Hey,
I am just now hitting A grade and I dont really know what armor and weapon to buy.. could som1 please give me an idea...

a lot will depend on your main ways to lvl.

basicly you could stay in your b-grade armors, they are very good still. if your a DDing tank BW would be a good choice for the extra STR. if you think you really need a-grade i would aim for majestics for stun resists (so you can easier go -con) or nightmare. both sets have a +p.atk bonus as well.

if your main way is to really tank for your groups a doom set would be your best choice. again if your shooting for a-grade dark crystal for the shield block rate or nightmare for the damage reflect bonus should be good.

for a-grade weapons you will want a sword. i personally would go with either a focused sword or the health one. i would try to avoid blunts as they dont do a lot for your class.

Ok I think for B grade I will chose Doom, and I already bought a +3 AOBA w/ health that should be good enough... and for A grade i think nightmare armor will be good... not sure what exact sword to get.. Thanks!

Gurag:
a lot will depend on your main ways to lvl.

basicly you could stay in your b-grade armors, they are very good still. if your a DDing tank BW would be a good choice for the extra STR. if you think you really need a-grade i would aim for majestics for stun resists (so you can easier go -con) or nightmare. both sets have a +p.atk bonus as well.

if your main way is to really tank for your groups a doom set would be your best choice. again if your shooting for a-grade dark crystal for the shield block rate or nightmare for the damage reflect bonus should be good.

for a-grade weapons you will want a sword. i personally would go with either a focused sword or the health one. i would try to avoid blunts as they dont do a lot for your class.

if you still can, try and trade your aoba for a dama/focus. the added crit damage will help you keep agro easier and if your soloing you will kill mobs faster and more economical (if something like that exists).

for a-grade i would try to get either an overenchanted dama/focus (cheaper ss costs and focus SA for pve) or go with an dark legions edge (dle) with health.

also be aware that while a-grade does look nice, its only really worth it for most classes if your pvping a lot. most of the time you can achieve pretty similar results with the much cheaper b-grade stuff.

make the grind easier, get a sword and DD set-up. (maj is pretty great for that)
----
even a SK with -9 con wont die in a raid aslong as he has good p.def and a "EE" healling his ass.
you dont need 10K hp to tank raids, unless its got like 20 body guards.

must be a pretty desperate situation where your letting a SK (even worse one with -con) do the tanking. and specially bishops are uneffective when healing SKs. their restore life hardly does an SK any good. spamming battle heal will keep the tank alive for a short time, but your bishop will be out of mp pretty soon.

an EE would be the better healer choice for such a situation. their normal heals cast fast enough and they have better mp regeneration.

well, SK has higher p.def/shield deffence rate then DA. (using guard stance)
and 360 shield deffence.

so SK will put less strain on a bishop then a DA. because each HP will count for more.
---

maby you see more DA's tanking, but SK does actually do a better job.

downsin be quiet, bishops have % heal which is better for higher con human tanks. gurag is correct.

downsin:
well, SK has higher p.def/shield deffence rate then DA. (using guard stance)
and 360 shield deffence.

so SK will put less strain on a bishop then a DA. because each HP will count for more.
---

maby you see more DA's tanking, but SK does actually do a better job.

i would disagree with your conclusion. yes, SK have some nice toggle, problem is that they are a big mana drain. and during a raid you want to use your mp for hates and not for these toggles. and despite all these passives, a raid boss will still hit your tank for up to 1k damage per hit (after shield block), so having more CON stays an advantage.

Gurag:
a lot will depend on your main ways to lvl.

basicly you could stay in your b-grade armors, they are very good still. if your a DDing tank BW would be a good choice for the extra STR. if you think you really need a-grade i would aim for majestics for stun resists (so you can easier go -con) or nightmare. both sets have a +p.atk bonus as well.

if your main way is to really tank for your groups a doom set would be your best choice. again if your shooting for a-grade dark crystal for the shield block rate or nightmare for the damage reflect bonus should be good.

for a-grade weapons you will want a sword. i personally would go with either a focused sword or the health one. i would try to avoid blunts as they dont do a lot for your class.

LOL BW and Maje???? Bw is for warrior DD (gladi, destro) and sws/bd (it doesn't have shield) and maje heavy is for well I guess gladi, but mostly by nowbody since all want the atk speed of tallum.

man I recommend a DLE or Elsyan (preferably with Hp SA) with a NM heavy if you also wanna deal some dmg.. if you just tank go for DC heavy... as for B grade all tanks go for Doom.