I will run halfway across a map, past an enemy hutball carrier on the goal line, past a ninja capping op, past a mound of gold coins, just to push a sniper out of cover.

I'm using 19/22 as well. After making the switch, I don't think I could tank without Commanding Awe (not sure of the Jugg mirror) again. I'd love to have that extra stun, but the incredibly short CD on Enraged Defense means I pretty much always have a defense CD when I need one. (Guardian version) Saber ward -> Focused Defense -> Warding Call -> Focused Defense Warding Call and Saber Ward are nice, but their cooldowns are just too long. As someone else mentioned, the constant 4% damage reduction is hella nice too.

I joined the website Oct 2008. The game let me down tremendously and I quit for more than half a year a few months after launch, but I'm back for now. I still want TOR to succeed.

I've been dueling a bit lately with my friend. I'm a guardian tank in full tank gear; my friend has an assassin and a trooper, both geared comparatively in PvP gear. If I'm on top of my game, I own the assassin - probably because I mitigate all of his saber attacks. However his trooper destroys me. The duels last awhile but his sustained DPS (tech damage) ends up shredding me eventually. This made me start thinking about my tank spec and my counters and who I counter. I'll be fine against any white damage ACs (or specs), but will get owned by any force/tech damage spec. What are some other hard counters for 1v1s? Are there any classes that are "safe?"

This is so terrible, BW.

Can't get in, quite lame.

I'll be there tonight for the Republic.

Girlfriend agro may be lifted by Saturday night. If so, I'll be there. Are week days not an option due to raids and work? Weekends are normally pretty full for me and my friends.

This game has enough no-resolve roots.

As a tank, I take particular interest in this. Do you suggest rolling with 25k hp and 1350+ expertise, or 27k and ~1200-1250 EXP? Enure/Endure + Medpac makes the extra health rather meaningful IMO.

Played on Bria from 04-08. Had some good times with RGE, McO-E, FTW, FOE, WRATH, DN, ID, etc. That was a good community with both sides having some great guilds. Base swapping and fight clubbing was lame, but when we had legit PvP it was good.

I would be okay with a short lockout after one leaves during a WZ, but you should be allowed to leave before a WZ starts. There are days when I just really don't want to play Huttball, or VS, or whatever.

Lols were had.

Very nice, looked like fun. Hopefully I'll be around the next time WPvP happens. Is that Gladiator music? Dig dig dig.

In the week that I've been back in the game at 50, I've won a large majority of my morning WZs and lose a smaller majority of WZs at night. Mostly because premades run at night and randoms suck. Maybe the morning PvPers are stay-at-home dads who are juggling a baby with one arm, I dunno.

I just went through this on my Guardian less than a week ago. I had 2800 RWZ and 2750 normals (I suggest spending your entire 49th level enjoying one last dominant level of PvP so you get more RWZ). As soon as I hit 50, I bought two EWH relics and a WH belt. After four or five days of moderate playing time, I'm in full WH. Of course you should be in the Recruit gear as you fill out your WH, but I'm sure you already know that. IMO skipping straight to the EWH relics helped a lot. The role I'm playing right now is full tank, in a 27/11/2 spec. As such, I went after the War Leader armor set. What I will be doing this week is working on the Vindicator set so that I can mix and match in more of a hybrid set - the two piece Vindicator set bonus is great for tanks (8% heal every time you Guardian Leap). I would suggest min-maxing your WH set to your desired stats before moving on to the EWH set, because more than likely only some of the EWH mods will be an increase. IIRC a lot of the EWH armor has accuracy mods, yuck.

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With one more level to go, I should have ~2300 RWZ and 2750 NWZ. I was just going to buy a WH chest piece and greaves I think. Build up my WH set and then start on the EWH. It's roughly 10k NWZ for a completely full set of WH, which is only like a week or two of PvP suckage. I'll probably skip the WH relics and go straight to the EWH relics anyway, so it won't take long at all to start working towards EWH.

On VS you can hit 50k protection without even being a tank. Just use your taunts whenever it's up. Your AOE taunt is a great way to get the 10k protection in one life medal - just use it in the middle of a big fight and don't die. When you push someone, don't leap immediately to them. Hit your saber throw, and then wait for a heal or other channeled ability before you leap back. On a capture point map like VS or Alderaan, save your CCs. You can lock an enemy down just long enough for your teammates to capture the point. Don't pop your defensive CDs all at once. You survive longer if you use them back to back to back. On Alderaan you can, quite literally, send those pesky snipers on mid's second level flying over the battlements with your force push (from the ground). When defending a node by yourself, your goal isn't to win 1v1s or 1v2s. Call out the incoming, pop your CDs and CCs, /laugh, and wait for your backup to clean up. Sometimes, you just have to ignore the previous tip. 1v2 those *********** and own it.

Kick / Stasis / Kick / Push / Leap / Kick / Hilt strike (if you have it) If you've got all your CDs a gold or silver should never get off a channeled attack ever.

So is it better to trade back in your ranked comms when you hit 50? That's a big loss.

Body type 4, with a Guerrilla chest plate and a Destroyer helm. I look like a turtle with a mohawk. And as a tank, it fits perfectly.

I've rolled a PvP guardian who I'm tanking with. Currently at level 41 and this is the build I'm working toward: http://www.torhead.com/skill-calc#101GRhdzdrdbZfzrMM.2 What do you think? It's a pretty beefy spec, has Unstoppable, and Force Scream gives some really nice procs.

You can CC the two champion adds during the Bonethrasher fight (the cats). CC them for a minute and then reapply the CC. Easier than tanking or killing them immediately.

Why W-R for strafe? For me at least it's much easier to hit the keys above my fingers (rather than the ones below), so S-F is better for me. Q-T, A, G become your main "letter" keys. The bottom row is used for the less frequently used combat skills. Do you use your thumb to hit some the lower keys on the W-R setup?