SpotlessMind Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Is ion cell the reason why Vanguard tank so well? When Ion cell procs how long does it last? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyspasist Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 That and the survivability that being a Vanguard gives you. Neural Jolt and Harpoon don't hurt either. You get a number of tools that tailor towards bringing attention to yourself and tearing it away from others so they're not getting blown away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoshirou Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Is ion cell the reason why Vanguard tank so well? When Ion cell procs how long does it last? The armor bonus, threat modifier and damage reduction are ALWAYS active. Only the extra damage is a proc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walldude Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) Sgen is one of the biggest factor in tanking. the other is that you're an attention getter; All the armor in the world wont help your friends if you can't say to the bad guys "HEY A**HOLE, OVER HERE!"When it comes down to it, you also can be an even better damage dealer then the commando (dare i say), at the expense of greater ammo consumption. In the end i'd say the vanguard's roles are: Tank, Attention-Getter, Burst damage Edited January 1, 2012 by Walldude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevalon Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Sgen is one of the biggest factor in tanking. the other is that you're an attention getter; All the armor in the world wont help your friends if you can't say to the bad guys "HEY A**HOLE, OVER HERE!" When it comes down to it, you also can be an even better damage dealer then the commando (dare i say), at the expense of greater ammo consumption. In the end i'd say the vanguard's roles are: Tank, Attention-Getter, Burst damage This isn't true at all...we may have slightly more BURST than Commando's (but its very slight) but over more than 30-40 seconds the Commando starts to significantly pull away from us in damage.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozivicus Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 The armor bonus, threat modifier and damage reduction are ALWAYS active. Only the extra damage is a proc. I know I'll get flamed for this, but can you explain that a bit more please? What exactly happens when the ion cell is proc'd? Do I need to do anything on my UI to take advantage of that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardaTheHobo Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 (edited) I know I'll get flamed for this, but can you explain that a bit more please? What exactly happens when the ion cell is proc'd? Do I need to do anything on my UI to take advantage of that? The only thing that procs is the damage The rest is passive. If you wanna see directly what it does open your character sheet pull up the defense stats then put on ion cell Edited January 1, 2012 by BardaTheHobo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brodehouse Posted January 1, 2012 Share Posted January 1, 2012 Ion Cell proccing allows for High Impact Bolt, but that won't be an issue in group situations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpotlessMind Posted January 2, 2012 Author Share Posted January 2, 2012 (edited) Thanks for clearing up the Ion cell proc thing. It really was my fault for not reading the ion cell in game description clearly enough. I just thought the proc gives all of the abilities. So, it passively gives everything and only procs for damage. Edited January 2, 2012 by SpotlessMind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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