Curse

Ishamael Sedai · May 11, 2005, 01:52 PM // 13:52

Are monks supposed to be able to tank so well. It seems like I can kill a warrior easier than a monk. Of course the monk doesn't do the dmg a warrior would in melee.

Stephen Hawking · May 11, 2005, 01:56 PM // 13:56

In general monks develop either a pre-awareness of danger, or get really tough someway.

I.e. I tank with my monk mainly because when you heal, you get tons of agro from mobs, and in pvp. Everyone goes, "kill the healer first!" and the same is true for the enemy AI. So you either get running and healing down well, or have skills to fall back on when you are getting mobbed.

Its easy to say its harder to kill monks, but in general it is easier to kill everyone else because they're not used to being targetted first.

Ramus · May 11, 2005, 02:45 PM // 14:45

Monks can not tank me (as a w/mo) but if they are a Mo/W they can usually hold me off long enough for there buddies to put there attention on me.

Elurian · May 11, 2005, 02:57 PM // 14:57

Slapping Phys Resist and SoR on with my healing skills can give me a very nice tanking ability although it is limited to spell durations. The problem with a monk tanking because they can heal themselves is that they are not healing the party so the monk needs to learn how to drop aggro off on the wars and avoid presenting himself as a ripe target. What semi-sentient being wouldn't go for the guy keeping everyone alive even if he is a pain to take out?

plus backfire destroys any possiblity of spam healing allowing a monk to tank

Ishamael Sedai · May 11, 2005, 03:09 PM // 15:09

i often go for a monk, but sometimes i ultimately feels at that point the game isn't up to me. I am out and the monk is out. If his team wins 3 on 3 they win. If my team wins 3 on 3 we win.