Post by Arideni
STOP!!
CEASE & DESIST!!
FREEZE!!*SCREEECH*
*Shakes head in disbelief*
There is a ton of good information in this thread, but almost none of it is in response to the original post (OP). Thank God for Yakra, that's all I'm going to say as far as that goes.
Guys, when we're talking to people, we need to
not presume they automatically understand everything just because we say it. Explain a little, throw in a couple details (or links if you are incapable of explaining it). We must all be careful, and vigilant, in our posting that we do not spread misinformed ideas or concepts. We also need to make sure we actually read & understand the original post so the topic
stays on topic.
For a heroic,
485 defense is sufficient to not be critically hit. The mobs there max out at level 72, as opposed to level 73 in raids. I believe this answers the original question.
As for gear sets, my basic ones include...EHealth (Max Effective Health, Secondary Avoidance)
Stamina (Max HP Pool for Magic Bosses)
Avoidance (Max Avoidance, Secondary Threat - I rarely use this)
Threat/Trash (Max Threat, Secondary Effective Health).
General (Mix of Effective Health and Threat - for bosses I'm comfortably geared for)
In other news - the defense side discussion here is interesting, if not somewhat poorly placed. I'd like to see some of these ideas presented and discussed in a separate thread.
I don't even have to post my suits of tanking gear because I'm stealing Yakra's post. I can't believe, out of all the replies, no one mentioned avoidance. We must remove from ourselves the stigma which is associated with avoidance. Quab was close to this, but didn't mention it. It has to be an oversight, so here's what he meant to put in a disclaimer:
AVOiDENSE iZ NAWT BAD, EET iZ GUD JUS DONT EXPEKT EET TO SAFE UR LiFE.