Hey guys, as an unlucky red-zoner who hasn't gotten his beta invite yet, I'd like to hear from you guys how tanking works in swtor.
I'm especially interested in the Trooper Vanguard, and Jedi Shadow (or their mirror classes if that's what you played).
Tell me whether it's
hard, needs lots of tactics, whether boss fights have gimmicks you must memorize to do well.
Whether leveling is slower (even with a companion) than a DPSer
how many people were tanks in beta, was it quite a lot
How difficult it was to get dungeon groups...
and any nuggets of info for a poor beta-starved outsider :P
If you wish, you can use rift and/or wow as a base comparison to how fights and tanking is like. But please keep it friendly, not a game vs game flamefest.