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Bio/Spines, huh? Ok I will take a look at that. How's his END management?

Thanks, I did not know about the aggro cap. That will make a big difference. I did a test run from 1-18 with a brute that was specced for survivability and the test tanker I ran that was just like him was much more survivable. So I think I am 'OK' in that area. It's just the same old worry I have with other tank jobs. Keeping my herd of cats from making their mice all mad at once and one of my team dies. I do have a dedicated healer defender, so not super worried, but I also don't want the enemies running around with impunity.

Hmm, I just read Gauntlet and I think it means all my attacks are AoE taunts. At least that's my interpretation. Again, correction would be welcome. Perhaps I am worrying too much.

Hey guys, I'm Tanking for a once a week group and we're going to be doing story progression through as much of the story arcs as we can. This is the first time I have tried tanking and I am looking for the best/easiest taunter. That has always been something I've tripped up on in other games. I know Tankers get taunt added to most of their attacks, but I am looking for as much easy mode as possible (at least at the beginning, I might respec for more of a challenge later on, but I need to learn and get some tank confidence first) So I was looking at a Fire/Rad, a Rad/Rad, and lastly a DA/RadM I am leaning towards the DA/RadM (None of these have been specced, I'm just looking for power synergy and AoE taunts) because I really would like multiple AoE taunts going to help me as much as possible. And I am ASSUMING (lol) that the radiation -ToHit and Darkness -ToHit debuffs stack. (Please tell me if they don't!) So that in a nutshell is the idea. Until I can get some experience as a tanker I am looking for a big AoE taunt I can WASD into a pack of critters and keep their attention whilst my Elec/Elec Blaster, Pistols Blaster, and Empath/Fire Defender can drop them all. We will be starting out at 2nd level, we aren't investing a bunch of influence, and as I said it will be once a week so leveling will be slow so as much front-loaded taunt as possible is hopeful. If you have any other suggestions, especially how to have a fast taunter/AoE taunter at low/starting level they would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks very much for this guide. I think a lot of returning players looking to get that old school CoH feel back would benefit from reading this.