I suggest starting out this way as for understanding casting is more of a challenge for new peopleYes there is a discord and there is a channel that some are in.
Most guilds personally have their own discord and run together everyday cause they have a routine set such as Unfair Advantage and they play everyday at the same time.
TANKING IN THE GAMENormaly axes are good for tanks but after you pass your character to samurai you can't use them anymore so I prefer to do a sword set HOWEVER its yours choice what you would like to start with.
So we talk about two aspects: physical defense and magical defense.
You have two ways to higher your magical defense: getting armors that have high magical defense and enhanced effect ( leathers/scales/chains ) are what is preferred by everyone.
GEARYou swap gear and weapon every 10 levels so you will purchase level 0/5/10/15/25/35/45/55 weapons,armors,charms and the master quest is at level 71 which you will achieve with your 55 gear.
Point is you will be getting only Enhanced Effect Armors, & Swords to start out as a fighter doing melee tanking
A good example of a nice charm that can get you to master quest can be: +30 strength charm

Your accessory charm will be 100+ EE Focused Heals
Enhanced Effect, Increases damage of a weapon
Enhance Effect, is the main focus for melee weapons however in groups if your not tanking you can use STR stat robes or Dex and sit in the back row depending on your weapon of choice.
This post was edited by Bachelor on Feb 24 2020 12:11pm