Totemic Breastplate  

 

Hehehe... tankin' Shaman, that's a good one.

hehehe. hehehe.

Go to Luclin and try that tankin' Shaman crap on the blue cons up there. Give me a yell when you need a CR shortly thereafter. And no, I don't mean the little alien's in ShadeWeavers... Come out to Scarlet Desert or Mons Letalis, and try tankin' a Dark Blue Tro Jeg or a Dark Blue Stonegrabber... that cute little Tro Jeg alien procs a nasty DD that can hit 230+ if not resisted (resisted... hmmm..), and that Stonegrabber can double ya fer over 100, and bash/kick fer another 60-80. See that stain on the wall? That's the last shammy that tried to tank what you're fightin.

As a 45 Shaman, let me break it down: YOU CANNOT TANK! YOU SHOULD NOT TRY! Do we get double attack? NO. Do we get Dual Wield? NO. Do we get a doggie? Sure, but it's just a melee dot 'til ya hit 55. I've had this BP fer about 20 levels now. I don't wear it every day, but it sits in my bank... Why? 'Cause I'm poor. I can't afford much else after blowin' a huge chunk of cash gettin' alchemy to 85, and gettin' enuff resist gear to last longer than 5 minutes on a dragon raid. We tried to take Faydedar down this weekend (PH was broken, oh well... had an impromptu party instead /shrug) and you better believe I had this BP on. You think my WIS was even close to 200 then? Not on yer life, (and it wasn't 'cause 'o the brandy, neh?) but you better believe my Fire Resist was over 100 (unbuffed, thank you very much), and my Magic Resist was over 90.

I challenge you to go on a City of Mist raid (ya know, where ya gotta go to do some more epic parts) and try that "Tanking Shammy" bit. If yer lucky, you'll only get yelled at fer a bit. If yer not lucky, yer gettin' x-loc'd outta there, and dang sure ain't coming back soon.

I solo'd most of my 30's and into my early 40's. I can still solo a dark blue if I'm VERY careful, but I dang sure ain't tankin' it, unless it's to keep my pet alive to do a bit more damage 'fore poor doggie bites it. Solo'ing now consists of DoT'ing and Slowin' (and maybe Enstill if ya can get it to stick that long), and runnin' around a bit, throwin' the occasional nuke at it to keep it's attention while yer doggie nips at it's heals. ('cause yer doggie get's double attack and bash, and will outdamage you MELEE wise if yer smart enuff to keep it alive).

/em walks off mutterin' about idjits that have a death wish. Tankin' Shammies indeed.



Edited, Mon Mar 25 00:06:46 2002