by Brohg » Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:26 pm
I've seen a lot of players claim their gear is much better than it actually is when talking about tiers of content and what they can handle. Even, or especially, tanks. 8 visible slots of Praetorian gear is not at all the same as "the best a group can offer". Jewelry, non-visibles, augments... there are 42-45 slots to upgrade before one can be considered fully geared. A fully groupable geared tank can handle tier 2 np, with a shaman healer. That's how I've done much of SoF, in fact. Moving up to tier 3, tanking more than one mob is no longer possible, but doing the content is possible with either a good puller or fast and effective CC. I'll be honest, I'm hoping to jump over some farming time by looting items that others have killed for, but from what I'm looking at now, it's only "very time consuming", not "impossible" to bootstrap into tier 4 only consulting friendly neighborhood clerics when rezzes are needed.