Merc Tanks

Recent experiences with mercenary tanks has me wondering if they were improved a little.

A guild mate and I ran a few DH HAs with a 98 Ranger and 98 Bard, using healer and tank. The Bard did the pulling and used Requiem of Time in his melody. The tank had no problem handling singles at all, and stood up to two until either the Bard or the Ranger could CC.

The AAs on the tank were all related to healing because that merc is usually the one chosen. Tank was buffed normally, except for surety and flameweaving. No items on merc.

Thoughts?

Something like that is very complicated to measure and remember, your tanks general stats will change once he hits level 100 or 101 (I can't remember which). The AC will be halved but his avoidance will go up.

I suggest you run a parse with how the mercenary tanks now; and the moment you hit the level where his stats change over - run a secondary parse in the DH HA and see how they fair. Also remember the HAs will scale to your level. So how a level 98 tank mercenary handles a level 98-100 mob may be different than how a level 100-101 tank mercenary handles a level 100-102 mob.

Either way, I am sure the difference is marginal at best.