Tanker Tuesdays

[PapaSlade]

Fun Times on Victory today.  Kudos to Ronin for the usual smooth operation.  Ran thru some of the Marchand arc with a good number of levels for some on our team (with the usual death and debt).  Might plan for the council bosses and invasion of Striga Isle next month.  Many thanks to Frostyfire Meg for a lot of the heavy lifting.  The Titan Weapon tank I was running always seems to disappoint on the damage side for me.  

 

On a side note, I may have finally found a profile pic that matches my somewhat frenetic play style.

[Waraxe]

5 minutes ago, PapaSlade said:

 

 

On a side note, I may have finally found a profile pic that matches my somewhat frenetic play style.

Ta....Tank...er? Tanker??

 

TANKER! TANKER! TANKER!!! Ahhhhahhhhahhhh!!!!

 

-Animal as a Tank, probably.

[PLVRIZR]

Second shout-out to @MsAligned, for the great Katie TF.  Tons of fun and a good bit of leveling was had.  See you, Tuesday! 😆

[Ronin_Around]

A very busy and fun time on Torchbearer tonight. We had 32+ tankers show up throughout the event. Many thanks to @Agoogala and @Warboss for leading mission teams tonight. As well, thanks to @MsAligned for leading the Dr Kahn TF, that team got it done in 48 minutes which is the fastest I've heard of for an all tanker team. 

And thanks to those that joined me for a +2x8 Cavern of Transcendence Trial, the unending waves of Igneous ambushes caused multiple deaths for us (being only level 15) but also a tremendous amount of fun. Everyone stuck with it and in the end we saved Sam Wincott until the next time he gets kidnapped.

 

The Next Tanker Tuesday will be June 17th on Everlasting. Terra Volta Respec trials will be the Weekly Strike targets. Meet in Kings Row by the IP gate, 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET.

The Electrical Melee challenge will also be continuing next week, with the Synapse TF being on deck for those participating in that.

 

See you next week

[Groovy_Ghoul]

With the implementation of this newest patch, I suggest a name change to:

 

Tanker Tuesday/Wednesday

 

😆

[Krimson]

What confuses me is that the buff was implemented so that people would PLAY Tankers in end-game content. After my DPS test, I don't see that happening much.

[Ronin_Around]

A busy night on Everlasting today with a lot of new faces and new tankers joining us for Tanker Tuesday.

We had 4 full teams running. Many thanks to @Ohmazine and @PapaSlade for taking the mission teams tonight.

And thanks to @PLVRIZR for running the FreakSpec team in saving the Terra Volta reactor in under an hour.

The Electric Melee Challenge completed a Synapse TF in 1:53:52 with everyone doing their impersonation of Witty at some point. Thanks for taking the reigns there @MsAligned

The changes to tanks with today's update definitely made things more difficult, but we will adjust and persevere.

 

Next TT run is this Saturday, June 21 on Reunion. 9:30 am PT / 12:30 pm ET. Will look at running some of the new content in Kalisti Wharf for that.

Next Tuesday, June 24, we will be on Indomitable. 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET. Positron 1 & 2 will be the WST. Stone Armor challenge will be going there, not sure where we are on that though, hopefully someone else has that answer.

 

See you all in the City

 

 

[PLVRIZR]

9 hours ago, Ronin_Around said:

And thanks to @PLVRIZR for running the FreakSpec team in saving the Terra Volta reactor in under an hour.

 

The changes to tanks with today's update definitely made things more difficult, but we will adjust and persevere.

 

My pleasure and we had a blast.  59 minutes was a significant accomplishment (IMHO), considering only half the team was incarnated and with the aforementioned changes to tanking, ,especially in AOE damage.  Our non-incarnated (and certainly non-kitted) tanks understandably struggled against +5 mobs, in the final couple of waves in the reactor chamber.  All-in-all we had a successful mission with a WHOLE lot of dings 😆

 

As an aside, I didn't notice much difference on my electric armor tank.  While running Focused Accuracy, I didn't notice a significant difference in end use

[Ronin_Around]

Good fun on our Reunion run today. We had two teams running with a few baby tanks trying out new power sets in the mix.

Many thanks to @Stormangel for taking the lead on a team and running them through a Moonfire TF.

The other team joined me running the Know Thy Enemy Arc from Alexander the Great in Kalisti Wharf.  A great time beating up warriors and demons there.

Out next run on Reunion will be on July 19th.

 

Next Tanker Tuesday will be June 24 on Indomitable. 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET. Stone Armor challenge will be going (not sure where we are in that) and Positron 1 & 2 will be the WST if others want that.

 

See you in the city

 

[PLVRIZR]

On 6/21/2025 at 2:21 PM, Ronin_Around said:

Next Tanker Tuesday will be June 24 on Indomitable. 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET. Stone Armor challenge will be going (not sure where we are in that) and Positron 1 & 2 will be the WST if others want that.

 

Last month was Yin, so I guess it'll be Citadel.  I'm 27 so everyone should be 25+ by now...  

[Ronin_Around]

3 hours ago, PLVRIZR said:

Last month was Yin, so I guess it'll be Citadel.  I'm 27 so everyone should be 25+ by now...  

 

I went back and checked, in April we did Yin and some of us got a Citadel in as well that night. Last month, Warboss took the stone tankers on a Manti while I took out a non-stone tank on a mission team for the lowbies.  So not sure how many are in Numina range now or not, but we will pencil in a Citadel TF at least and maybe do a level 30 contact arc for the rest. I'm certain I can find an interesting way to get people killed... I mean XP.

[PLVRIZR]

18 minutes ago, Ronin_Around said:

 

I went back and checked, in April we did Yin and some of us got a Citadel in as well that night. Last month, Warboss took the stone tankers on a Manti while I took out a non-stone tank on a mission team for the lowbies.  So not sure how many are in Numina range now or not, but we will pencil in a Citadel TF at least and maybe do a level 30 contact arc for the rest. I'm certain I can find an interesting way to get people killed... I mean XP.

I miss one flippin' Indom run...

[SeraphimKensai]

Will try to make it tonight as I don't have a night meeting at work this week.

[Ronin_Around]

Some good tanking got done tonight with 3 teams running. Many thanks to @Ohmazine for starting off the mission team for the regular tanks tonight and to @MisterGrass for keeping it going.  There were also 12 tanks doing the Stone Armor Challenge which we split into a team running a Numina TF lead by @X'Terra for those over 35 and a team running a Manticore TF lead by @PapaSlade for those who didn't get it done last month.

 

Next week the cycle starts anew with Tanker Tuesday returning to Excelsior on July 1st. Dr. Q and ApeMage will be the WST. Meet in Kings Row 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET.

July 5th will also be the next TT run on Victory. Same spot just different time - 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET

 

July also has 5 Tuesdays, so for 5th Tuesday in July, the 29th,  we will be running an Instanced MSR on Everlasting.

 

See you in the City

[PLVRIZR]

13 hours ago, Ronin_Around said:

 There were also 12 tanks doing the Stone Armor Challenge which we split into a team running a Numina TF lead by @X'Terra for those over 35 and a team running a Manticore TF lead by @PapaSlade for those who didn't get it done last month.

 

Thanks again for "X" leading, as they were the tallest of the six of us (and all of lvl 38, IIRC).  Six (now nerfed) tanks took on a +2/8 Numina and finished in less than two hours.  Big difference in the time it takes to complete the hunts, without a full team, for sure.  I quit counting dings, but my (starting) level 36 tank ended at 38.  Much herding and tons of fun.

[SeraphimKensai]

Sadly I'm horrible about screenshots but last night's mission team started at +2 (I think we had 2-3 50s if recall right. I was drinking but Ohma was on their stone/weapon tank that was already at 50 leading the way. I was test piloting my new 50 psi/fire tank that was only 80% slotted. Psionic armor is very good. Although I did have a little issue maintaining end from sappers, carnies, and mu, so it gave me some needed insight.

 

We did a bank mish and all the side missions, and then a few radios. The lowbies got some XP and debt, but fun times.

[Ronin_Around]

A very busy and fun night of tanking on Excelsior today. A lot of new faces and some surprising returns of old friends as well.

We had 5 teams running with many thanks to @ultraamann for leading a Dr Q TF, special thanks to @Warboss for getting the league going tonight and leading a speedy ApeMage TF, And thanks to @X'terra and @Agoogala for leading the other two mission teams. 

 

This Saturday morning we are back on Victory, 10:00 am PT / 1:00 pm ET. No specific plan for there as of yet.

 

Next week, July 8th, we will return to Torchbearer at the usual time and place. 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET in Kings row. Synapse and Sara Moore will be the WST. 

 

The 29th will be the 5th Tuesday in July and we will be running an Instance MSR on Everlasting for that event.

 

See you all in the city.

 

 

[Warboss]

Happy to help out Ronin, and I had a great team. Thanks all for the efficient run! Oh, and I made PLV do most the work (kinda'). 😉

[PLVRIZR]

9 hours ago, Warboss said:

Happy to help out Ronin, and I had a great team. Thanks all for the efficient run! Oh, and I made PLV do most the work (kinda'). 😉

LOL, and also happy to help herding a gloriously fast TinPex (ApeMage).  Even with the nerfs, 7 tanks finished a x8 in about 52 minutes.  Battle Maiden took about 50% longer, in my estimation, than in the past TT events.

[Warboss]

47 minutes ago, PLVRIZR said:

LOL, and also happy to help herding a gloriously fast TinPex (ApeMage).  Even with the nerfs, 7 tanks finished a x8 in about 52 minutes.  Battle Maiden took about 50% longer, in my estimation, than in the past TT events.

 

Keep in mind we had a mob of tooled up, incarnated, veteran Tankers who knew the missions. I think that helped as we all concentrated on the right things at the right times.

 

I'm not sure what was going on, but one of the boss swords I was fighting keep regening like mad. I'd get it down to about 1/3 HPs and it would heal back up to full. I don't recall experiencing that prior to this run.

Edited July 2 by Warboss
because I had more to say

[PapaSlade]

Big props to Ultraamann for leading the Dr.Q  We got stuck in a repeating mission loop and ended up losing about half the team but we logged out/back in and got the progress to reset and U-mann got us to the finish line.

[Ronin_Around]

We had a fun run for Tanker "Tuesday" on Victory today. Six tankers cleared out the 3 Paladins that were messing up Kings Row before we took on the Crey Corporation for Manticore in his task force. We finished that in about an hour and then @Warboss took us to some alternate dimensions to assist Unai Kemen. Some good dining and Incarnate unlocks happened along the way.

Next run on Victory will be on August 2nd.

 

Next Tanker Tuesday will be July 8th on Torchbearer. Meet up in Kings Row 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET in Kings row. Synapse and Sara Moore will be the WST. 

 

The 29th will be the 5th Tuesday in July and we will be running an Instanced MSR on Everlasting for that event.

 

See you all in the city.

 

 

[Ronin_Around]

It was a busy and fun time as the Tanker Tuesday Tour stop on Torchbearer tonight. There were a lot of new faces and baby tanks that showed up so we needed 5 teams in all to accommodate everyone. Many thanks to @MsAligned and @Warboss for each taking a mission team and putting the lowbies through their paces.  There were also enough tanks wanting to bring about The Fall of the Clockwork King that we needed both @Hiro Juan and @X'terra to run Synapse TF teams. As well, there were 7 hearty tanks that joined me in the Shadow Shard to beat up Nemesis minions and take down Ruladak the Weak for Sara Moore on her TF. Much fun, leveling and bozo trashing happened all around Paragon tonight!

 

Next week, July 15th, we will be on Everlasting. Imperious and Justin Augustine will the WST. (Not sure if Warboss wanted to run a theme for the ITF or not) 

Meet up in Kings Row by the IP gate as usual. 6:00 pm PT / 9:00 pm ET.

The Electric Melee Challenge will also be continuing this week. Next up in the run are the Yin and Citadel TFs. May be able to get both done if we are lucky.

 

Saturday July 19th will be our Reunion run. Same place, 9:30 AM PT / 12:30 pm ET

 

See you all in the City

Edited July 9 by Ronin_Around
added EM challenge info

[PLVRIZR]

Strange happenings on the Synapse1 team (and thanks again to @X'terra for leading).  First, we started with only six tanks (on a +2/8), until one dropped before the Clockwork Lord mission.  After finishing that mish, it re-loaded in error, so we all logged out and logged back in.  Didn't fix it, so we did that mish (again!), with only five tanks.  Met the Synapse2 team on the roof and Babbage failed to appear (I get it, he was obviously scared), so we took to the Clockwork King mish with our small but mighty team.  Even with all that re-doing and standing around, we finished in less than two hours.  I think I got three levels on my (starting at 32?) Dark/Stone Melee toon that missed Syn on the stone melee challenge runs.

 

All in all great fun, great tanking and glorious herding.

[Warboss]

It was fun and we had a great turnout, plus we got to team with some friends from the SnS event on Torch, so welcome and thank you to them for participating in our event. Also welcome to all the new comers and first timers, sounds like to got to see some "classic" TT antics and participate in the melee chaos that is Tanker Tuesdays!

 

We'll be back here on the 2nd Tuesday of next month. See sig for other TT times and events. Join TankHQ to keep up on the chatter and posted events.

 

See you in game!

Edited July 9 by Warboss