What stats do I need before I can be the MT in POV?Follow

My paladin hit 58 the other day.. after buffage I have around 5K HP's and 1150 AC. My fellow guildy ( who is a level 65 paladin) said do not even THINK of doing tanking in POV until level 61+.. DAMN! A guild cleric was there at level 55.. Grrrr!!

My plan for now is when I get to level 59 (the level at which my skills stop rising due to hitting their maxes) to get some AA's.. stamina X 3 to finish off my Baron title, then CA1, CS1, and ND1.. then go for level 60.. then see how I do..

Until then I will see a lot of Velks and LDONS...

With 5k hp you should tank ok even at your level. You'll still need more healing than higher level tanks due to that mobs will hit you more frequent and more max hits. You take a little risk of dying by going there early; if you don't die too much, you'll get great exp. On the other hand if you end up dying every 20 mins then exp will be poor for the whole group (not because the lost exp from death, but the downtime caused by the deaths, CRs and rebuffs).

Look into other zones than PoV for exp at mid 50's. Sol C, Veksar, PoN higher level camps, PoI deeper in, CoD etc all can be very good exp.

By the way, I really would advise you to keep levelling instead of pausing to do AAs. Gaining levels gives you more power than gaining defensive AAs. Plus, generally the higher level you are, the quicker you will get AAs. At least get to 62 so that you can open up more hunting grounds (such as BoT and Tactics).

To inform your decision, read this post

Atually Defence and Weapons slikks max out at 60. I see your point about stopping for AA but honestly levels are more important and it's a lot easier to get groups at 60 than it is at 59, especially LDoN.

59 is hell on earth btw took me longer to get 25% in 59 than the whole of 60.

Levelling to 60 gets you more groups and hence makes levelling to 61 etc... easier.

Most people will pick a tank purely on level.

As far as POV is concerned, at your current level the mobs are going to need to be slowed mighty quick and a resist or two in a row might mean death.

And of course as a spell-casting class, you need to look at the spells you can get. I levelled my Beastlord to 65 before starting on AAs seriously because the spells were so freaking useful. Right now I'm never lfg for long at all because of the 65% slow I got at level 65. So take a look at the spells that you can achieve before you decide to stop and do AAs, is my advice. From what I have seen, the only class that most people think NEEDS to stop and get AAs is the Ranger, for the EQ/AM3 AA abilities. And even then, last night I was grouped with a 65 Ranger who was a Baron, so it's obviously not "required".

But back to PoV tanking...when fully buffed, my Beastlord has about 5k hp and ~900 AC. My only defensive AA is Combat Agility 1 (2% melee avoidance), although I am working on getting that up to 3 (which will be 10% avoidance). Just the other night I tanked in PoV fairly well while our normal tank was running to PoK, and with a 61 druid healer too...really, getting those mobs slowed is key. And me having my 65% slow, and also being a high level, so I get fewer resists...makes a quite large difference. Heh, that's another benefit of levelling: fewer resist on your stuns, assuming they can be resisted (I have no idea, but would assume so).

But then again I was getting groups in PoV from 55 just because of my dps. So, I might not really be able to appreciate your predicament.

Game on,

The Oneiromancer

You probably can tank in PoV. Not as well as someone higher level, but you can. You've got about the right hp/ac for your level, so no real worries there. I'd stick to the caves though. Golems and spiders hit *hard* and a cleric will have a hard time keeping you alive long enough for a slow to land.

My general thoughts on AAs are "do what you'll have the most fun doing". I took a couple breaks from leveling to do AAs for exactly that reason (I think I got CA1 before just grinding up to 65, so hardly stellar). Having said that, the levels really will matter more then the AAs. You could get to level 61 in the time it'll take you to grind out maybe 7 or 8 AAs. The difference between 58 and 61 in terms of general damage taken is going to be more then what you'll get for those AAs even if you could focus purely on defensive abilities. Part of the damage equation is relative level. It's pretty noticable really.

You can certainly probably stick it out a couple more levels in PoN, but it's probably already starting to wane in terms of exp (docks is still pretty decent there IMO). Honestly, from about 58 to 63, I spent most of my time either tanking in LDoN groups, or being the "backup tank" for groups (which is much easier to do in a guild group as a paladin!). You will see a change once you hit about 63ish, and PoV will become your stomping grounds.


In the end, do what you want. It's your character. You decide what you want to do with him. It's a game, right?

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Your damage output and mitigation change at 60, 63 and then lastly at 65.
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Please explain about this.. I have never heard about this.. How does it work exactly?. Is there anywhere I can read about this??

Anyone know by what % my damage goes up and amount I take go down.. With the additional spells, HP/Mana I would get per level I may diffently revaluate my AA plans..