tank armor needs magic resist

50 votes

we have someone playing tank, but they still get one-shot by things like the scavenger matron, i can't even heal them before they drop, their armor gets so much less damage then mercenary armor, without adding much meaningful durability (mercenary armor even gets more health, making it "tankier" vs magic, while also dealing more damage) I think giving tanks extra magic resistance would help to balance it.

Open suggestion Balance change Suggested by: Paul Kocherhans (05 Feb) • Upvoted: 04 May • Comments: 4

Comments: 4

14 Feb
Jack
scavenger matron feels a little overtuned since even one of the smaller bottles she throws a bunch of seem to oneshot while wearing level-relevant armor, though I think the poison resist perk is there exactly for this since she seems to be doing mainly if not entirely poison damage
tank armor is designed to be anti-physical while robes are anti-magical, having the tank-armor do both would leave the magerobes simply feeling inferior damage resistance-wise.
just don some robes on your tank when fighting magical enemies, ez
or mix your armorset to have some magical armor for the magic resist
or simply take the magic damage reduction perks in the tank tree
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15 Feb
K
Even on 10+ player servers I can't begin to think of a reason why you would need (or want to play as) a tank in the first place. Fixing the tank class goes way beyond some armor changes for me.
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20 Feb
Paul
Except mage robes get bonus damage, tank armor gets...defense, but not against magic, andpl parry bonuses, but shields don't work on magic. it doesn't feel great, especially when the "glass cannon" wizard can tank more hits from some enemies then the Frontline "tank"

And I say this as the wizard.

Tank armor isn't worth it, if your going melee, build the armor that give you damage, the parry bonus isn't that great, especially since you can't use a shield on magic attacks, and with so many bosses doing magic damage, what niche does the tank armor really foll in its current state?
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31 Mar
Troy
maybe add a sword throw ability too i feel like tanks and swords and shields players have a huge handicap against flying enemies