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fightdawalrus
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I run T9G A lot and have a pretty solid group with 20 minute runs on average but the dps in my group is a SW and GWF. However, if I have to pick up a random sometimes for dps and get a gf, I feel off. I know its hard to keep or get aggro since thwy have a hard taunt but what im asking is how do some of you play effectively with a dps gf and keep em from dying?
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If they die, you point and laugh while they're down.
If they can't tank for their life's worth, you should humiliate them.
Loudly, and publicly, for failing at DPS GF.
I mean.... just go devo and bane his HAMSTER, you'll be a lot more usefull to the party.
House Miliskeera in exile (NW)
Sereska Miliskeera, Lvl 70 OP - Devotion (Just.)/Protection (Just.)
Shizlee Miliskeera, Lvl 70 DC - Divine Oracle (Right.)/Anoited Champion (Faith.)
Finithey Miliskeera, Lvl 70 HR - Stormwarden (Combat)/Pathfinder (Trapper)
Maya Sik-Miliskeera, Lvl 70 CW - Spellstorm
Irae Sik-Miliskeera, Lvl 70 TR - Master Inflitrator
Member - Houseclan t'Charvon (STO)
Shiarrael e'Tal'Aura t'Charvon, LvL 60, Rom Sci
S'aana ir'Virinat t'Charvon, Lvl 60, Rom Eng
T'Lyra, LvL 60, Fed, Vul Sci
Ta'el, Lvl 60, Rom Tac
And that is from a guy that always has been protect before
> I don't have a Devo loadout and never planned on making one. I guess I shall see about it
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> Well, I have to tell you that going devo in tong is the way to go
> And that is from a guy that always has been protect before
Well, I made a Devo loadout today but still a bit rusty with learning what does what. Its still weird to me
House Miliskeera in exile (NW)
Sereska Miliskeera, Lvl 70 OP - Devotion (Just.)/Protection (Just.)
Shizlee Miliskeera, Lvl 70 DC - Divine Oracle (Right.)/Anoited Champion (Faith.)
Finithey Miliskeera, Lvl 70 HR - Stormwarden (Combat)/Pathfinder (Trapper)
Maya Sik-Miliskeera, Lvl 70 CW - Spellstorm
Irae Sik-Miliskeera, Lvl 70 TR - Master Inflitrator
Member - Houseclan t'Charvon (STO)
Shiarrael e'Tal'Aura t'Charvon, LvL 60, Rom Sci
S'aana ir'Virinat t'Charvon, Lvl 60, Rom Eng
T'Lyra, LvL 60, Fed, Vul Sci
Ta'el, Lvl 60, Rom Tac
You cast bane on the main DPS, and with some practice, during boss fights, you cast bane on the main dps and on the boss
I know devo is really different from protection, but you'll see how people will love you in tong
House Miliskeera in exile (NW)
Sereska Miliskeera, Lvl 70 OP - Devotion (Just.)/Protection (Just.)
Shizlee Miliskeera, Lvl 70 DC - Divine Oracle (Right.)/Anoited Champion (Faith.)
Finithey Miliskeera, Lvl 70 HR - Stormwarden (Combat)/Pathfinder (Trapper)
Maya Sik-Miliskeera, Lvl 70 CW - Spellstorm
Irae Sik-Miliskeera, Lvl 70 TR - Master Inflitrator
Member - Houseclan t'Charvon (STO)
Shiarrael e'Tal'Aura t'Charvon, LvL 60, Rom Sci
S'aana ir'Virinat t'Charvon, Lvl 60, Rom Eng
T'Lyra, LvL 60, Fed, Vul Sci
Ta'el, Lvl 60, Rom Tac
Playing with a DPS GF is really up to the cleric to keep him up. If the GF is dying a lot, the cleric is probably mindlessly going through rotations not paying attention to what's actually happening in the fight.
The GF is going to get the dot burn every time Ras Nsi cleave's, so the DC has to be ready after every single chop w/ a manual heal (DG, HW, BoH) to cleanse. In my experience Astral Seal catches a lot of them, but not all of them.
Quick question, im messing around with Devo now but wondering how tanking comes into or are you not tanking and just healing? Without the temp hp
Those whiney sods have 2x DCs and a Healadin to support their candy ***.
They can live with having to learn how to tank.
Your duties as Afkadin are to place Bane on the GF, place Bane on the boss, and to provide Aura Gifts and Aura of Courage&Wisdom.
You aren't properly Afkadin-ing if you aren't Afking properly!
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> You don't tank, you make the DPS GF do it.
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> Those whiney sods have 2x DCs and a Healadin to support their candy ***.
> They can live with having to learn how to tank.
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> Your duties as Afkadin are to place Bane on the GF, place Bane on the boss, and to provide Aura Gifts and Aura of Courage&Wisdom.
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> You aren't properly Afkadin-ing if you aren't Afking properly!
So, put bane on, bond and then leave to go grocery shopping, gym, etc?
(Seriously though, on mob fights, keep Bane on two DPSers in your team. On bosses, you need to keep up Bane on main DPS and boss. Bond is there to proc Radiant Champion and passive heals for the Primal set bonus.
You can use something else for the last encounter slot. Vow for the chip damage or Absolution if teaming with a DPS GF. If you run with a Templock, do not use Vow unless you like lagging the rest of the team).
Bond of Virtue, Burning Light and Vow of Emnity are the Burnadins' tools.
You'll have your shield bar (from Absolution), then your TempHP (from ITF/whatever), then your regular HP.
If you take damage, the game will deduct points from Absolution's shield before hitting your TempHP, meaning you "keep" your TempHP for Wrathful Warrior.
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> So, put bane on, bond and then leave to go grocery shopping, gym, etc?
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> This one understands the art of Afkadin!
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> (Seriously though, on mob fights, keep Bane on two DPSers in your team. On bosses, you need to keep up Bane on main DPS and boss. Bond is there to proc Radiant Champion and passive heals for the Primal set bonus.
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> You can use something else for the last encounter slot. Vow for the chip damage or Absolution if teaming with a DPS GF. If you run with a Templock, do not use Vow unless you like lagging the rest of the team).
So, let me make sure im getting this...
Bane has 3 charges, so on boss with a dps gf I keep bane on both? As in, lets say, 2 on GF and 1 on boss?
If you place Bane on someone (boss or enemy), you will add another stack of Bane to a maximum of 3, in addition to refreshing any pre-existing Bane stacks (ex: 2 Bane Stacks on DPS GF, place Bane again, DPS GF now has 3x Bane and the timer goes back to 16 seconds).
If you have enough Recovery, you can recharge a stack of Bane every few seconds (say, 6). The goal is to manage your Bane timers well so you can keep 3x on DPS GF and on the boss.
If you're on console, I'd recommend a Heart of the Black Dragon used with the Artificer's Persuasion insignia bonus. Purposely miss with the active power to gain a ton of Recovery, in addition to giving you a timer of sorts that can help you keep track of when you need to refresh Bane on certain targets.