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Thanks to you both. I can't really point at any particular instance or scenario. As I said, we get the job done with very few wipes, and my healer has only good things to say about my performance. There's just those times when my health drops dangerously low, which might be because I have too much Defense rather than Absorption, resulting in spikier damage? In any event, I'm planning on farming the +Absorb mods from the dailies and swapping them out for my +Defense ones and see how it compares. I was just looking for some advice on swapping Defense for Absorption at my current percentages.

So I've recently started tanking hardmode flashpoints, and honestly have had no problems over 20+ runs (all HM's except Battle of Ilum, no one ever wants to run that one!). I'm running with the same healer every time, and he has no complaints about my tankishness. However, I feel like sometimes I'm a bit more squishy than I should be, so I'm looking for places I can improve. My current gear setup can be found here: http://swtor.askmrrobot.com/character/745eb682-37e6-43ce-9430-d4dbb4217c60. Basically this is a hodgepodge of gear I collected during the levelling process. While levelling I just lazily took +Defense gear, since it was fairly easy to get and seemed like a good straightfoward stat. This continued while doing my Belsavis and Ilum dailies, so I've got all +Defense mods. From other threads, it sounds like I might want to swap those for the +Absorption mods. Any advice on this, based on my current gear? In case the link above doesn't work, here's my defensive stats summary: Health: 18347 Armor Rating: 6418 (In Combat Technique) Damage Reduction: 39.27% Defense Chance: 25.07% (292 rating) Shield Chance: 34.89% (280 rating) Shield Absorption: 38.29% (150 rating) Thanks!

Thanks everyone for the input. I suspected then (and what most of you have said confirms) that the group was the biggest issue. I really just wanted to do due diligence and make sure I'm doing all I can do. Honestly once the group started CC'ing their targets, I thought it was going well. It wasn't until a DPS left the group due to our Sentinel Force Jumping into a second group and wiping us, then the group leader (healer) asking in general for a Tank, that I really started to question myself. To address the questions, I get the rotation (Kinetic Ward pretty much on cooldown, Force Breach on CD, etc), and after some practice I've gotten smoother with it, so I'm not making as many mistakes (like letting KW drop off). I've also upgraded my gear a bit, and things are going a little better. I'm going to keep going with it, and maybe see if Tharan can keep me alive in some Heroic 2's

Thanks Kitru. I did respec, definitely didn't try it as Infiltration.

Thanks Minerva. I've got moddable robes, lower robes, and helm. The armoring bit in those are within a couple of levels. A few pieces are pretty low (gloves are lvl 15, etc). I'll see about replacing those and give it another shot.

I just hit level 29 and have been levelling as Infiltration. I love Infil, but wanted to give Kinetic Combat and tanking a go. Rather than jump into flashpoints, I tried tanking a 4-person heroic quest on Tatooine. Things didn't go well on our first couple of pulls and the healer made the comment that they couldn't keep me alive. Granted, the pull had 5 elites and 2 strongs, and no one CC'ed their targets besides me, but that's another story. I'm trying to figure out where I can improve. I know I could be a bit smoother on my rotation, but I also wondered if my gear was lacking. Could all you successful Shadow tanks take a look at my numbers? HP: 5813 Armor Rating: 2458 Dmg Reduction: 27.14% Defense Chance: 16.63% Shield Chance: 20.00% Shield Absorption: 24.00% Endurance: 480 Willpower: 441

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Confused by this as well. I guess it's a personal preference for levelling (1 point in Shadowy Veil for a bit more survivability vs. Vigor for a bit more burst). I'd guess that endgame builds would go with Vigor though.