Dark Knight in all slaying accessories... please no..

[AnimaS]

A recent encounter has me a bit worried that Dark Knights will start doing this. The players HP was not far above 12000, causing severe stress on healers. So is this an upset DRK wanting magic damage and physical?

[FallenWings]

Because Warriors doing the same is okay?

And yes it is if you have the skill for it.

[Delorean]

Because Warriors doing the same is okay?

And yes it is if you have the skill for it.

debatable

as a tank your survivability is pretty dependent on your healer's ability to, well, heal. if they are not good at healing damage as it comes in and have a difficult time predicting heavy spikes your survivability will decrease.

the worse your healer is, the more value vitality will have. i mean, it's still a pretty solid stat when your healer is good, but it is even better when they are awful because it gives them a lot of slack to work with. but depending on who you play with, extra vit can largely be a waste of itemization, becoming a sort of optional comfort cushion that is there if you decide you need it.

[Rhaja]

I've also watched a DRK tank A1 without Grit in all Slaying accessories with some excellent CD management. Some folks can pull it off.

Also I'm sure the same goes for all VIT DRK's. Too much HP to try to manage during living dead =\

[OPneedNerfs]

http://i.imgur.com/EAMBaYh.jpg

[mikudo]

http://i.imgur.com/EAMBaYh.jpg

I lol'd funny

[Doudousteve]

http://i.imgur.com/EAMBaYh.jpg

This sums up pretty much the forums atm

[Tayolynn]

http://i.imgur.com/EAMBaYh.jpg

Is it bad that this is literally what I imagine how some player's I've met are, in more situations that this? (facial expressions, insanity and everything)

[Viralblack]

http://i.imgur.com/EAMBaYh.jpg

This... so much this. I cant describe how this picture made my day and sums up the situation.

Vitality over what you need for a buster allows for more party mistakes. This is not exclusively -your- mistakes, or the healers, but the dps.

Dps messes up. Healer goes to heal them--you wernt topped off, boss hits you again--now lower than what you would like to be. A healer has to decide who to heal, and might let the dps to die because you are in danger, or who knows the reason.

Keep in mind im not advocating stacking vitality, but that vitality beyond the 'amount needed to survive' only works well in statics where people seldom 'mess up'. So determine vitality based off your group performance.

I think thats the part that evades them is that its a team effort, not just an imaginary tanking dps check that will wipe the raid if they dont break 400 dps.

Actually had a STR DRK yesterday trying to AoE tank in Floor 2 that was vividly pissed that I couldnt repeatedly lustrate him fast enough to keep him alive, and that failing to do so ment I was a poor healer.... thats the general attitude.

[Pinkie_Pie]

http://i.imgur.com/EAMBaYh.jpg

DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS, DPS