Curse

Pyro maniac · Jan 16, 2008, 03:37 PM // 15:37

because they fail

Teutonic Paladin · Jan 16, 2008, 04:28 PM // 16:28

Because the job of a warrior is to tank? Tanking significantly reduces the damage your party takes, makes AoE (SH/RI/Splinter) do massive damage, and allows your monks to focus on one person. Also, tanking requires nothing but your naturally absurd armor level so you can use whatever you like on your skill bar.

Pyro maniac · Jan 16, 2008, 04:33 PM // 16:33

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Originally Posted by Teutonic Paladin

Also, tanking requires nothing but your naturally absurd armor level so you can use whatever you like on your skill bar.

[skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill][skill]Obsidian Flesh[/skill][skill]Dolyak Signet[/skill][skill]Grasping Earth[/skill][skill]Endure Pain[/skill][skill]Signet of Stamina[/skill][skill]Glyph of concentration[/skill]

atts: 12 earth, 12+3+1 strenght.

all spare slots and free attributes points can be filled in freely to your own preferences

isamu kurosawa · Jan 16, 2008, 04:33 PM // 16:33

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Originally Posted by Teutonic Paladin

Because the job of a warrior is to tank? Tanking significantly reduces the damage your party takes, makes AoE (SH/RI/Splinter) do massive damage, and allows your monks to focus on one person. Also, tanking requires nothing but your naturally absurd armor level so you can use whatever you like on your skill bar.

The job of a warrior is to kill stuff, its what they are best at. They are only used as tanks by people who don't know how to play the game properly.

Earth · Jan 16, 2008, 04:34 PM // 16:34

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Originally Posted by Teutonic Paladin

Because the job of a warrior is to tank?

No comment.

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Originally Posted by Pyro maniac

[skill]Stoneflesh Aura[/skill][skill]Obsidian Flesh[/skill][skill]Dolyak Signet[/skill][skill]Grasping Earth[/skill][skill]Endure Pain[/skill][skill]Signet of Stamina[/skill][skill]Glyph of concentration[/skill]

atts: 12 earth, 12+3+1 strenght.

all spare slots and free attributes points can be filled in freely to your own preferences

That build sucks and is used by bad players.

Pyro maniac · Jan 16, 2008, 04:36 PM // 16:36

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Originally Posted by Earth

That build sucks and is used by bad players.

referring to the fact that Teutonic Paladin says: Can use whatever I like while tanking

I (just like everyone else here) do strongly disagree that tanking is good ..

Arkantos · Jan 16, 2008, 04:41 PM // 16:41

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Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex

Because in other MMOs, warrior classes are, indeed, Tanks.

The thinking carries over without anyone actually trying otherwise (look at PuGs), silly people assume warriors are tanks, and... well...
Warriors end up as tanks despite being the scariest damage dealers in the game.

Just further proof that humanity, as a whole, is incredibly stupid.

QFT.

You deserve a kitty for winning the thread in one post.

nebuchanezzar · Jan 16, 2008, 05:29 PM // 17:29

Actually tank has devolved into a term equating to damage sponge imo.
Originally, tank meant armored object that hits very hard. Most older games of the genre "tanks" had high armor, high damage, slow attack speed. This was counter to things such as rogues(assassins) which had low armor, low-medium damage, high attack speed. Otherwise known as glass-cannons.
Many games began to denigrate the damage side of the "tank" and that idea carried over to GW. Now somehow, the average player seems to forget about the high damage part of a tank.
GW has tried to put the "Boom" back in the tank, even if the player base is slow to understand it.

Stormlord Alex · Jan 16, 2008, 06:22 PM // 18:22

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Originally Posted by Arkantos

QFT.

You deserve a kitty for winning the thread in one post.

meow

Age · Jan 16, 2008, 07:39 PM // 19:39

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Originally Posted by Crom The Pale

Part of it comes from people comparing modern weaponry to medievil times.

Armored knights on horseback were the "tanks" of thier time.

Some of it also comes just from the look of the warrior. A war in Platemail or Templar certainly looks like a walking tank, the same is certainly not true for elite gladiator armor....

This is not necessary true most Knights from back then wore heavy armour and the weapons well they were heavy but there were no spell castors around.It was just Knight that were Knights and this was in the 13 to 14 AD. not in the medeivil times.They were called Warriors in medievil times although lightly armoured.StormlordAlex got it right as the case of GW though Warriors are there to absorb the damage and not do much of it.That is for the Elementalists.

Yichi · Jan 16, 2008, 10:27 PM // 22:27

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Originally Posted by Age

...Warriors are there to absorb the damage and not do much of it.That is for the Elementalists.

LMFAO...

12 chars

Arkantos · Jan 16, 2008, 10:38 PM // 22:38

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Warriors are there to absorb the damage and not do much of it.That is for the Elementalists.

I do believe you need to learn more about Guild Wars if you think warriors should be absorbing damage and not dealing much of it. A bad warrior only deals damage, a bad warrior only absorbs damage. A good warrior does both. In PvE anyways. If you attempt to PvP with a tank you should uninstall.

Tyla · Jan 16, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

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Originally Posted by Arkantos

If you attempt to PvP with a tank you should uninstall.

Seconded...
Never knew that it came from other games, buuuut since warrior > tank namewise anyway...

Ben-A-BoO · Jan 16, 2008, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Wiki usually gives you the answer to these kind of riddles:

Tank

As Fangclaw said... that warriors are called tanks goes back to the early days of prophecies.

Stormlord Alex · Jan 16, 2008, 10:48 PM // 22:48

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Originally Posted by Arkantos

If you attempt to PvP with a tank you should uninstall.

Oh shush. Tanks have a use in PvP.

Easy balth faction and glad points, anyone?

Blu · Jan 16, 2008, 11:02 PM // 23:02

LOL nubs tanks r teh leet wtf are u talkin bout. I gt 3 glad points in RA yesterday.

I would insert sarcasm tags but there is no such thing as sarcasm on the Internet.

Edit: Hi fellow TAM!

horseradish · Jan 17, 2008, 12:06 AM // 00:06

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Originally Posted by cellardweller

Much simpler reason:

Warrior - 3 Syllables
Tank - 1 Syllable

People are lazy

QFT!

Me: "We need warriors or something."
PUG leader: "GLF TANKS!!!111!!!!!!"
Me: "Warriors aren't tanks..."
PUG leader: "I kno. I'm just lazy :P"
Me: "-__-"

It's like pop culture unfortunately. People say things cuz other ppl say it. :/

Really, I'm scared less whenever a warrior runs toward me.

Tank? Pfft, my ass.

Age · Jan 17, 2008, 12:10 AM // 00:10

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Originally Posted by Arkantos

I do believe you need to learn more about Guild Wars if you think warriors should be absorbing damage and not dealing much of it. A bad warrior only deals damage, a bad warrior only absorbs damage. A good warrior does both. In PvE anyways. If you attempt to PvP with a tank you should uninstall.

No.I don't as I don't play a tank I was giving a generalization of one in GW as to the thread Avarre(sorry to Avarre if I spelled your name wrong) made about the Trinity as to W,E and Mo.

I would just like to add though you can still be made a Knight if you live where there is King or Queen as official head of state.

Crom The Pale · Jan 17, 2008, 04:00 AM // 04:00

It was kinda funny, just the other night I watched 300 again and it rushed through my mind, "Man those guys know how to Tank!"

Antheus · Jan 17, 2008, 04:23 AM // 04:23

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"Man those guys know how to Tank!"

C'mon, those 300 were P/W. Spears, shouts, not worrying about agro - obviously pre-nerf paragons.