A Tanks Guide (Current)

Mutantgun

Update 07 Nov 2024: Guide has been moved to this site: https://aoc-a-tanks-guide.com/
Update 04 Aug 2024: Archived the other thread and will focus all future updates here. With Alpha 2 (No NDA) around the corner, I'm going to start adding updates again more regularly.

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Hey Community,

Just wanted to let you all know I've been working on a guide for tanks/tanking. Currently still a work-in-progress, but it's being updated live as the information gets captured. I'll be updating it during this weekends alpha preview and then hopefully add a lot more content during the Alpha 1 stage.

A Tanks Guide

Please let me know what you think and feel free to spam me with questions or info.

Mutantgun

BUMP

Skills section has been updated and a new addition added: Boss Mechanics.

Mutantgun

BUMP

• Leveling stat values updated
• Ability Damage Ratings added
• BIGGEST ADDITION: Charts for Boss Mechanics

Mutantgun

• DPS changed to Damage Rating to better represent the abilities power and to bring the guide more inline with Intrepid's current view on Damage Meters
• Guide theme updated to dark mode
• Some images and charts also updated to fit better with dark mode
• Lacerate Rank 3 added to Damage Rating chart
• Added new Stats section - Current findings as to what each Primary stat does, which secondary stats they link to, new info on how those Primary stats effect your secondary stats, how much HP does 1 point of Constitution provide, etc.

Mutantgun

Small update

• Guild Skill Tree added
• Some icon quality fixes

AH93

Thanks for posting this, interesting to see how the guide develops.

I'm interested in buying AoC when it releases, and playing as a tank.

I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on building a paladin tank, akin to supporting the group as well as tanking, I'm not sure if you've had the chance to play this spec, or if you can get that far in the alpha yet?

Thanks.

Mutantgun

Thanks for the comment. Yeah we've internally had some discussion in our guild on possible classes for the tank and how to try and "min/max" the party setup by running specific tank classes to try and maximize team damage, etc. At the moment we don't have any real news yet on what exactly each class will get as their skill augments (except for the spellshield class), but I will keep the guide up to date as the new features come out.

MrRobDoe

looks very good so far, thank you for your efforts.

I will definitely keep an eye on it.

Mutantgun

Hi Everyone,

I've finally gotten around to updating the guide again and have since moved it to a new site: https://aoc-a-tanks-guide.com/

Have a look and let me know what you think. I've still got a bunch more to edit and add, but any feedback is welcome.

Mutantgun

Update:

• Updated skill tree icon sizes to be uniform across the 3 skill tree pages
• Updated menu nav to be more mobile friendly
• Merged primary attributes and races pages into one
• Added in dropdown menus for skill trees and builds
• Some styling and alignment adjustments
• Added table of content to each page
• Removed mana cost on all skills as cost increases each level
• Removed cast time as it also changes depending on your Magical Cast Speed stat
• Updated all skills with additional tooltips