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I´m a s/s pally, just so u know 
a while ago I got in group with some FC ppl, and they quickly told me to put guard/intercept on the sorc in the grp. also to stick on the sorc, to know exactely where he would be as we entered combat with enemies.
well, ever since I´ve done that in any grp I´ve been in, kinda assuming I´ve been sorta a noob, not knowing to do that. but today I got some quite frightening news.
I was in a grp, guarding/intercepting the sorc, and along came sighfi. he imidiatly tried to put guard on the sorc, then said something like:
wow, this is the first time all day I havnt been able to guard the sorc. (this is in the evening, just so ur aware)
now that kinda scared me a bit, cause that means we have LOADS of ppl who dont know that the sorc in a grp NEEDS to be protected. not only is the sorc often the person who wins the most battles, but is also the one who dies most often (well, amongst those anyway).
now, to all u s/s tanks out there, after I knew that my #1 job in a grp is to protect the sorc, not only have I saved a sheitload of sorc lives, but I have died a lot less as well.
reason for this:
slam - it saves the sorc´s life, any1 get near the sorc, and u slam. if ur a pally with faith heal, use this to save the sorc´s life as well.
with the sorc alive, u get more mezz, and more dmg dealing = u die less, and so does every1 else.
and IF the sorc dies, rezz asap. it must be horrible being a sorc who dies often, after mezzing enemy, and then get no rp at all cause the grp kills the enemy before rezzing. a rezz doesnt take that long, so if u can, do rezz.
as a s/s tank u have dedicated urself to being defensive. and so u have been all through the xp part, but as u enter the rvr, a lot seem to forget this, and switches to playing ffensivly. this just aint right, if u wanna be offensive, use 2H. a defensive tanks primary task MUST be to play defensivly, to protect our casters - excactely like during xp time. ur not the one dealing the damage, the casters are, u "just" have to keep aggro off them.
of course this aint easy with 3 ppl going for the sorc, but sometimes it´s just one, or 2, and the sorc´s life can be saved.
if theres no sorc in the grp, protect the theurgist - he has pbt, and can root, if no theurg, protect whatever caster is there - enemy ALWAYS goes for cloth wearers.
point of this post:
plz, plz, plz protect the casters of our realm, the most important being the sorc as he/she is most often the #1 target for the enemy, and the #1 reason albs win a fight.
a while ago I got in group with some FC ppl, and they quickly told me to put guard/intercept on the sorc in the grp. also to stick on the sorc, to know exactely where he would be as we entered combat with enemies.
well, ever since I´ve done that in any grp I´ve been in, kinda assuming I´ve been sorta a noob, not knowing to do that. but today I got some quite frightening news.
I was in a grp, guarding/intercepting the sorc, and along came sighfi. he imidiatly tried to put guard on the sorc, then said something like:
wow, this is the first time all day I havnt been able to guard the sorc. (this is in the evening, just so ur aware)
now that kinda scared me a bit, cause that means we have LOADS of ppl who dont know that the sorc in a grp NEEDS to be protected. not only is the sorc often the person who wins the most battles, but is also the one who dies most often (well, amongst those anyway).
now, to all u s/s tanks out there, after I knew that my #1 job in a grp is to protect the sorc, not only have I saved a sheitload of sorc lives, but I have died a lot less as well.
reason for this:
slam - it saves the sorc´s life, any1 get near the sorc, and u slam. if ur a pally with faith heal, use this to save the sorc´s life as well.
with the sorc alive, u get more mezz, and more dmg dealing = u die less, and so does every1 else.
and IF the sorc dies, rezz asap. it must be horrible being a sorc who dies often, after mezzing enemy, and then get no rp at all cause the grp kills the enemy before rezzing. a rezz doesnt take that long, so if u can, do rezz.
as a s/s tank u have dedicated urself to being defensive. and so u have been all through the xp part, but as u enter the rvr, a lot seem to forget this, and switches to playing ffensivly. this just aint right, if u wanna be offensive, use 2H. a defensive tanks primary task MUST be to play defensivly, to protect our casters - excactely like during xp time. ur not the one dealing the damage, the casters are, u "just" have to keep aggro off them.
of course this aint easy with 3 ppl going for the sorc, but sometimes it´s just one, or 2, and the sorc´s life can be saved.
if theres no sorc in the grp, protect the theurgist - he has pbt, and can root, if no theurg, protect whatever caster is there - enemy ALWAYS goes for cloth wearers.
point of this post:
plz, plz, plz protect the casters of our realm, the most important being the sorc as he/she is most often the #1 target for the enemy, and the #1 reason albs win a fight.
