Not finding DRK squishy at all.

[dank1]

The fact that you can successfully tank an easy story quest dungeon with no problem isnt the issue, considering even a melee can tank these dungeons and because of that a healer might say "you werent squishy" to the melee.

The issue comes from comparing it to other classes, you look at other tank classes and then you look at previous high level content (aka coil) and yourself how would DRK fare in this content? Thats when issues arise, considering other tank classes had some issues or needed a high skill level to be viable, currently DRK seems to have a lesser kit all around which means you have to work even harder to the point where you ask yourself is this worth it? And why not tank with a stronger class?

I dont mind the challenge but the keyword here is balance

[Kaedan94]

The fact that you can successfully tank an easy story quest dungeon with no problem isnt the issue, considering even a melee can tank these dungeons and because of that a healer might say "you werent squishy" to the melee.

lol Talk about hyperbole in the extreme. No, no melee DPS could tank the new dungeons.

[Hundred]

lol Talk about hyperbole in the extreme. No, no melee DPS could tank the new dungeons.

They probably can if they overgear it.
Nappreap gives i160 gear, its tuned for people with i148/i150 gear actually less then that as it doesn't expect that you have a full set of Library gear or quest gear. I170 gear is overkill if Dps can't "tank" it probably because of aggro concerns.
I can tank it with 6 str accessories in DPS stance already, which only says to me an overgeared dps will probably be able to tank it so long as they were able to hold aggro.

The new dungeons aren't hard or at least they aren't hard for very long. Ilvl 145 requirements when you could probably do the content in i130. If you're i160-i170 you're over gearing by 15-25 levels lol.

[Kaedan94]

They probably can if they overgear it.
Nappreap gives i160 gear, its tuned for people with i148/i150 gear actually less then that as it doesn't expect that you have a full set of Library gear or quest gear. I170 gear is overkill if Dps can't "tank" it probably because of aggro concerns.
I can tank it with 6 str accessories in DPS stance already, which only says to me an overgeared dps will probably be able to tank it so long as they were able to hold aggro.

The new dungeons aren't hard or at least they aren't hard for very long. Ilvl 145 requirements when you could probably do the content in i130. If you're i160-i170 you're over gearing by 15-25 levels lol.

If you specify situations like that, then technically anything is possible. So it's not really helpful for discussion. I still do not believe a melee DPS could tank the new dungeons even overgeared though. The new mobs in HW hit a lot harder and have a lot more HP than their 2.x counterparts. A WAR in DPS stance is still worlds more tanky than a melee DPS.