Tanking stat spreadsheet online

[Neokarasu]

(02-14-2012 08:10 AM)TehScat Wrote:  However, every tank and healer who knows how this works will say that a 26k hp tank with next to no mitigation or avoidance is just as bad as a tank with 14k hp and massive avoidance and mitigation...

That is a faulty assumption for this game.

In WoW, you can get your described scenario due to Gems and Enchants. One can essentially stack HP or Dodge/Parry/Mastery. However in this game, you don't get one without the other. You get more defensive stats when you get better item modifications. Better item modifications will always give more Endurance than the previous level of modifications. I.e., Something Enhancement 25 will have more than Something Enhancement 23.

The biggest change you get is when you change the type of Enhancement. Due to BW itemization, the option is between Accuracy (or Surge) and more defensive stats. Sometimes you have to go down one Enhancement level to get pure Avoidance but the difference is rarely 26k HP vs 14k HP. The most you'll get is 26k HP and 25k HP if they both have avoidance stats. You'll get a bigger difference when comparing more threat-focused gearing versus a more avoidance-focused gearing.