Sigel knight

Hello guys.I am comming back to l2 and i have some questions about the tank class.Ive seen allot of complaining that tanks are not good for pvp (group or 1vs1)and farming.Is that true coz i wanted to start a dark elf sigel knight and now im not sure.I wanna know if they are good for 1vs1 pvp outside olly.Thank you

love to see group/mass pvp going without a tank lol.. every party has 1 tank period.

1 vs 1 is ok if you pick the right kind of classes to fight and if you have top gear even that's not that important.. still if you pvp ppl 3+ levels higher then yourself forget it most of the time you will lose.

I'd like to know where you hear those complaints...not on oficial L2 for sure.

Well there is a topic at Chronos servers and its called "why does no one play tanks anymore". ppl there said its a boring and ussles char to play and i was wondering if thats true

Makes no sense, Ppl QQ coz no tanks on list from 85 to 89 and you cannot start parties without one.

You can do GoG fine w/o a tank, just stay away from the groups ;)
Kartia can be done w/o tank too

Im Shillien Templar lv83... please, don't make me regreat... :P

Hope i wont i started one as well:)

Sorry but i dunno how you plan to start a XP party in gog upper or Orbis, with eficiently good XP without a tank, the feoh is gonna tank or what?

By boring they probably mean omfg QQ cant 4 hit an enemy, cant spam F1 F2 F3 F4. Then sure.

Tank is the most enjoyable class in the game for pve and pvp. You just have to be in the mindset that your not there for pvp points. You are there to keep everyone alive. A tank can amass a nice amount of pvp's as well! getting last hits in pvp, our skills are not insane but they are not weak either. Also Chain Hydra ftw.

1v1 in L2 is silly. Olympiad is pretty much dead as well~ Tank can do fairly well in 1v1 situations though. Any melee class will fall to you, and most mages are stupid and will fall to you as well when you reflect damage then pop UD for the final blow.

In PvE tanks/healers get the most adrenaline, but still tanks are more fun as they fight for aggro.

-in pve is fun while u don't go to harnak (i hope in higer levels dont exist a similar dungen coz being a tank there is insanely bored)

-in party or mass pvp is cool, we have a lot of aoes, nice chains and fast reuse aura of hate to keep enemys focusing on u

-in oly is fine, not really good, but fine...

-in 1 vs 1 in open fields is so bad... you are actually good fighting warriors on 1vs 1, and yeah wiz can suicide, but any smart ppl can kite a tank now with every other job, and if they are losing they can just run away and the tank will never catch them

tanks are now a lot simpler than before, no real debuffs, selfbuffs,cool cubix(well just 1 and is cool but just in high levels), nukes...

Question:

With that star of destiny that allows any class to awake to any class...
Which class should i pick to have the best stats after awakening?

Orc, dwarf? Or just stick to Dark elf or regular tanks?

Thank you!

Question:

With that star of destiny that allows any class to awake to any class...
Which class should i pick to have the best stats after awakening?

Orc, dwarf? Or just stick to Dark elf or regular tanks?

Thank you!

for tank i'd pick orc or dwarf

orc for top con (sield def rate) and celestial

dwarf for good con, knockback and reflect

for tank i'd pick orc or dwarf

orc for top con (sield def rate) and celestial

dwarf for good con, knockback and reflect

/agree
In general, i think dwarf can be the best tanker of all races.

still the most important factor in the end game settings will be like it always has been:
- know how to play
- gear/augments (reflect etc.)
- skill oe
- dyes set up

this is assuming all are lvl99, the race factors in for a little but the skill oe/gear alone will trump that easily