If a DD fighter wants to have anything to do with a party, they need to have something that actually costs quite a bit of money:
+9 armors. My fighter is fully +9-d, and has more defense then many tanks at said level (level 61, 1438 def fully buffed no charm, +0 lv 50 shield).
Does this mean she ceases to be a DD? Hell no. Tack on the axe and you got great damage on top of very high defense.
It costs ALOT of money (Cost me about 15g to get her entire 5x set, probably 20g or so to get some 6x items), but after all is said and done I find it very fun to be able to switch from being the highest damage dealing build in the game (Pure str), to being an extremely decent tank (She has 5cd on mock, so she can tank).
For those that are unable to support +9 armors, your abilities as both a tank AND a damage dealer will suffer.
A tank should have at least two +9 items (Shield, and top/pants), so at the very least they have more defense then their DD-wearing-sheild brethren.
This applies to 60+, but especialy to 70-77, the period where fighters truly shine as a tanking class in TR.
Basically my point is that if you see an axe fighter, don't automatically think "omg, fail tank", because there are some people out there who are able to economically support twinked characters....we're not very common, but once you find us, cling onto us like leeches - because we will travel far and accomplish many things. EDIT: And make people say we're overpowered (We are, in the right hands)
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Bijou
Lvl 89 Fighter == Arun
Lvl 87 Archer == Typewritten
Lvl 75 Mage == Rewrite
Lvl 66 Paladin == Shiirn
Goal:Get 1 gem before cap raise.
Last edited by Shiirn; 01-27-2009 at 04:22 PM..
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