The old Pally & Warrior question

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SyncMizer

Dalayan Beginner
Hi,

Thanks for posting the leader board per class. It makes really interesting reading.

According to what I'm reading from it (and I'm known for getting stuff like this wrong)! When I scan the top tanks from each class the supposed existence of Warriors having much higher AC/HP etc doesn't seem to show through. Seems the average amount of HPs comes out at +/- 8500HP & AC is weighing in around 1550.

It gives me some heart because I'm developing a Pally whom I'm already v. fond of, named perhaps strangely after a Hot Mexican Sauce & have been concerned he seems much weaker (both in Stats/DPS etc) than the warriors I have rolled up. I'd like him to make a good tank who can hold agro.

-------EDIT I wrote this post then read it. Thought I'd better add this. The reason I'm asking this is that towards the end on Live, the situation seemed to me to be this: Group of us sitting around in zones like RSS & hunting for a tank, candidates were usually Warriors. We knew we were really ok if tank had 11-15K HP & AC 1500. I met only few Pallys&SKs who could hack it for long since they were all in the 9K range. i.e that as SoE admitted in one article secondary tanks were having problems working new game content. I did notice the other day, a guild on SoD advertising for a raid tank, they expressly asked for a warrior class, which set me to thinking. I would like to know that as SoD continues to develop whether non-warrior tanks will still make viable raid tanks. Thanks---

------EDIT2 Also, I know this isn't Live, but I'm new here, so forgive anything I write in ignorance!---

-----EDIT3 This is in no way a moan! ----!

Any thoughts appreciated.

Best regards
Paul
 
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Paladins are the best group tanks in the game in the majority of situations. Stat wise they hover near where a warrior would but they lack mitigation and other abilities that make warriors preferable as tanks in the raid game.

That being said Pallies are still extremely nice on raids for their buffs, heals and offtanking ability. Not to mention AE aggro.
 
Warriors by far have the best midigation of damage out of the tank classes. Thats why all guilds seek a warrior as their main tanks for named. It's their stances and aa's that make them shine above the other tanks. They also get foelock for single targets.

As for Pally's and Sk's they have thier role on SOD and on raids and groups. When the tree come together you have the best of all worlds.

If your looking to be a main tank your best bet would be to go warrior. A pally sure is nice and will be needed for aoe agro. It all depends on what you want to do and how you want to play.
 
Old topic

Thanks for replies. ! I just had a scan for similar threads. I'm sorry if I picked an old one up here:
http://www.shardsofdalaya.com/forum/showthread.php?p=141014

Yes, your right of course. I have to decide whats best. Warriors get much better mitigation. My old guild on live the raid tank was an SK & I got my Wizard Epic in Fear from a good Pally tank. But it more and more became the way that if you had a tough mob to go after "try and get a warrior" because a secondary tank couldn't hack it. As a new SoD player I was wondering if that trend was prevailing here.

I'll go and think ;)
 
to repeat what bone said, Ive used paladin to main tank raid content but its one of those things where good gear +aa weigh in. As long as you like your paladin roll with it and you will have a good time.
 
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