Guardian Help / Questions

[Dwarf Vader]

Greetings All!!

I've been playing this game on and off for 10 years, and I realize now I don't know enough and have some Guardian questions.

First let me give you some info on my character so you can help me out. I am currently a lvl 61, almost 62, Dwarf Guardian. I found out about a big update and had to re-spec. I use red line with a splash of yellow and am pretty sure I put my points in the most effective areas. I fight sword and shield. I realize red line may be more effective with a 2H weapon, just consider it a personal choice. I mostly play solo and have NO legendary items.

I was ignoring the Epic quest lines because of a few group quests, but found out I need to continue to get to Moria and my Legendary weapon. I am on book 13 now working towards Moria. I also have the Guardian questlines Articles of Fortitude and Implements of Battle, but only have the Warg Keepers Token and have no chance of beating the others solo for the other 3 items. I am praying someone sells them on the market at this point. I know I can try to group up, but I am not spec-ed for groups and would be a poor Guardian pulling aggro right now.

My first question is: Why are undead carving me up when I can tank a few trolls at once with no issues? Am I missing a type of damage defense here? My armor is over 1600, Block 450, Parry 650. I did not change the difficulty on the game either. I must be missing something here.. I'm sure part of the issue is my crap lvl 50 weapon I am using as opposed to a Legendary which takes me longer to drop targets.

My second question would be: Is there anything else I should focus on? I am geared towards Physical Mitigations but light on Tactical. Gear is under leveled too since I am running missions very under my level to catch up the story. I just feel like I am missing something important and figured asking other Guardians would be the best bet.

Please let me know if you need any other stats from me.

 

[Arabani]

I am geared towards Physical Mitigations but light on Tactical.

That is the main reason I guess for undeads to carve you up, many of them put tactical dots on you and have damaging auras with tactical damage.

Long story short, both mitigations should be as high as possible. I usually compensate the lack of the tactical one with the virtues and some items. Besides you say that your gear is outdated and you have no legendary items.

While lotro is a rather simple game overall and it is easy to get levels and do content with quest gear lingering 20-30 item levels behind, there are come some times when you actually need relatively good gear to progress conveniently. These times are mostly around what was considered the endgame of some expansion and the beginning of the next major chapter. It is especially noticeable at the past Rohan content. You have to have a certain level of gear or you'll struggle even on landscape as most classes. Less as a heavy armoured one, but still.

 

[Dwarf Vader]

That is the main reason I guess for undeads to carve you up, many of them put tactical dots on you and have damaging auras with tactical damage.

Long story short, both mitigations should be as high as possible. I usually compensate the lack of the tactical one with the virtues and some items. Besides you say that your gear is outdated and you have no legendary items.

While lotro is a rather simple game overall and it is easy to get levels and do content with quest gear lingering 20-30 item levels behind, there are come some times when you actually need relatively good gear to progress conveniently. These times are mostly around what was considered the endgame of some expansion and the beginning of the next major chapter. It is especially noticeable at the past Rohan content. You have to have a certain level of gear or you'll struggle even on landscape as most classes. Less as a heavy armoured one, but still.

I appreciate the info!! I figured it was one of my defenses that was lacking. It's very noticeable too...lol. My Guard is a Metalsmith, so I have upped my gear to around lvl 58, so not too bad. Its the left side that is lacking now, the jewelry side. I'll look into Tac Mitigation today.

 

[Tepee]

First of all, there are no group quests in the epic quest line. Feel free to do them. (Although they are not necessary now, because they no longer give trait points.)

Quest reward gear is usually very bad, especially in the older zones. There are some great quest rewards (especially in the epic quest line), but they are (at max) on par with the crafted gear.
I always use the best crafted gear for my level - because that is how I play RPGs - that would be in your case the level 58 set. But that requires a very big investment, so I advise you to get a crit lvl56 set.

If you have good gear you can even throw away your shield, because noone can kill you anyway.
(I know a bunch of people love their shields... But if I use my shield that means I'm running something serious. A few measly orcs in Moria? Those doesn't deserve a shield.)

One thing you cannot craft before 70-75 is the pocket item. This means that for your current level the best pocket (for all classes actually) is nothing else, but the Petrified Goat Dropping.
Hillarious, I know.

 

[Numendil]

Hi guys, I'm 20lvl human guardian. My level is increasing and I also get better armor things but my health point isn't increasing at the same time, what should I do?