There needs to be some adjustments with fending accessories

[Zumi]

Ok so for the most part Fending Accessories which drop from savage alex are pretty worthless for getting through the zone. There are such high dps checks that pretty much all the tanks are using slaying accessories or crafted vit/str hybrid ones.

Whenever a fending accessory drops, well this won't help us progress on A3S.

There really needs to be some kind of overhaul or adjustment with fending accessories, either then also need to have some str on them, or all accessories should have mainstat+vit on them. No other class besides tanks are made to wear accessories that were designed for dps just to progress through the zone.

Another suggestion to change tanks so their attack is determined by 50% str and 50% vit this is how it worked in 1.0 for warriors, so either stat helps them with damage.

[Ashkendor]

I agree. Neither of the tanks in our static even want them. We're saving our pages for Slaying.

[Shurrikhan]

Agreed completely. Ideally I'd like for the non-dps benefits (self-heals and enmity) to be identical between the two. Barring the complexity needed to accomplish that, some bonus STR would do nicely.

[sirDarts]

Well maybe in the next zone of Alex, you will need Vit accessories to survive a tankbuster, and there won't be such tight DPS checks?

[Dark-Blaz]

I've never understood why tanks needed either two sets of accessories, or pentameld.
Don't see healers needing pentamelded accessories with int to be able to do some dps, or a monk needing mind for their self heal, maybe give some strength to all vitality accessories like they did for accuracy on healer gear, before they took all that away. xD

Edit: I know about cleric and self heals being based on attack power, seriously people. >_>

[Windklinge]

there will be dps checks again. devs fail at thinking outside the box currently sadly. also funny fact : tanks are basicly the only class that doesnt get a dmg boost from thier MAIN stat which is vita. if they would just switch tank damage to be calculated from vitality instead of str this wouldnt even be a issue at all^^

but the devteam probaly is not smart enough to see that :/ devs always fail to see such options on mmos most the time. they are as i like to call it "blind" to such things. but not on purpose.

and yes currently fending may aswell not exsist anymore. aslong as dps checks exsist and vit doesnt help with incoming damage mitigation this wont change. the devs HAVE a few ways to handle this but i doubt they even consider it a problem at all. tanks have been given the middlefinger again when it came to chestpieces for example and pants. war and drk eso pants suck royally and the only altanative to em is : RIGHT FINAL TURN DROP CHEST AGAIN 3rd time in a ROW. while the easy to get savage parts like gloves belt and shoes SUCK and esos are better. thats a big middlefinger to tanks again. you basicly dont get a reward from savage until you beat a3s as a tank which is very bad design. (not counting str accs. these are BIS mostly from savage)

also DELETE parry from the game. it became even more useless with HW (seriously which idiot tought of this in the first place? its not like parry was any good before) so just remove it and replace with a form of mitigation that doesnt rely on RNG to work or just flat remove it from gears alltogether.

[Urthdigger]

Definitely. Since day 1 fending accessories have been nothing but a trap for tanks who don't know any better. They are worse than useless.

[Khyan]

Don't see healers needing pentamelded accessories with int to be able to do some dpsxD

Pentamelded accesories with int for healers is totally useless since they use mind even for their dps. (cleric stance switch mind stat with int)

And as a scholar, pentamelded accesories are usefull, or even essential for progression as healer, since it's the only way to get some additionnal accuracy (and maybe some vitality for A4S). The purpose is not to do "some dps" but more dps.

[Dark-Blaz]

I know that's why I said that.... o_O
And really shouldn't have to be pentamelding accuracy into healer gear either, accuracy is a whole nother crappy matter anyways.

[Nadirah]

What they should have done was had attack power scale from VIT for tank classes instead of STR.

I *know* they can do it because Clemency, a healing spell, scales with STR, not MND, and none of my offensive spells scale with INT.

Considering what cross class abilities are available, scaling marauder/gladiator skills with VIT wouldn't be an issue, and the two CNJ spells I use on PLD don't scale at *all*.