Greyfeld Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 (edited) The last MMO I played was the infamous World of Warcraft, which I haven't touched since 2006. So, my tanking experience comes attached to characters that have a slew of high-threat maneuvers that keep mobs from running after the squishes in my group. I took some time to look over the Vanguard and noticed that, while there are a lot of talents that reduce incoming damage, there's very little in the way of high threat generation. So, as somebody who wants to learn before ruining somebody else's day, how does a Vanguard tank without the presence of high threat abilities? Edited December 25, 2011 by Greyfeld Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaesebreze Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Ion Cell (tanking stance) has a 50% increase on threat generation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greyfeld Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 Ion Cell (tanking stance) has a 50% increase on threat generation. I haven't gotten it yet, so that would explain a bit lol. Having a lower damage output is compensated by the higher threat of Ion Cell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralos Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Yes, that's exactly it. We also have 2 taunts, one is an AoE. We do have some nice AoE damage, that combined with Ion Cell makes us very decent for multi mob tanking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanaco Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Yes, that's exactly it. We also have 2 taunts, one is an AoE. We do have some nice AoE damage, that combined with Ion Cell makes us very decent for multi mob tanking. Hmm. When do we get our AOE taunt? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachycardia Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Hmm. When do we get our AOE taunt? lvl30 Sonic Round Instant Range: 30m Fires a sonic round that taunts your target and all nearby targets to attack for 6 seconds. Enemy players have their damage reduced for 6 seconds unless they attack you. http://www.torhead.com/ability/a7gxRFV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanaco Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 lvl30 Sonic Round Instant Range: 30m Fires a sonic round that taunts your target and all nearby targets to attack for 6 seconds. Enemy players have their damage reduced for 6 seconds unless they attack you. http://www.torhead.com/ability/a7gxRFV Ah, very cool. For some reason I misread that when I saw it last and forgot about it xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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