So I have a lvl. 20 Guardian that has been very decent in the lower flashpoints and heroics, but I am concerned about higher level flashpoints, raids/ops, and endgame content. Since this is basically the first dedicated tank that I have created for a MMORPG, I am bit of a noob when it comes to building in the talent tree.
After looking through different threads and other sites, I have seen many different tank and hybrid tank builds and I wanted to see if anyone here had any tips or preferences to builds. Is going into a pure tank tree a good idea or is it better to go into vigilance for damage or focus survival? My thoughts on tanking was:
Talents:
1.Threat-gen
2. Survivability/defense-buff
3. Damage
Gear/Mods
1. Endurance
2. Strength
3. Defense Rating
I currently have all talents into tanking, but I have skills that many others opted out of, can anyone explain why? These skills include Dust Storm, Lunge, and Solidified Force. Instead of people using these skills I have seen people go into Vigilance to increase strength.
Any help in this matter is greatly appreciated, as I do not want to be a Dumb-*** Tank aka "D.A.T. guy".
Thank you good sir, I guess a lot of this tanking is going to be built upon learning, experience, and help from people like you. I had often wondered about solidified force and its worth, especially since I thought hilt strike would be more useful, but appears that it is not worth the talents. I think with what you have told me I can build a more effective tank