Thank you Justcae for the in-depth post. I will definitely give this a shot. +1 to you kind sir.

Having the Defense chance around 30 is that high of a defense chance noticeable? Right now my defense chance is 11% with both my shielding and absorption in the 56% range. Am I hindering myself by having that extra 12% in those two stats as opposed to putting that 12% into Defense chance?

Thank you for your help.

So over the past few days I have been trying to search to see if their are any diminishing returns on Shielding and absorption. Is anyone aware of diminishing returns on these 2 stats and if so how high should i go in each before i look at slotting something else. Currently my shield chance is 52.5% and my absorption is 50.2% (with out the 4 stack buff from the tank tree) if that helps any ( Im unable to log into game at this time to give you the specific number that my shielding and absorption are at) thanks for the help.