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Everquest tank forums All other The best arrow would be the Ancient Arrow with a range of 125 and highest damage in the game. Orb of Duskmold - mini cleric buff if you don't have a merc/cleric. I read that warriors are doing 200k plus on raids. From that point on, tanks just get stronger, and stronger, and stronger, to the point where optimal gameplay increasingly becomes "have tank pull everything and brute force it". Tiensx. They get a lot of really useful utility too. You add in upcoming panther procs, champion and 1. They both “up to 50/55, stick with melee or wizzy merc. I'm not sure if the merc healer just isnt' ready for the big damage or what, which is why I was thinking of a rune / mitigation approach would Yes you can RS off tank if you want the extra work involved with that whereas an earth pet (or even air) can tank 2-3 mobs with much less stress and involvement. Unleashed Fury its the 1% for spells, but also, the +50k for purple, + sk are usually tanking stuff, so its that little bit more protection during that so the melee doesn't compound on the spell damage. So I'm a new 115 warrior and I'm prepping my toon to be able to raid. You can sometimes live with a poor healer if the rest of the group is on the ball. It's probably still possible an otherwise strong group to still do most content without a real tank, but it becomes an increasingly painful handicap. I don't totally disagree with your opinion on what the dps order should be, fwiw. I know, everyone I never really liked the fact that that tank glyphs can have such a massive impact on a fight combined with all the onus being on the tank to grind out the AAs for them. Forums. Once high level, you'll have to accept fighting in zones below your level, that's just the way it is. is this true? i also got 2 mages mostly for dps but i know the earth pet is a tank in and of itself but mostly plan to use just air with very short reuse disc its very doable to tank multiples for a warrior in bad gear doing those ha's at 105 they get a 15s iirc reuse flash of anger (short duration fort disc) for spike moments on top of no time to bleed and a few others you can cycle through. I would then off tank one of the mobs with a pet to help out. Depends where you're camping, if a melee merc can tank well enough, go with that. But if your tank is adequately geared and AA'd, then I don't think there is any comparison. Rogue is not. You add in upcoming panther procs, champion and Tank mercs also have lower dps with a shield, but tank merc dps is already so low the difference in dps is unlikely to matter. Paladin has a ton of tools, awesome class. Hello Everyone, With the disappearance of TSW (The Steel Warrior) I would like to know if the community would be interesting in having a warrior specific website? I know I personally would really like to see one established. Options are monk, mage pet, or necro pet. To the degree this thread has progressed submitting anything is probably redundant. If there are any experienced Shadowknight tanks who wouldn't mind guiding me I would very much appreciate it. Paladin: good tank, good dps on undead, self-healing and caster merc is an option Ranger: good dps, decent range dps (If you really want to learn melee, avoid to not fall into caster habits with range dps) Considering these difficulties, I figured I would go back to my "real" tank, my Shadow Knight. I used to use earth during TOV/COV because I felt air Paladin, Shadow Knight, and Warrior feedback and discussion. That's 3 extra lines. If merc tanks could actually tank end game content well, they may as well just delete the tank classes, something that is already sort of a problem. I would suggest you consider: Set all XP to leveling, and focus on levelling up. “ I have a nearly max-AA mercy tank with 4 pieces of new merc gear. Can anyone who is currently raiding provide some On the events listed, for active tanks tanking / looking for adds untanked on waves, I see SK at around 700-800 k, Warriors at 600-700 k, Paladins at 400-500 k. Socials can be set to apply the dots / debuffs, but the taps and + hate type spells aren't as easy to set-and-forget. everquest. With that in mind, I want to have a tank alt that I keep well geared and AA'd. 2 mins 30 secs recast. But this post is about how awesome pet tanking has been for groups , and I have not heard anyone that cant tank for themselves not like pet tanking , every single Rog, Bez, Wiz, Cleric, Druid , Ranger , Monk or Bard I have gotten past content has loved the idea of the pet tank , they don't have too sit around waiting for a War SK or Pal to get I am usually running a 3 box group, consisting of Ranger, 105 Bard, 105 Shaman, with a J5 Merc Tank, J5 Healer and, J5 Melee (or some other toon to leech xp). 0 clickies and zerkers are just beast. I use TANK, ROG, ROG. - Assist tank follows group main assist or group main tank (to a lesser focus). Two questions regarding paladin heal aggro (I am on a progression server and was away from EQ for a decade) and one other generic question: 1. Display results as threads I'm a warrior in a top 10 raiding guild. the Daybreak Game Company logo and EverQuest are registered trademarks of Daybreak Game Company LLC. By: Search Advanced search On the p99 *********** website there are extensive sections on all class types. Currently I box a Beast, Rogue, and Bard (weird set up I know, but I like these classes). A tank is often the point person and a poor tank causes pain. I think this thread is more that tanks, when in a DPS role in a DPS group, are out-damaging DPS classes. I think with an SK, it would be more accurate to say you'll end up playing an SK and boxing a shaman. Basically up until POP tier 2 if you have decent group gear you can tank any groupable mobs with slow. I am not a min/maxxer and I just play for fun. - Aggressive tank, if mark as group, tank attacks (and taunts) any mob not already attacking it, after engagement. But this got me thinking, maybe ranger could do the job. I would like to do like a assist key that would do Puma on tank and Merc. Bash Thread starter Gundolin Start date Oct 30, 2018 G Gundolin Member Oct 30, 2018 #1 Is there a way to auto-bash with my cleric when I'm doing melee or do I still Good morning , I would have liked to have advice regarding the choice of three classes for a 3box on a normal f2p server. Mage Pet Tips Mostly grouping or boxing and would like to be able to pet tank sometimes. Mainly looking for something to do group mobs, names, HA's, progression and such. Then you may have to swap to tank merc. In Kunark with new defence caps and some raid gear you can Tank Juggs just fine at 60 without slow. Mage is more sit back and nuke while your pet tanks and cleric merc The rogue mercs can put out some insane DPS on Burn, but your tank better be on point with holding aggro because those rogues will grab it in the blink of an eye (especially if you don't have the AAs for them). I feel like 95% of SK mains on the server exist with a box shaman. ” On the tank, it let's me know that someone has blown their good stuff, and so if me and 3 other tanks have taunted a mob after a MT death, or are all aeing adds, i ease up my aggro or fd it to the tank who has the disc going. A dual-boxed tank is a lot of work. Warriors I am thinking of running two necros and 1 mage and a bard. Sks doing more damage than Dps classes in context because you lack the ability to use words properly. They could at least let the lower tiers of EverQuest Discussion. IMO you should roll a Mage. That is spamming Disruptive for 30k-110k on a crit. I have been away for a while and I am just wondering what people think about the current state of each of the three tanks classes these days. I prefer as a security blanket pet tank to use air over earth for the extra DPS that air provides. If your tank is inadequately geared and AA'd, then a warrior might be better off. May 17, 2024. the Daybreak logo and EverQuest are trademarks or registered It’s just a mad rush to catch up in these anniversary events especially as a tank (War) Azlynx, Mar 17, 2023 #1 Last EverQuest Forums. Rangers and Berserkers both use Chain Armor, so I am willing to bet take damage about the same add in the class abilities and Berserkers will be ahead. This is a reasonable alternative but you have a lot of micro breaks in the parse. So I'm leveling up my SK and looking into start gathering augs. Forums EverQuest Discussion The Newbie Zone. Mighty strike goes first for at least 10 more levels, the flip comes around 110, if your high enough dex. Paladin, Shadow Knight, and Warrior feedback and Warriors are the best tanks, hands down, and there is simply no debate to be had. But when pet aggro gets nerfed. Melee merc much more DPS than the tank merc, but obviously, doesn't tank as well. I've previously completed TBL and ToV on war/brd/shm/rog/ber/pal and had no issues tanking with the warrior. Every mage talking If someone steals aggro from a tank, in the current game its either the tanks fault, another tank being overzelous, or a melee class used one of the bp clicks that proc spells with huge base damage and no hate override. This isn't as big as an issue with cleric mercs, but things like bard songs, heals and anything else that puts your group on aggro will cause the merc to run off. I am considering adding either a Paladin or Warrior to the group to tank recent content (EoK through TBL) more effectively. 1-2 cleric mercs depending on how tanky your mage pets are, drop 1 for a caster dps merc when pets are no longer an issue. “Hey folks, I'm looking for some recommendations/best practices for pet tanking before suffering through the school of hard knocks. Then, tank merc if you need it, else melee merc. We want you to play several EQ characters at once, come and say hello! 👋. com/. Current setup is Invested Wurmy and Lcea raid sword. I have a nec in the 80s and a mage mid 90s. Because of this they are generally acknowledged to perform better in group content than Warriors. ; just advice on how to use them best. Tanks I pop offensive disc's on my melee characters. fransisco. Zerkers will be able to tank and hold agro with a shaman for heals/slows/buffs up until TSS. Xeris, Dec 31, 2021 As far as playing a warrior to tank using two swords goes: in the present game warriors at levels around 70+ tank using a shield so don't choose a warrior just because of their ability to use dual wield. That could have been one outlet to make new gear matter. Targets your I think parsing it for his gear situation is his best bet. I only noticed this issue between about level 80 to 85. My main is a rogue. I like zipping through zones with no slow down. Looking for advice on becoming a tank from zero to hero Thread starter kingpoop Start date Oct 31, 2021 K kingpoop New member Oct 31, 2021 #1 Hi Everybody, Are there any The tank section has detailed amazingly detailed info on the first 2 or 3 Log in or Sign up EverQuest Forums Home Forums > EverQuest Discussion > Class Discussion > Tanks > The EverQuest forums have a new home at . Do you ever find a use for this spell line? It has a 12 second recast EverQuest Forums Home Forums > EverQuest Development > Bug Reports > Merc Tank Aggro Discussion in 'Bug Reports' started by Skuz, Oct 8, 2020. My group is cleric , Did TBM do what I think it did? Did it make dual wielding Warrior tanks useful again for fighting non-Nameds? Reading through my AAs yesterday, they gave us 2 handed bash at 105, which is kinda nice, but they gave us 4 more ranks of Sinister Strikes AA. Defensive Buffs: Forums. It can tank trash in Stratos just fine. When moloing current content, a paladin destroys a warrior. Tanks. I guess I just do not understand why fixing herioc stats for casters (and Priests) is completely ignored. As a raiding tank, HSta > HAgi > HDex. I keep seeing posts about how tanks aren't all that good and very gear dependent. What i have is Line 1 /Target (tank name) Line 2 /Cast 8 which works, The next following lines dont it ooc zone Line 3 /Target (merc name) Line 4 /cast 8 I put the current level of Burst in slot 1, Grief in slot 2, and the previous lvl of burst in slot 3. You have the option of sacrificing some tanking ability in exchange for some other utility Discussion in ' Tanks ' started by Fienris, Jul 10, 2021. When not main tanking on raid, I swap to duel wield when I pick up trash. I run war/shm/brd where the bard is a bit over-leveled in the comp. This guy was irate. The reason for that setup is because I have gotten my 'default' hand resting position sitting with my thumb on the -alt- key with Monk has better DPS, but Bard has Crowd Control. Tanks . DRU: Hierophant's Crook procs Earthquake: PBAE 94 - 336 damage. I'm not sure if the merc healer just isnt' ready for the big damage or what, which is why I was thinking of a rune / mitigation approach would I prefer as a security blanket pet tank to use air over earth for the extra DPS that air provides. 7K Sub-forums Sub-forums Fighters Brawler Paladin, Shadow Knight, and Warrior feedback and discussion. This is my first time playing a shaman, and the variety of buffs they can cast is great, but I don't have So on the Tank forums there has been quite a few posts about ideas for a 3box melee group centered around a Warrior or other tank and 2 buffers I've never played a caster very high, but what classes buff magic damage? say if you had a Wiz or Mage as primary, what other 2 classes would Forums EverQuest Discussion Class Discussion Priests . Also, I want to disrupt a feeling for non tank that could appear in the answers given in this thread that for moloing SK > War > Pal. Post raid gear your AC really shoots up and you can tank anything groupable without slow. It adds a bit of DPS, so it acts as a good filler for when you're waiting on other discs to repop. On the p99 eq website there are extensive sections on all class types. R. I feel i should say I've Playing Possum AA - 15 seconds recast feign death ability. You can't get 35 stay and agi as a tank in pop/ldon I'm fairly certain. I'm a former player coming back after 20 years and so much has changed in the game. (And I love rogue, but My F2P SK clickies: Misc Buffs: Bloodmetal Inlaid Gnollish Totem - ac buff Gunthak Swabby's Eyepatch - (ac, hp, mana/end, etc) Lizardscale Plated Girdle - haste The Chief's Influence - hp buff does not stack with some other class buffs You are the tank. Kaelwyse; May 7, 2024; Replies 12 Views 1K. I will pay from time to time for aa but not permanently. I myself 3-box ENC, MAG, CLR. It cannot survive Stratos named. Now, along with the back evolving item, and including the tank face slot and tank shield as 'normal choices'. If possible, I'd like to request no digression about whether or not tank mercs suck or are awesome, etc. Im boxing a shammy with a warrior now. Truewind New Member Hello friends I like to have main tank entered into extended target window. Alright, second thread in two days for a returning player here. We are in tank groups with also no support at all, only MGB adps. Which belt is better for a tank who has not hit the softcap on any heroic stats? mikelish; Mar 7, 2023; Replies 4 Views 807. For The place to post for TLP guilds looking for more players or players looking for guilds. I think. Most of these posts seem aimed at max or near max levels and I am wondering how good paladins or shadow knights are for the first 70 or 80 Snowbound (and other ToV t1 tradeable gear) is equippable at 110. Think of the 'Computed Defense' as 'Avoidance AC', it is basically how hard it is to land a hit on you. Im sure the devs are aware. While farming and xping in Sebilis I ran into severe aggro problems with my Tank Merc. I am basically making a group of the neglected characters on my accounts (I 5 box and my partner plays the 6th) that don't fit in my more optimized groups. To take on current TBL content, you're going to need a real tank, not a merc, so I'd suggest SK-Bard. ©Daybreak Game Company LLC. It's If you need a tank in order to be able to backstab, you have 3 dual-boxing options: a real tank, a pet or a tank merc. Tank = take damage Healer = repair damage DPS = deal damage Support = modify damage. While simultaneously, being able to easily snap/hold aggro. Depends on what you can get. Search titles only; Posted by Member: Separate names with a comma. Therefore, your goal is to survive. Probably won't happen, but that's how this paladin rolls. All tanks can be great MT's in raid or heroics, as long as But if you want to reliably 2 box TBL namers ench mage is the only 2 box with a pet tank that I think will work, and you’ll have to dire charm on a lot of namers (assuming Group EM) If you go back one expansion to RoS either pet “Because it's shorter, I'll now explain how to find your 'Computed Defense'. Can bards turn off spell casting subtlety or do they even In raids, I assume that your main job is to tank mobs, and you will be mainly in tank groups, with no ADPS support in group. For healers, Healing is CLR, SHM, DRU. Brutal is 2nd burn, you CAN dump war sheols during Brutal if you want to sacrifice the minute of damage boost, for a really big hit, For tanking, it will keep you alive against most content - I've used it against current-content raid bosses and survived, and I use it all the time in group-content. I EverQuest Forums Home Forums > EverQuest Discussion > Class Discussion > Tanks > Tank Shield Augs Discussion in 'TanksTreiln, . With a Cleric merc and a Druid a tank merc should be good most of the time till level 90ish. Versus named damage and backup healing. Once high level, you'll have to accept fighting in zones below your level, that's just the That actually sounds very much like what I said. Search Forums; What's New? Staff Post Tracker. Mage Pet Tips Thread starter Morgwen Start date Feb 4, 2019 Mostly grouping or boxing and would like to be able to pet tank sometimes. Tanking pets use "taunt" frequently (if ordered to) and aggro-weapon proces build up aggro reliably though a bit slow, mind the aggro on the pull in general. Hey folks, coming back from a long break. As soon as the pet can take over tanking change the tank merc to a caster merc making your group: Mage My F2P SK clickies: Misc Buffs: Bloodmetal Inlaid Gnollish Totem - ac buff Gunthak Swabby's Eyepatch - (ac, hp, mana/end, etc) Lizardscale Plated Girdle - haste The Chief's Influence - hp buff does not stack with some other class buffs (but useful most of the time for me). SK spells/aa/discs and when. Now the dirty secret is that if you follow "standard" itemization during these eras you will also end up being fully equipped to play the DPS role. Use a tank merc on the subbed account and CLR&ROG merc on the FTP accounts. This link will take you to the player studio forums. All posts and threads have been migrated over. W. The tank merc runs off to chase down the mob because my puller is not the only one on aggro anymore, and in most cases, my CLR is now #1 on aggro. Bard moloing Thread starter ceto Start date Apr 3, 2018 C ceto New member Apr 3, 2018 #1 Hiya folks, I just started a bard today and got him to level 10. In your specific case, you may feel these things I'm not talking raid, or necessarily even-level 5 man group content, but rather for soloing and maybe slow paced/one expansion behind dungeon crawls. , . I've seen old posts of people saying they run teams similar but What can I say I am so happy ,I can tank for none caster groups now, I love it 10 out of 10 DBG :) this is so awesome , when I solo on my Bst she can dps and the pet is tank and I am healer and use wiz or rog merc hehe I am so evil hehe ,OMG 10 out of 10 again DBG ,you really out did yourself with very short reuse disc its very doable to tank multiples for a warrior in bad gear doing those ha's at 105 they get a 15s iirc reuse flash of anger (short duration fort disc) for spike moments on top of no time to bleed and a few others you can cycle through. Just your typical FD. On the p99 *********** website there are extensive sections on all class types. The tank and spank zones are fun. Skuz I am become Wrath, the Destroyer of Worlds Clerics are really only needed in groups for a few missions or if the tank isn't an actual tank. raid boss mobs. It tanks just fine in the revamped GMM Darkness Howls with a near max AA cleric met and boxed shammy healing. Obviously if The EverQuest forums have a new home at https://forums. J5 healer mercs can go almost forever on balanced/efficient and and offtank an add or 2 up to 85ish. Staff Post Tracker. Search titles only. I typically have my hotkeys focused on a good heal spam for A tank merc with probably 3/4ths max tank AA's, with full vigilant armor tanks better than a T1 group geared warrior, with 19k AAs and 40ac+ augs in every slot at 114. If raiding mostly, I stand for now by HSta > HAgi > HDex, but as raids boss don't 100% strikethrough anymore, i'm waiting to study more ToL tank parses from my own ones and also waiting to see tanks posting tanks parses results between HSta / HAgi and HDex set up. Once you do, you'll be fine to tank any of the PoP group content and with a few augments will be able to (and expected to) take off tank duty in a number of the PoP raid encounters. I would imagine necro pet would be last, but what could take a hit better: monk or mage pet? /ponder Shaman is enough healing for a ranger tank, so more than enough for a real tank. GINA triggers Thread starter BadPallyGuildLeader Start date Then I have a couple that are general tank ones Warrior def and fort Monk earthforce Pal/SK Deflection Glyph of #4 Beastlord: good dps; you've already rejected this, guessing you play it like a mage and pet-tank a lot. So just looking between pally and warrior which is in your option the better choice? Leaving aside the issue of raiding and raid gear, what is required to be an effective tank in the group game? For instance, if a warrior with about 14k-15k in AAs and Conflagrant My main groups are monk, SK, and shaman. Class Discussion. Now take a mage pet and note the difference. This is a play issue as well. My F2P SK clickies: Misc Buffs: Bloodmetal Inlaid Gnollish Totem - ac buff Gunthak Swabby's Eyepatch - (ac, hp, mana/end, etc) Lizardscale Plated Girdle - haste The Chief's Influence - hp buff does not stack with some other class buffs (but useful most of the time for me). Considering dropping the warrior for the above said class. How far can I go in the group game without a real tank? You will have some very hard time doing 2 missions (yes, 2 missions grand total) in that group. Why have 1 tank pet when you can have 3 + swarms. You set a tank order yes but tank 2 on that list should never have to tank if your Warriors are geared and healers are on the ball. You might have some luck in T1 if you have SK's are the favorite tank for grouping still but mostly is on what your play style is and what you enjoy playing. If you want to just tank heroics SK/Zerker is the way to go, the other tanks, not worth it. Despite this fact, this value gets rolled into “3 Mag / Bard. Plus you get 20% melee dps increase for 1 minute every 3 minutes from the shaman epic. I've been playing haste songs, but now I'm doing way more dps with chants, so I'm wondering if the haste affects my merc? If not I'll drop them for more chants. Using a warrior as tank. Enable Autogrant. Buri, Oct 15, 2019 #2 Tucoh Augur EverQuest Tank Guide by Tearsin_Rain this is a writeup i originally made for my guild, which i posted on the SK forums as a guide for new tanks, and people seemed to like it so i posted it here in the old Guides section, which is now There are 4 rolls in EverQuest. “I'm having an issue. Daybreak, the Daybreak logo and EverQuest are trademarks or Asking because my SK had problems tanking multiples (even with epic) until he started getting raid gear and the nice AC augs but this was at 100. tds yeah youll want to get better gear but thats for any tank youll want (not Think of a merc like a really poor player. I dont garner that kind of influence. And of the three, rangers are the best at passive tanking, and also have their own cool downs to tank significantly better than usual for a short time. They have great Tank mercs appear (to me) to be at least wildly underpowered and potentially broken. But yes generally heroic sta and agi are best to prioritize, then ac, then hp. Quick Links. He'll provide DPS up until level 85ish when you can try his pet out for tanking. The EverQuest forums have a new home at https://forums. I will be upgrading wurmy to VP Katana soon. He doesn't have nearly the dmg spikes as my character. Paladin, Shadow Knight, and Warrior feedback and discussion. At 110, I went to Scorched Woods and pulled trash gorillas. Preferred belt for Shadowknight tanking. (as a tank, a poor healer causes pain - I prefer to fight more than 1 mob at a time) Warriors are almost always the preferred tank vs. I My understanding is the knight tanking is similar, PAL and SHD both tank similar, but PAL can heal the group very well. If the bard ever dies, that's a whole other disaster. I have an sk. So, I thought I would stick with this trio , Basically if your wanting to tank in raids, Monk/Guardian is the better way to go. And other group is Necro, Mage, Chanter. FYI those A pet can tank it for you and result in your tank being a candidate for the dot. And I see bard, so with their epic 55% melee dps EverQuest Discussion Class Discussion Hybrid . I have a raid geared monk friend who says they can only dps there, not tank. well im trying to get to 100 so i can raid with the guild because they need more tanks/healers in raids and so i started a 85 paladin with a beast lord and really dont want to have to worry about gearing till 100-105 Hi folks - Have 3 90's, ranger/druid/shaman. I think it's the Mortal's Ethereal that probably needs to go (so I can retain the 150 AC), but i'm curious if i'm undervaluing heroic stats or overvaluing AC on a tank. I would pick a ranger for a group 99 out of a 100 times before I'd pick a rogue. Class Discussion . i was looking at some forums and said that bst pet could tank til late game. The Tank merc does very well. EverQuest Forums. [ of course p99 has initiated patches, changes that have taken it away Tanking pets use "taunt" frequently (if ordered to) and aggro-weapon proces build up aggro reliably though a bit slow, mind the aggro on the pull in general. I am curious why a tank would be upset when a pet class helps off tank on a multiple mob pull. I'm lucky if tank merc lasts into double digit seconds. Having said that, earth is a better tank and it the ultimate security blanket for pet tanking. For DPS it's SHM, DRU, CLR. But unfortunately auto assist doesn't work reliably to have another character control the tank. Can you MGB a wave heal? Last time I played, you couldn't. I have played all three classes a With Wurmslayer, non-raid. With Mortal's out, I end up with the following. Option #3: Just go out and kill trash in a zone and average over multiple kills. Hi all, I am returning to EQ after nearly 10 years and am slowly relearning the game. Ralas; the Daybreak logo and EverQuest are trademarks or registered trademarks What had happened is I pulled one of the sarnak beastlords, and after killing the sarnak, the merc warped to the middle of the zone. There have been so many times when I am third or later in the MTO and the first tank dies, and the 2nd tank isn't paying attention and I am standing there watching DPS die and thinking to myself, "Well I could snap agro and save Sub-forums Resolved Developer Polls Threads 112 Messages 246 C Voting Passed Predator AA - Intoxication Sep 20, 2024 CSP84 Class Skill Suggestions Threads 613 Messages 2. Very few puzzles. If you have a pet class but not another tank friend it might work out the best. However you, as an SK, will need to But also most AA builds are mutually exclusive: You can tank well but do less DPS, you can do a lot of DPS but not necessarily tank as well, or you can do a little of both, but not be the best at either. My healer Log in or Sign up EverQuest Forums Home Forums > > > Can We , . but keep promoting Is it possible to run a team without a tank? Thinking of starting a bst/shm/brd/mag/mag team. . Clerics Vow needs a big bump so that CLR can play in groups like a bad paladin. That specific thing I cannot speak to. Most of these posts seem aimed at max or near max levels and I am wondering how good paladins or shadow knights are for the first 70 or 80 Just started a bst/mage/mage/enc. That 96 war tanking 105 content in heroic gear sounds incredible. Self runes are self explanatory but what about Brimstone Eminence? I notice that this is a line of spells that goes pretty much all the way back to lower levels. Warrior tanking is pretty straightforward - here's a bunch of EverQuest Tank Guide by Tearsin_Rain. Casters . Maybe one day there will be a grind fest, run 20 zones in 30 minutes or something. I'm only going to list the values for classes at level 100. but keep promoting your 3rd party product on these forums, "son" imagine thinking tanks are all just using all of their aggro tools constantly trying to steal from one another in current Search titles only; Posted by Member: Separate names with a comma. So if the tank pulls, the killing only slows down. I love him so far, but I'm thinking of trying a tank class but was curious with the new x-pac and all what tank if any does best in the group game. I am getting ready to play EQ with my wife who is a druid. Playing on the Mischief server, though also had similar results testing a level 85 tank merc on Firiona Vie. Typically, actively casting mage does not pull the aggro off the pet either by damage spells or by healing the pet (which is quite strong). The puller will be looking for a new target long before the last mob in camp is dead. Our highest nuke. Just a note - a beastlord is a group class, very good group for all non-tank classes - Second Chance for all melee classes - Eyes of the Hunter and Fury of Combat can fill in the rest with +hp tribs (Strength of Body stacks with Str. Hi All - I am running a three box of ranger (57) / beasty (51)/ enchanter (48) + Mercs , using the ranger as my main and the group tank. My goal is to waste no points. Not sure I can say one is really better than the other in normal situations. That being said here is what im thinking. Shout it loud and proud! I AM THE TANK!! You will be sacrificed in raids to prevent the big bad from stomping on the squishies behind you. Tank mercs appear to have an issue where the only ability they use is single target Mercenary taunt unless the owner recently I've also noticed that while off-tanking raid adds there's often no slow being applied to them by a chanter or shaman because there's not many of them around and they're focused on other things, and it's really nice seeing that Crippling Snare show up on the mob I'm tanking, since a lot of these adds hit like a Mack truck. The ability to split pulls with calm and rez, to me, are way more beneficial than the slightly increased damage (due to spells) that an SK can bring to the table. I was able to pet tank quite a bit in RoS using EM24 air pet, but have struggled since working on TBL content using earth pet. Genuinely curious where you got these statistics. I am working on an Iksar Shadow knight tank and would love to know what kind of AA's should I go for to help me. Warriors can tank 3-5 things at once consistantly - obviating the need for pulling and crowd control. I found that the tank merc, even in the 80s was so bad, I ended up switching him out for a second healer merc and then tanking with the beastlord instead. Leaving me with the dog + no tank to deal with. Most rangers only have to buy or make one since they are perfect for endless quiver. Currently it seems everything cycles on the next 5 levels. T2 - with a grp geared monk, that's doubtful. Discussion in ' Hybrid ' started by Kalipto, Mar 21, Just take a Merc Tank at level 95 and let him tank a dark blue and see how fast it drops. Sothe situation Returning to game after about 9 years. Ranger DPS especially on raids is very good in classic. 2 handed using Scar I can burn for about 80-90k damage for 1 minute, if EverQuest Discussion Class Discussion Tanks . In the February 15, 2017 game update , changes were made which also fixed the above bugs: It's harder to paladin super well, and they dont work as well in a duo since they lack dps for most content. What expansions? By around level 80+ the mage can be a functional tank for most group things. Tanking is good enough, DPS is much better. I try to make sure it’s not tanking more than 3 trash at a time. Greetings. If you are unsure make all 3 and see which one suits you the best. I can't even get 1/4 of his burns activated before merc dies. What tank is best if you want to both be a MT in groups and do decent DPS in the solo arena? Right now I have a Bruiser and I was enjoying him. With the new expansion out, between rangers and beastliords/pets, who can tank better? I have an enchanter main, and rogue box. They don't have as strong of a sustained tanking toolkit which is better suited for raid bosses over a long period of time. Already well over 4k heroic dex, but still well under 4k heroic agility/stamina/strength. Also to note, you can stay silver like this and tank just fine in most ROF T1 and T2 raids, with COTF T1 raid gear the sky is the limit imho, ( ROF though, as an off tank or rampage tank + named that don't stun or silence you, just Hello all, I am currently playing a lvl 87 warrior, and have opted-in for the aa's as well as gotten a couple past 85, and I just can't seem to keep agro! I am grouping with players a few levels higher then me, but my gear is well unless I'm using a tank or DPS one (one of my boxes has a caster DPS merc, so he does the ones relevant for that class, including any subtelty) Nolrog , Aug 28, 2020 #4 I'm leveling a bard mostly through moloing with a tank mercenary. The problem with balancing merc tanks is a tough one, especially as you approach end game levels. Cadira , Dec 29, 2022 EverQuest Forums Home Forums > EverQuest Discussion > The Veterans' Lounge > tank stack question dex or agil Discussion in 'The Veterans' Lounge' started by Truewind, Jul 5, 2016. A5 healer mercs will quickly go OOM in almost any stance and die quickly when they have agro. Look Second - the tank for MysticOne. If a beastlord is stealing from you its because they clicked their bp, this is the proc they get. That's what you are. I love the idea of ranger tanking because you do add significantly more DPS than a normal tank. Cleric's should get slay and when they vow and Slay together they should be crushing it. Warrior is probably still the strongest vs a single big mob but event mechanics and your heal team play a bigger role in whoever's tanking the big baddie living than the class of the tank. So if you are boxing your healer mostly using single target on the tank, a PAL can cover the group while the healer covers the PAL. Outside of pet tanking and using occasional, cool down having abilities monks and beasts can't tank. As you can see, Tank and Caster DPS need a whole lot more AA I'm looking for caster weapons which proc an AoE and are obtainable prior to level 85. ( that said tank 2 is maybe the most important position, boring as hell till its not, you have to be on I have been wondering what uses enchanters make of our runes. this is a writeup i originally made for my guild, which i posted on the SK forums as a guide for new tanks, and people seemed to like it so i posted it It's quite easy to just boost tank mercs' AC/HP to a higher number, but making tank mercs viable tanking option in a current expansion will certainly affect the game balance. When I am DPSing I swap to Scar. Max SS+Weapon Stances+2 nice 1 EverQuest Discussion Class Discussion Casters . Defensive Buffs: - Aggressive tank taunted if marked as group tank, otherwise not. But someone said I'd be better off making a bezerker? With at least cotf/tds group gear, a skilled Paladin can tank as well if not better than a tank merc imho. I actually prefer a Paladin tank to a SK tank in groups. I used to use earth during TOV/COV because I felt air Whoever is next up in the tank line (war/sk/pal doesn't matter, could be every single tank in the raid) should be maintaining a super agro lead over the rest of the raid, with the method described here. I Dps isn't really a concern. When a swap is called for, the current tank fades/flops with the absolute confidence of getting to see the next badass already at 90%+ agro like he puts himself at up to 50/55, stick with melee or wizzy merc. Paladin, Shadow Knight, and Warrior feedback and discussion. You are the frontline, the warrior, the strong. Tanks loved to cry foul and beg for pet nerfs pointing at how a pet can single tank something, while ignoring that single tanking anything is soo boringly easy for any tank. Which tank class up to 50/55, stick with melee or wizzy merc. Tanks are WAR, PAL, SK, Mage pet (Mage pet is still not a true tank) Healers are CLR, DRU, SHM “The 'AC Soft Cap' is defined in a table for each class at each level. Bard main with FTP MAG and SHM. I have EOK on my free play tank account that's a warrior sits at 146k hp 4k/3k (ish ac) this is UNBUFFED noted and aa's are at 16k ish did have gold to get a few aa's. Each combination of those two data points has a 'Soft Cap' and a 'Post Cap Multiplier'. I am less experienced with a tank merc, but I have found that a tank merc will run out to mobs if someone other than puller gets agro on the mob. I was able to pet tank quite a bit in I Solo, not sure who you plan to heal the tank merc. Also, while a SK might need 1h + shield to tank a mob, paladin might be able to tank it with a 2H, and 2H DPS > 1h + shield. My understanding is the knight tanking is similar, PAL and SHD both tank similar, but PAL can heal the group very well. While Paladins and Shadow Knights have tanking roles in raids they are both tanks and spellcasters with some outside of the tank archetype abilities that are "group friendly". but, generally what happens is the tank dies fast, and the rest of the toons finish off the mobs. Home Forums > EverQuest Discussion > Class Discussion > Tanks > Home; Forums. EverQuest Discussion. Brutal is 2nd burn, you CAN dump war sheols during Brutal if you want to sacrifice the minute of damage boost, for a really big hit, up to 50/55, stick with melee or wizzy merc. Bard agro question Thread starter fang99 Start date Most tank masks with a hate mod also include bard so that helps. Falsified Death AA - total aggro drop, including pet. Merc tank J5 at level 100, any good? Thread starter Dday99 Start date Aug 2, 2013 D Dday99 New member Aug 2, 2013 #1 Which buffs should I prioritize (more so in groups, but also while soloing)? Newly returned to EQ, and I'm a 42 shaman on Aradune. I have a tank merc as well, but no gear - what's the most time efficient route to gearing him up for the Log in or Sign up EverQuest Forums Home Forums > EverQuest Discussion > > . Display results as threads Fact is if a real player Tank/Healer/DPS is looking for a slot a Merc is far easier to pocket than a boxed one of those, especially Tank, because of rubbish Tank Mercs most Players use a boxed tank (or account share with one) which negates group tanks getting that slot anyway because nobody is going to drop their player tank for some pug one. Of course, Dragon Glyph is tank crack and its existence, as it works, is pretty absurd. Someone in Tank needs Improved Melee Defense, Steadfast Resolve (requires Improved Melee Defense), and Furious Wrath (requires Improved Health). He has 25,000 AA, about 5500 AC buffed in battle and about 210,000 HPs with group buffs. tds yeah youll want to get better gear but thats for any tank youll want (not With that in mind, I want to have a tank alt that I keep well geared and AA'd. T. As a Paladin I do 30-50k on a burn 1 handed. You need to gear it up, You've discovered RedGuides 📕 an EverQuest multi-boxing community 🛡️🧙🗡️. It only leaves 3 slots which have an 'option' to choose a lower AC value - Charm, Neck, Range -. Can keep the warrior and drop the rogue ive seen a sk holding aggro from extremely high dps groups without dropping below 90% mana or using the mana leech aa and tanking the best a knight can in group content (pulling 20 mobs like nothing in BI) forgive me for not believing this he has mained a sk for 10 years and after 55k aa its pretty well known he can kick ass at it but the same can be said for warriors - Aggressive tank taunted if marked as group tank, otherwise not. The ranger will be on hold at 59 to AA while the rest of the gang catches up and I am wondering what the tank should be going forward. If you look at the stats on the merc tab, the merc has 1696 AC more than my warrior and 35604 HP's more than him too. At 106 change to 100% AA, until you have around 25k. No where as good as a mage pet can tank. SHM can pickup the slack of the CLR merc and the mage pet can step in if the tank merc goes down. Also, a poorly geared monk friend got ate in T1 - OT. Newer Than: Search this forum only. It's good enough tank gear for completing all of ToV even with missing augs/limited AA, based on my experience with 3 different box teams with healing/tank Hi all, I am returning to EQ after nearly 10 years and am slowly relearning the game. Looking for help getting there. For actual tanking duty they're largely interchangable with each having some tools that make it easier making them preferred for some roles. Then use my assist key, which consists of: /pause 3, /xtar 1 ( or whatever slot number your tank is on) /assist that 2 line macro should give enough for lag. In truth. On the events listed, for active tanks tanking / looking for adds untanked on waves, I see SK at around 700-800 k, Warriors at 600-700 k, Paladins at 400-500 k. I use it to off-tank, or on a multi-mob pull so my CC or tank can deal with the adds. And mages rock for 3 boxing, I box a SK, mage , While a good tank & spank on the first dragon, its not super easy to tank. Oh Phini, my original plan (I 3-box) was to have a healer, tank and DPS merc for my trio with my beastlord (main), druid and ranger making up the rest. Monkey does a good 90k dps when I get his burns pumping. Pets are incapable of this as they have no aoe agro tools. Even w/ buffs, the necro pet never seemed to last long as a tank. I wouldn't even call J5 tank mercs will out tank many player tanks and almost everyone else. AC also gets to a point where the returns from 20 more AC don't have any real effect, as the theoretical maximum mitigation is already achieved. During ldon a maxed tank can easily have over 1,000 ac. He tried tanking 2-3 at once and died a couple times. Thanks for adding zones for my play style. [ of course p99 has initiated patches, changes that have taken it away I'd like to ask for anybody's advice on how to effectively use a tank merc in my current situation (I'll lay it out). It requires you to be subbed, it will net around 13k AA at level100. The weapons I currently have: CLR: Poison Wind Censer procs Gale of Poison: 3 waves of 122 damage. Brody II) or whatever other nonsense Brohg, May 8, 2018 . - Both tanks attack arbitrary mob, in mass pull, if no group main assist. In general I agree that AC is a in Everquest the tank usually does not pull. Was grouped with a tank in some COV zone a few weeks ago. Hi All, Looking for some assistance in what to improve on my warrior first for tanking in ToV with my 3 box. The last time I played, the EverQuest Discussion Class Discussion Tanks . SKs and warriors, when in a tanking role in a tanking group, still doing OK damage because they can still tank with 2h or dual wield is kind of a different issue. Mar 18, 2023. Tank, so you can heal the tank and play like a normal shammy, so maybe. 5/2. My J5 tank merc is tanking everything in ToV with my raid cleric, and named with my cleric and a J5 cleric merc. The tank section has detailed amazingly detailed info on the first 2 or 3 expansions. I’m looking to start a new tank and I’m torn between pally and warrior. Home Forums > EverQuest Discussion > The Veterans' Lounge > Tank mercs Anyone have insights on any QOL improvements, like tank mercs? Don't get me wrong, my bst pet (120 bst) can handle most content, but when doing things like missions where bosses don't maintain focus on pet tanks and such, I was wondering if tank mercs Rangers should not be Tanking, and I really do not think they out Tank Berserkers who have way way more agro and if the mob is stun-able really put a Ranger to shame Tank wise. Knight raid boss tanking not as good as, but it can be good enough depending on the situation. I Forums. Oh to insinuate that player could get a class nerfed by simply complaing makes laugh. EverQuest Discussion Class Discussion Hybrid . Merc tanks tend to trivialize content when they get too tough (see levels 20-50). arinxzgd uprfs rjhgfvjf esbffu iozxzws chs toyx fiwlqb xdvzcda ifkib