Redkap Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I would like to level as dps but I will be Shield Tech later on. Can I tank and stay alive decently as AdPro or will this severely hurt a group at lower levels? Can anyone direct me to a good AdPro spec? TYVM Red~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atreyuz Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) I would like to level as dps but I will be Shield Tech later on. Can I tank and stay alive decently as AdPro or will this severely hurt a group at lower levels? Can anyone direct me to a good AdPro spec? TYVM Red~ I levelled to 37 with a Pyrotech spec (the other Dps tree), tanking every Heroic content and instance I could up to The foundry. So I guess you will be doing just fine in a Adv. Prototype spec Edited December 18, 2011 by atreyuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redkap Posted December 18, 2011 Author Share Posted December 18, 2011 Whats a better leveling spec, Shield, Proto or Pyro? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atreyuz Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 (edited) Whats a better leveling spec, Shield, Proto or Pyro? I would lvl up with one of the dps specs...so either choose proto or pyro I think they can both do good. Pick the one it seems most appealing to you. Edited December 18, 2011 by atreyuz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avanaco Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 This is great news, I was wondering about the same thing myself. Trying to level shield tech was getting pretty tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methane Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 you start to miss the defensive talents when doing flashpoints that are at your level or above once you get into the mid 20's and up content. Rebraced armor in the second tier, and shield vents/ablative upgrades in the 3rd may not look like much but help when your healer isn't totally on the ball and spec'd well for healing. Oil slick is also a really nice defensive cooldown for big pulls. I would say at least toss points into Intimidation/cumbust/Ion Overload. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOONERFREAK Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I am working as a ST for leveling but I am also leveling with a SI dps friend so it helps. But things go down quick and his off heals plus mako mean we have two manned all heroic quest so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fizbanic Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 This is great news, I was wondering about the same thing myself. Trying to level shield tech was getting pretty tedious. To be honest leveling as any one thing for a time will seem tedious. With ST if you level with it you can tank properly and efficiently, as you will get to know your defensive abilities and where they are on your hot key set up. If you level as something else then at 50 decide to tank, you have no idea on what your abilities are, where on the bars they are and how to use them properly. You essentially are a liability until you learn. I'm just leveling as a PT/ST I can take more on and risk little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Stig Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 ST is just fine for leveling. I am level 28 on my pure ST right now. I have 7.2k health and I can demolish everything in PvE solo with exception of 4+ content of my level. In WZ I am usually the only tank and I end up with "unbeatable" in 8/10 WZs and with "invincible" in 2/10. Leveling speed difference between ST and AP specs is negligible. Play the class you want to play at the end game. Getting there in 40 days or 50 makes little difference. As poster above said, if you play DPS until 50 and than switch you will have no idea about your abilities and how to employ them. Your interrupt rotation is key to tanking in TOR, get to know how to best time all four of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shohrahn Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 (edited) I am currently leveling as powertech with a mix of AP/F with 3 points in F for Flameburst activating the combustable ammo. I am struggling with some of the heroric missions even with Mako at my side when I use the cobustable ammo but when I use Ion Shell instead I can actually do some of them. I haven't tried ST yet but being tanky while leveling instead of damaging sure seems to be the way to go, to me atleast... I am currently level 18. Edited December 19, 2011 by Shohrahn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoVaFLuXx Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I am currently leveling as powertech with a mix of AP/F with 3 points in F for Flameburst activating the combustable ammo. I am struggling with some of the heroric missions even with Mako at my side when I use the cobustable ammo but when I use Ion Shell instead I can actually do some of them. I haven't tried ST yet but being tanky while leveling instead of damaging sure seems to be the way to go, to me atleast... I am currently level 18. If you were trying to use combustible cylinder, and you have most of your points speced into advanced prototype., Then you will not be getting the benefit of most of the abilities from the advanced prototype tree. The best abilities in advanced prototype tree require that cylinder to be active. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suleri Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 At least up to 32 instances can be done with fully DPS specced group. I have been running them with a guild group, so results might varry with a pug. Shield tech talents don't give you too much defensively speaking until you start geting block and absorb rating up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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