Dear Development Team: Tank Balance

[Daniel_Fury]

Forget anything about timing. You can't claim something will work if you just do it at a right moment, because this is an online game. You can't ever depend on gcds or auto-attacks to line up correctly.

It's a skill with a 5 second duration. If the enemy uses 2 auto attacks in 4 seconds and it breaks then yes, timing is neccessary. Timing your defensive skills to make the most out of it is part of tanking efficiently and if you know the fight well enough, it's child play to know the boss will use 2 autos after X spell has been cast.

[Ekimmak]

It's a skill with a 5 second duration. If the enemy uses 2 auto attacks in 4 seconds and it breaks then yes, timing is neccessary. Timing your defensive skills to make the most out of it is part of tanking efficiently and if you know the fight well enough, it's child play to know the boss will use 2 autos after X spell has been cast.

Yeah, but I can't rely on my own connection to time things that precisely.

I know that if I use Awareness 15 seconds before I pull Halicanarsus, it'll be up for her first critical hit, and off cooldown just in time for her second. I know that if I use it before her second Queenly Waltz in library phase, it'll still be up for her critical hit. What I can't do is time a TBN to take two auto-attacks, because an auto-attack will always land before or after the auto hits. It's just not going to happen, and I don't think it's fair to for people to say otherwise.

[Daniel_Fury]

Yeah, but I can't rely on my own connection to time things that precisely.

I know that if I use Awareness 15 seconds before I pull Halicanarsus, it'll be up for her first critical hit, and off cooldown just in time for her second. I know that if I use it before her second Queenly Waltz in library phase, it'll still be up for her critical hit. What I can't do is time a TBN to take two auto-attacks, because an auto-attack will always land before or after the auto hits. It's just not going to happen, and I don't think it's fair to for people to say otherwise.

To be fair, that sounds like a dropping connection issue and no amount of help is going to save you on an active mitigation job.

I'm a player with a ping above 200ms so believe me when I understand but I found out how to do it with practice, I believe others can do the same.

I use the TBN as soon as i see the auto attack damage hits me. It won't block that auto, but if I know 2 more are coming (due to fight awareness) it will break.

If you are losing packets in your connection (which I assume is what you're referring to) then even boss cast times will be spontaneous and throw TBN off.