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[TFA] The Forsaken Allegience

Mo/

Joined May 2006

Mar 11, 2007 at 5:29 AM • #1

Ok, So I decided to pull my tank out of the dust...and play him again....and wow....I noticed my shield stance is no longer 16 secs, but 6 secs with 15sec recharge......sigh...I feel it doesnt last long enough to stand my ground....any ideas to swap some skills out to make my tanking more viable and as effective as the old shield stance? yes i was aware of skill changes but never noticed the warrior stuff...

-.-

Banned

Joined Oct 2006

Mar 11, 2007 at 6:30 AM • #2

Tanking is dead unless it is for Domain of Anguish.

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

W/E

Joined Dec 2005

Mar 11, 2007 at 1:15 PM • #3

I suppose... You could use more useful skills instead now? Like, maybe... Executioner's Strike? The warrior stances got buffed crazy, btw. Only dumbass stance tanks moaned, everyone else adapted and moved on. (read: They're actually worth bringing to a PvP skirmish, monks totally wtfpwn silly 'sins).

Tanking is a waste of time and a party space outside of DoA. And in DoA, people use solid defense skills (Dolyak Sig, Stoneflesh Aura) as opposed to lame dodging stances.

Edit - It's called a *Warrior*, not a *Tank*.

Moa Bird Cultist

Wilds Pathfinder

Freedom Fanatical Scots [FFS]

E/W

Joined Jan 2006

Mar 12, 2007 at 7:09 PM • #4

Quote: Originally Posted by -.-

Tanking is dead unless it is for Domain of Anguish. Tanking was always dead - Damage Warriors have always been better, even in PvE. If you must use defensive skills, they're called "Watch Yourself!" and "Shields Up!"

Everything else is about killing the beasties faster, (5 or 6 hit adrenal chains are not unheard of.)

ss1986v2

Wilds Pathfinder

Mo/

Joined Apr 2006

Mar 12, 2007 at 10:40 PM • #5

Quote: Originally Posted by Moa Bird Cultist

Tanking was always dead - Damage Warriors have always been better, even in PvE. If you must use defensive skills, they're called "Watch Yourself!" and "Shields Up!"

Everything else is about killing the beasties faster, (5 or 6 hit adrenal chains are not unheard of.) except in DoA, which is what he mentioned. if you dont have serious dedicated aggro control there (where a warrior with just "WY!" and "Shields Up!" will be dead in seconds), things can end very badly.

Effigy

Jungle Guide

Heroes of Talia [HoT]

Mo/

Joined Aug 2005

Mar 13, 2007 at 12:57 PM • #6

Roger that. Even with a good tank, things go can south real fast.

As others have said though, if you're not playing DoA then you'd be best to go for a high DPS build and glory in the bloodshed that Warriors can produce.

qvtkc

Wilds Pathfinder

Joined Apr 2006

Mar 13, 2007 at 2:19 PM • #7

Skipping the mandatory "tanking is dead" and "warriors shouldn't tank" comments, to answer the actual question, Shield Stance was actually made better, if you intend to use it for tanking. Now you can chain it with Defensive Stance to have almost 100% stance coverage.