Ok - have spent a bit of time thinking about Velan as his mighty mining pick.
Is this possible?
You can change weapons during combat, but cannot change armour. How about having a macro which when you reach 4% health auto switches your axe/sheild/gun with your mining pick/crap shield/no gun
Then when dying your weapon + sheild will not take 10% damage and will reduce the costs of repair (which i know tanks hate)
Could simply have a Crap gear button, and a good gear button.
Let me know ya thoughts?