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Having gone through this a bunch of times, I'll advise you to just try it. Sounds like it'll be a fun project to keep things fresh. Worst case, you just stop using the bst.

With KA, I do this with |Class tags on the heals. Not sure on others.

Yeah bard also has spell crit/damage AAs that boost it and relatively low melee damage. It's just a combination that moves us towards using a proc aug in mainhand from pretty much UF on.

Did some parsing on this for my bard on mischief - For mainhand, the 8 dmg aug is roughly equal to the 4 dmg + proc aug under burn, but the proc aug was a couple % better outside of burns. So I just slapped the 8 dmg aug in offhand. For offhand, it's no contest. Dmg aug is better.

The reason I'm saying SK is strong for group content isn't because I compared a weak warrior to a strong SK. It's because SKs are very strong in group content relative to warrior. It has enough mitigation to tank *anything* that group content can throw at it. Instant, ranged single target...

tank+bard+sham is a good baseline if it's going to be a melee group, and warrior definitely prefers a melee group. My setup is war+brd+shm+ber+rng+rng, but the two rng could be any among rog/bst/rng. One priest with warrior can get a bit iffy at times because they are all mitigation and no self...

eqfreelance forums have sections like that for each class. Sk for example https://forums.eqfreelance.net/index.php?topic=16303.0

You'll have a whole nother learning curve if you reroll warrior just b/c you think it'll be easier to play than SK. It takes plenty of time to get good at a tank and feel comfortable with it. Give yourself time and put effort into improving your keybinds, multibinds, etc to make the SK easier.

CC just sets a much higher threshold for survival when you get a bad pull or train, etc. Can also spend less time worrying about how many you pull if you know the extras will get mezzed. Plus you can pull more at a time so you can kill more at a time, and spend less time pulling.

IMO the overlap between bst and shm isn't enough reason to feel like you have to choose one or the other. BST value isn't in weak sham buffs and slows (the only thing that overlaps with sham), it's in their other ADPS (fero, etc) and mana pump for your hybrids/priests. Sham value isn't weakened...

shm/brd/bst/ber are pretty much givens for a solid melee group. Could go ranger or rog on that last slot. I doubt you'll regret going warrior if you want to play a warrior. I spent many years playing only SK, but recently started a war and found I really enjoy it.

Watching the automation is honestly a great way to git gud at playing your tank in group content. You can watch it go and pay attention to what abilities its using, and take your time setting up keybinds/socials for those things. 100% agree with everyone telling you to go sham for your 3rd...

I get a lot of satisfaction from getting all my characters built up, improving their automation, working out solutions for raid mechanics. All of the ability usage is completely in my control, so I can min/max ADPS and burn rotations far beyond what a solo player can do. Currently raiding with...

Even though it feels great to help people out, get them some XP or help them through difficult progression, it's way too likely to backfire. There are too many ways for things to go wrong. I got burned a few times and will only interact with trusted friends now. I will still hand out TAs, or...

I'd add a paladin and another DPS (bst/mag/enc). Paladin will bring a ton of healing, AOE agro, and real tanking when things are difficult.