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1.6.3 Contributor to a group (Endgame instancing)

The idea that we might do nothing other than throw an occasional battle rez to our group members is deliciously absurd. It’s not going to blow away an assassin or barbarian, but we do have the best dps of our archetype - so if we’re not tanking, let’s represent that! There are benefits to both carnage and brute, though with improved inspire age of conan gold the ranks broken, brute tree has far more favorable group-friendly buffs (self buffs available there add to your group versatility - explained later). Improved furious inspiration is arguably one of the more useful things we can do for our group. If they fix the feat for imp. inspire, then I’d prefer carnage for buffs (war lord, imp. inspire the ranks, imp. fire weave), though this could hardly be looked at so one-dimensional..

So yeah, know which feats get the dps you want, but make sure you don’t exclude some degree of mitigation/survivability/tank feats as most every group will want you to step up and tank a bit. Also, don’t split age of conan gold your feats evenly between the trees for the buffs, as this essentially makes you master of nothing. I tried it, and it just doesn’t work very well.

This is what I mean: let’s say there’s a group of 5 people, looking to grab a 6th. Assuming they have a few strong dps classes, they may very well decide to opt for the group-friendliness and added dps/utility a conqueror has. However, if you’re simply set on doing nothing but dps, most groups will think you’re pretty gimp. And rightly so. We’re not breaking records on dps with this class, guys. Understand there’s going to be many situations where 1 tank just ain’t enough. Especially when everyone is slowly getting to 80 their first time - no one’s really going to have the gear to tank two or three level 81 elites. Most groups will expect you to be able to tank, and do it well, so keep that in mind when you spec. If you’re specced nothing but dps into carnage, you’re not just hurting yourself- you’re hurting your group as well.