-210. As such, those moves should be followed up by all the hate you can put behind it while whoever pulled aggro cools it for a few seconds to give you some margin to work with.

Again, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong. If it still holds true, though, it could explain why once an Archer pulls aggro, tanks have a hard time getting it back.

Accuracy definitely seems to be a big gear consideration for Gladiators, though. Of all the classes, it's the one I have the most trouble landing hits with.

This is how enmity works now:

http://kanican.livejournal.com/54094.html

[Krin]

This is how enmity works now:

http://kanican.livejournal.com/54094.html

I is corrected-ezzzzzz. :-P

[Sterne]

My biggest problem as a tank since the patch (and only with the ogre) is damage mitigation. I have skills like Rampart II, Sentinel, Deflection, Obsess II etc... and the ogre still eats through my health like crazy.

I thought maybe it was the Ghosts that, I heard, do more damage than before. I'm usually staring right into the Orge's tummy so I've never noticed.

If it's not my gear, and it's not my rotation, than is it the ogre doing more damage or those ghosts?

Q.Q for a sad tank.

[Bahn]

Reading the enmity table located here http://kanican.livejournal.com/54373.html what does the Lv 1 vs Lv 50 enmity mean. Does this mean at level 50 if I use Provoke II I gain 442 enmity but if I used Provoke II as a level 1 I would only incur 101 enmity?

[Viridiana]

Reading the enmity table located here http://kanican.livejournal.com/54373.html what does the Lv 1 vs Lv 50 enmity mean. Does this mean at level 50 if I use Provoke II I gain 442 enmity but if I used Provoke II as a level 1 I would only incur 101 enmity?

Correct. This would be a large part of why lower level characters have issues tanking.