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Deeik
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Posted - 2006.06.17 10:56:00 -
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What is a tank in EVE? I understand what a tank is in a conventional MMO like WoW or EQ or something... but how does that apply in EVE, especially in PvP (since there are no "tanks" really in pvp in conventional MMOs where tanks exist).
I'm confused :(
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Caleb Paine
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Posted - 2006.06.17 11:04:00 -
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It's actually similar. In this game people referr to a tank as being able to withstand damage 'really well'
Like in most other MMO's it's a combination of having a lot of hitpoints on your shield (or armor, depending on shipclass) and having the right resistances to the 4 different damagetypes. If you are killing NPC rats it's easy nowadays, every faction will keep to only 2 damage types. Sansha for instance, does EMP and Thermal damage. If you know that, and you load up on high EMP and Thermal resists in your shield/armor you are able to withstand way more punishment from them and 'endure' them a lot longer, enabling you to kill them.
In a another context. People will call ships a tank if it has more defense than offense. Ships with (way) more offense than defense are mostly called gank ships
----------------- Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
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Junior Dweight
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Posted - 2006.06.17 11:08:00 -
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ahh, ok thanks.
so tanks have nothing to do with someone else mitigating damage for you while you damage enemies or otherwise harm them? or "peeling aggro"?
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Caleb Paine
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Posted - 2006.06.17 11:09:00 -
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Edited by: Caleb Paine on 17/06/2006 11:10:16 No, it's not like MMO's as DAoC or WOW in that respect. However, when in a group, the ship with the most defenses will generally open the attack and draw all aggro, so the others can attack them. ----------------- Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
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Himo Amasacia
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Posted - 2006.06.17 15:46:00 -
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Sometimes you can have ships healing you as well with remote armour shied reppers and repair drones.
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Zonna Tenshi
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Posted - 2006.06.17 20:52:00 -
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Almost like conventional MMO where the tank agro the mob so other can easily finish them. In eve, group complex mostly like this.
Tanker warp in -> tank damage from first group npc that insta agro -> others warp in -> destroy npcs that are attacking tanker.
Group leader tag npc -> tanker fire to attract agro -> other fires when targets attacking tanker.
Of course having logistic ship is convinient (think them as "healer class").
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Sakura Nihil
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Posted - 2006.06.18 00:27:00 -
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Sadly, the logistics ship is not that great in EVE tbh, but it'll get boosted eventually .
Lemme approach this from a slightly different perspective - tanking, in PvP, is the use of armor or shield modules and ship bonuses to prevent the opponent from harming you or minimizing the damage you take. Oftentimes, these tanking ships still do damage, primarily in the forms of drones and nosferatus, most noticably used in the Vexor and Arbitrator.
As for PvE though, ya, you draw the aggro and try to live .
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