DK... how gear dependent are we?

[Vampiira]

Hello! I just started up Vanguard and made a Dark Knight. I was wondering how gear dependent the class is, how often should I be upgrading my gear, etc...

I plan on doing a lot of soloing as well. Was this a good class choice for that? Two handed weapons best for soloing? Sorry for all the questions, just looking to grasp a plan for my character's progression.

Thanks!





~<3 Vampi

[hawnz]

tanks are generally THE most gear dependent class. my bloodmage can do corpseruns naked with no issue. doing that with my DK is suicide. i try to keep my weapon upgraded. with my gear, i generally try to upgrade whenever i can get something that's a good 30-50 ac better than what i'm wearing. i'm always at 90-100% equipment expertise, so i'm probably on the extreme side when it comes to staying up to date, but that's part of the fun of the game for me.

[CopperheadFang]

DK are as gear dependant as it gets. Warrior/Paladin equally so.

Offensive fighters - moderately gear dependant.

Arcane casters - least gear dependant

Healers - somewhere in between Offensive fighters and Arcane casters.

[Zikkar]

Hello! I just started up Vanguard and made a Dark Knight. I was wondering how gear dependent the class is, how often should I be upgrading my gear, etc...

I plan on doing a lot of soloing as well. Was this a good class choice for that? Two handed weapons best for soloing? Sorry for all the questions, just looking to grasp a plan for my character's progression.

Thanks!





~<3 Vampi

Plus until it is fixed tanks also have thier items decay about 3 times as fast as others in the group.

[Ferrien]

I wouldnt say were so much gear dependant, more like the gear helps to outweigh some of the inadequacies were currently experiencing from bugs / tuning issues.

Alot of drk's complain of agro issues, but some of the better 2her's out there (im using a 75dps GS) basically take agro out of the equation because its so easy to keep it i dont use anything shy of torture and pure dps to hold agro.

[yarilo]

I wouldnt say were so much gear dependant, more like the gear helps to outweigh some of the inadequacies were currently experiencing from bugs / tuning issues.

Alot of drk's complain of agro issues, but some of the better 2her's out there (im using a 75dps GS) basically take agro out of the equation because its so easy to keep it i dont use anything shy of torture and pure dps to hold agro.

Tanks are gear dependant by definition. Tanks are very straighforward at what they do. They have 2 primary functions.

1. Aggro control.
2. Damage mitigation.

Clearly our second function makes us EXTREMELY gear dependant. Having a tank in a group whose health drops like a rock is bad. Healers waste a lot of extra energy and in general the whole group won't feel comfortable.

Also gear provides tanks with attribute in addition to pure Armor Class. Str/Dex/Con DIRECTLY affect our ability to tank since it increases block/avoidance/HP.

So, if you plan to do some serious tanking and have a good reputation I feel it's necessary to get the best gear you can afford.