Originally Posted by Xtreme Griffin

Hello

So, lately ive been hopping characters alot, mainly to find a "main".

However, i really cant choose what suits me best. I am NOT asking for you guys to choose for me as its down to me, all i am asking is for advice and self opinions.

Past few days i have been playing my Ranger, i quite enjoy playing him, however, i am more of a "omg l33t dmg" player and been told that ranger are NOT a dps class, fair enough.

Before i played my ranger, i played my Dervish. Now, they do great damage! but, enchantments seem to be everything, kinda sucks.

So i thought when i first played Dervish that it really was my kind of style but reading forums, ive been told that Sins, Warriors and Rangers can do a better job at weilding a Scythe, bugger.

Im not a big fan of casters, too squishy in my opinion lol.

Any advice and opinions are welcome.

Thankyou

Originally Posted by Kain Fz

1) Which class does the most damage? (General PvE [NM and HM])
Assassins
Constant criticals of an assassin? Insanely high damage when wielding a scythe?
Highest AoE DPS in the game with the Moebius Blossom 1,2,3,4,3,4,3,4,3,4,3... combo?
Access to the skill Critical Agility and Assassin's Promise? Instant win!


2) Which class takes some skill to play?
Monk definitely. You have to keep your team alive while under pressure and priority of a target.

3) Which class is most versatile? (PvE, Farming, Teams)
Assassin's and Monks.
Monks can 600/smite farm where Assassins cannot. And Assassins can permasin everything else in the game.
That said, everything is still not farmable, but if you use either of those 2, you're bound to find a farming spot that's right for YOU!

4) Which class won't die very easily?
Warrior.
Base 80 armor. +20 armor vs physicals, there for causing it to be a base 100 armor.
Warriors are just simply amazing and machines of killing. Add in Lion's Comfort of ASSDAFSDAGFAFG ub3r heal spam, and then all I can say is "damn"

5) What is everyone's opinion of their favorite class and why?
I like Assassins and Warriors for their variety. Both of them are efficient at wielding just about any weapon except staves.
Both classes have access to a skill which makes them highly efficient with weapons in general.
Did I mention even outside that two skills, both classes also have insane DPS, and are very good at utilizing PvE skills?
Either way, with them, you will always be running something different. But it's the fact that there's so much EFFICIENT variety.
Mobius Blossom, Urf Shakur, Save Yourselves, Quivering Blade, Scythes, Stunning Strike, I love it all!

But when it comes right down to it though, I think Assassin is one of the best things to happen to the general PvEer if used correctly.
They have the most DPS in the game, insane survivability, variety, and make great farmers too. Sometimes they can even take a break from Hack, Slash, Smash! builds and stand in the mid-lines as a caster-sin.

Originally Posted by Bobby2

1) Highest dmg: Assassin, Necromancer

2) Ranger, Mesmer at least require some skill at interrupting

3) SF is the most successful gimmick ---> Assassin

4) Many classes can tank, again: Assassin

5) Warrior and Assassin, because KDing stuff and smashing their face in = win.

Originally Posted by Xenomortis

1: Damage
Necromancers have huge damage potential with the curses skills. [Mark of Pain] is somewhat insane.
Assassins have strong damage options when running [Death Blossom] or a crit-scythe build. Dervishes have high damage too, but an assassin can technically do it better.
Warriors are strong frontliners that can deal good damage and have high survivability. A solid class.
As for elementalists? No. They cannot really do meaningful damage in Hard Mode with builds that other casters cannot run better.

2. Skill.
Erm... They all require a bit of practice. Some builds are just more mindless than others.

3. Versatility
Necromancers are very versatile.
An elementalist can run strong utility bars.
Assassins are very popular for farming thanks to [Shadow Form].
Monks can run farming builds too.

4. Survivability
If you don't know what you're doing, Warriors, Rangers and Paragons survive a lot.
With proper builds, all front line characters have decent survivability but the Warrior can take the most.

5. Favourite
Necromancer. Soul Reaping, Curses, Order of Undeath and very strong utility options.


Other things to note:
Necromancers and Elementalists can replace monks very easily. The Elementalist in particular can take [Ether Renewal (PvE)] and can fuel strong prots ([Protective Spirit] and [Spirit Bond]) along with [Infuse Health].
The Necromancer can also fuel healing skills, typically from the Ritualist line (monk skills are viable), thanks to Soul Reaping.
The Paragon can run the very effective Imbagon build - this powers [Save Yourselves! (Luxon)] and reduces almost all damage the party takes by a considerable degree.


Make of that what you will.