Hello, I am Jerik looking for a hardcore guild which is pushing end game content. my main is a 236 Vanguard Tank (Jerikane) and my imp is a 229 Power-tech Tank (Jerikina). I would prefer a republic guild but if push comes to shove will have to settle for Imperial. message me on discord if interested Jerikane#0719

Hello for 78 rated gear level you want to remove the defence augments and replace them with shield chance augments this will boost your numbers up, my current ratings are DEF: 20% (with 4 part set bonus add 2%) Shield: 41% absorb: 42% these are the margins which are averaged for DF and DP HM's, although if you are deadly serious about doing HM's you need two sets of tanking gear one for each ops as different bosses do different type of attacks in which favour certain mitigations. But 1 set like mine is perfectly sufficient. Tanking is more about doing what you are supposed to be doing at the correct times. The gear only makes the healers jobs easier. If you need any other advice please don't hinder to ask there is much I haven't explained in this post I.E. relics, earpieces, barrels and implants etc.

To be honest my opinion is that since ive been playing as a trooper vanguard tank in PvE the best thing to do is ignore gear names, and aim towards initially reaching full 66, then develop your vanguard into 69 rated gear with focus on these: Defence chance: 17-18% Sheild chance: 30-33% Absorb chance: 30-33% Accuracy: 98-100% no more other wise its a waste. remainder goes on endurance, aclarity is irrelevant for a tank tbh. After this concerntrait on getting arkanian drops in operations to gain a set bonus, and eventually move towards building up to 72 rated gear without losing the percentages set. I know the percentages seem low at the moment in comparision to before 2.0 but realistically the vanguard tanking has become more, ability and rotation dependant as a result of energy blasts new 25% absorb increase and changes to other abilities this makes for a much more constant higher stats during combat rather than the previous burst defensive cooldowns. (reactive shield is still the best defensive cooldown of the class) Relics should also be considered, have on which is defence chance and the other absorb/shield chance. make sure that one is an equip/passive relic the other you can use as a defensive cooldown if nessicary in combination with riot gas. This is how i choose to tank and believe its the best method here of how to set up your class for 2.0 any questions just ask Jerikane - The Progenitor (DISREGUARD THIS POST INCORRECT INFORMATION)

I dont understand why there is a great deal of negative comments, yeah i understand the free the play might not be the best idea as it has done some damage to previous MMO's, but in all fairness this game is slowly dieing, each day less and less people are online and its a shame. the game has a brilliant storyline and endless amount of entertainment. im all for the F2P at least we'll get some more people into the game. as long as F2P allows whispers and flashpoints, and grouping im happy.