ShockSniper

I am especially liking my Shield/Axe tank after decking him out in full Roman costume - looks way cool to see that huge Roman axe chopping the baddies up in the air!
I don't think there is a Roman mace, is there?

I completed the ITF this last weekend in about 1.5 hours... terrible lag - worst I have ever seen in the game (even considering old Hami raids and RWZ raids), and everybody was experiencing it. The team leader was experienced in running the ITF, as were a few others on the team, and would have led us thru it in about half the time, if it were not for the lagging.
But, it was worth the armor - now my tank (Virtue's Guardian - Shield/Axe) is decked out! The devs did a great job on the costume graphics IMO. The Roman axe (#3) and shield (romulus) combo look very unique in the game - I don't remember seeing anybody else running around with this look, so it must not be too popular.
I really need to run it again to get a better feel for it. The lag was making it quite frustrating, even so, 7 out of 8 toons on the team, fortunately, stuck it out the whole way through. We were labelling ourselves as dedicated masochists.
It was hard to enjoy the content thru the jerky graphics and such. What I did see was quite interesting. I will definitely try it again to get the story/content experience in full.

Yes, well... all the "stunning" stats for War Mace are well and good, but consider the value of the COOL factor for Battle Axe with all of the flying baddie bodies!! I have a SD/BA up to level 32 now, and am loving the set AND the animations...

I took a War Mace up a few levels before, and (with my limited experience) agree with everybody that it's really up to your playstyle and animation/costume preferences.

I would say take a "swing" at trying both up a few levels to see which fits you better, and just have fun!

A very, very helpful guide to us tank newbies that want to give it a try, but don't have the time to "test" different combo's... Thanks much!!

You all have gotten me excited about doing this TF this weekend (maybe tonight!) sometime... 1 or 2 hours is just right.
If I may interject a costume question related to the ITF... When you complete the Task Force do you have access to all of the Roman armor or just a piece at a time; does it take several runs to get access to all?

Thanks!

This might be a goofy question, because I've never tried to solo an AV (not yet). But, did you solo her at even con level, and are most AV solo's I hear about done at even level?