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PLD or DRK?
Hey all,
I have been toying around with DRK as a tank for a low man static PT. Now before you all tell me how insane I am, I am well aware that a DRK is a DD and NOT a tank however I couldent help but notice that DRK gets access to a LOT of the armors a PLD wears throughout their levels of tanking such as iron muskateers etc.
At low levels (where we are atm as my DRK was 10 to start heh) the DRK has been performing BETTER then the PLD (when my PLD 22 was syncing down to 10 to the SCH) which just shocked the ever living crud out of me. Now of course at level 10 the game is completely different from higher levels but after looking over the armor selection and various subs DRK on PAPER looks like they should be able to handle tanking Ts and VTs in a low man party.
My main question is an odd one, For a LOW MAN situation (mainly 3 person parties) which would be targeting Ts/VTs would a DRK in a defensive setup be viable as the tank? Does a DRKs dmg output exceede that of a PLDs to enough degree that the killspeed would make up for the lack in defence? Or do PLDs do better dmg these days to where a PLD geared for offence would be stronger then a DRK geared for defence?
I know its a crazy idea.... but I only considered it because at level 10-15ish the DRK performed better then the PLD in our low man.... Please take in to consideration that this would be for LOW MAN ONLY and thus for would NOT be fighting ITs and by no means do I have any delusions that a DRK could come close to tanking as well as a PLD the questions are more about do we NEED that much defence and would the Offence of a defensively geared DRK be high enough to justify the extra damage taken?
I have been toying around with DRK as a tank for a low man static PT. Now before you all tell me how insane I am, I am well aware that a DRK is a DD and NOT a tank however I couldent help but notice that DRK gets access to a LOT of the armors a PLD wears throughout their levels of tanking such as iron muskateers etc.
At low levels (where we are atm as my DRK was 10 to start heh) the DRK has been performing BETTER then the PLD (when my PLD 22 was syncing down to 10 to the SCH) which just shocked the ever living crud out of me. Now of course at level 10 the game is completely different from higher levels but after looking over the armor selection and various subs DRK on PAPER looks like they should be able to handle tanking Ts and VTs in a low man party.
My main question is an odd one, For a LOW MAN situation (mainly 3 person parties) which would be targeting Ts/VTs would a DRK in a defensive setup be viable as the tank? Does a DRKs dmg output exceede that of a PLDs to enough degree that the killspeed would make up for the lack in defence? Or do PLDs do better dmg these days to where a PLD geared for offence would be stronger then a DRK geared for defence?
I know its a crazy idea.... but I only considered it because at level 10-15ish the DRK performed better then the PLD in our low man.... Please take in to consideration that this would be for LOW MAN ONLY and thus for would NOT be fighting ITs and by no means do I have any delusions that a DRK could come close to tanking as well as a PLD the questions are more about do we NEED that much defence and would the Offence of a defensively geared DRK be high enough to justify the extra damage taken?
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