TriVenom Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) I have 8 toons, most level 55 and some 60. My main, my first, and my pride and joy is an assasin... DPS asassin. This disappoints me because after I saw the damage my gunslinger (sniper) and sentinel (marauder) could deal, I was quite frankly pretty disappointed. I already bought all my 186 DPS gear and my rotation would be messed up and stuff, not to say that I can't respec to tank because I can always obtain the resources for a full tank respec, but I also see the freaking assassin tanks getting beaten down on too! So I reach out to you now, forums, should I or should I not go through the struggle to become an assassin tank? In case you wonder my characters are: TriVenom, Asassin DPS RaiVenom, Powertech tank RiVenom, Operative healer DriVenom, Juggernaut tank SliVenom, Sage healer XiVenom, Gunslinger DPS AriVenom, Sentinel DPS KiVenom, Commando DPS EDIT: I wonder if the Self-Healing the hatred tree implements is supposed to make up for low-moderate DPS? Edited December 9, 2014 by TriVenom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IInox Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I have 8 toons, most level 55 and some 60. My main, my first, and my pride and joy is an assasin... DPS asassin. This disappoints me because after I saw the damage my gunslinger (sniper) and sentinel (marauder) could deal, I was quite frankly pretty disappointed. I already bought all my 186 DPS gear and my rotation would be messed up and stuff, not to say that I can't respec to tank because I can always obtain the resources for a full tank respec, but I also see the freaking assassin tanks getting beaten down on too! So I reach out to you now, forums, should I or should I not go through the struggle to become an assassin tank? In case you wonder my characters are: TriVenom, Asassin DPS RaiVenom, Powertech tank RiVenom, Operative healer DriVenom, Juggernaut tank SliVenom, Sage healer XiVenom, Gunslinger DPS AriVenom, Sentinel DPS KiVenom, Commando DPS EDIT: I wonder if the Self-Healing the hatred tree implements is supposed to make up for low-moderate DPS? KBN stated that assassin tanks ahve the most mitigation.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriVenom Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 KBN stated that assassin tanks ahve the most mitigation.. So then.. Whuuut? Are you trying to tell me they are the best tanks or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimGenre Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 well, I've never had any problems tanking on my sin, don't feel any squishier than tanking on a jugg, so if you've never done it, give it a shot, although there's a reason the queue finder is basically instant if you're a tank... there aren't many of them in game compared to other roles because honestly, it get's boring. I never dps'd on my sin once until long after I hit 55, doubt I'll go back, tanking is boring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aelanis Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I have 8 toons, most level 55 and some 60. My main, my first, and my pride and joy is an assasin... DPS asassin. This disappoints me because after I saw the damage my gunslinger (sniper) and sentinel (marauder) could deal, I was quite frankly pretty disappointed. I already bought all my 186 DPS gear and my rotation would be messed up and stuff, not to say that I can't respec to tank because I can always obtain the resources for a full tank respec, but I also see the freaking assassin tanks getting beaten down on too! So I reach out to you now, forums, should I or should I not go through the struggle to become an assassin tank? In case you wonder my characters are: TriVenom, Asassin DPS RaiVenom, Powertech tank RiVenom, Operative healer DriVenom, Juggernaut tank SliVenom, Sage healer XiVenom, Gunslinger DPS AriVenom, Sentinel DPS KiVenom, Commando DPS EDIT: I wonder if the Self-Healing the hatred tree implements is supposed to make up for low-moderate DPS? As Hatred, your single target rotation just includes Leeching Strike instead of a Thrash where you can do it. That's the only difference. Hatred is also doing very solid in terms of damage, still, so I don't know what you're disappointed about, or even talking about with "low-moderate DPS." Assassin tanks are also in a really good spot, and got buffed in this expansion (unlike the last one ). Assassins are incredibly solid tanks with tons of survivability, mobility and utility to bring to the table in PvE (and probably do better in PvP with the nerfed damage levels). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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