Why, Mr. Barb? WHY?!

Brigid - Harshlands wrote: »

Also, I love how whoever that was thinks a 6x and a 4x can kill a 9x. Sorry to break it to you buddy, but no amount of coordination or tactics is going to help when you do two digits of damage to them, and they do four or five to you.

Well, to be fair, the 5x in the squad besides me was also an Assassin who was doubting the Barb's ability to tank. It was only the Archer and Barb who were thinking they could do any of this, and also thinking they could take down a 9x.

MANray_ - Sanctuary wrote: »

You're right and i may have been somewhat harsh in my judgement. I apologize. It was the SS of you talking the other sin into staying that made me suspect you may have encouraged this. Yes, if you had already warned them about the outcome then you're blameless in this.

Thank you, I appreciate you saying so. I understand though how that could have made it look like I was sticking around just to see something funny without trying to help them first.

@BloodFire

Very true. I am still wondering on how that squad would have done it, whether it be switching aggro between each other, using the Psychic's to heal, or any combination of those with a charm.

Escorian - Dreamweaver wrote: »

well here is the thing obviously you werent even willing to try to help the barb out for the simple matter of fact that you are how high i know on my sin i am constantly stealing agro from barbs not to mention BloodPaint is more then enough to help me stay alibe while tanking bosses. you obviously just stood around doing nothing which ended up causing such issues.

Well, first off, as I said, I tried to tell him he could not tank this boss using only pots. He however, insisted on it, no matter how much I told him he couldn't.

Second, I use Bloodpaint all the time, it alone is not enough to keep any class alive at that level while tanking a boss unless you happen to be talking about the FB19 bosses. Even if we assume you are doing 1.5k damage on normal attacks, you would still be getting about 30 hp per hit. With a standard of 5 hits every 4 seconds, you are getting 150 hp every 4 seconds, and bosses do more than that to me even when I have other class buffs.

Now I could tank using only Bloodpaint, Life Powder, Second Wind, and some pots and instant heal pots. However, if I were going to do that, I would just solo the BH and get all the drops for myself, at least taking off what I would have to pay in repairs and pot replacements.

No, I did not stand around doing nothing. I did what a DD is supposed to do and avoid taking aggro from the one who is tanking. The archer didn't do that as she died before the tank. Then the Barb died, which put Calcid on me then. Because of the reasons I stated, I went stealth, and saved myself after they both died.

Do not blame me for the mistake of someone else. It was the Barb, not me, who did not take advice and get a cleric. It was the Barb, not me, insisted on tanking without a cleric. Yes, I could have easily stolen aggro, just as the archer could easily have stolen aggro from me.

It's a vicious circle, and it comes down to the fact that there was no cleric because the Barb refused to just wait and go get one. I was 58 at that time, the archer was 66. Tell me, who is more likely to deal more damage? The archer was skill spamming, and I know for a fact I can do about 58% more damage with a bow's normal attacks as I can with daggers. So, do the math, you'll see aggro would have been taken off of me anyways, because neither of them knew what they should have done. The archer should have controlled her aggro, the barb should have gotten a cleric or charm at least.