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SPIRIT OF THE SEA · Feb 10, 2007, 04:49 PM // 16:49

Well my friends and I have been disputing about differnt proffesions and which of the 10 is the best. Obviously the best would be derv or monk or rit and worst would be assasin, paragon or mesmer. Heres list of my top ten and bettween each is a explanation on why ithink it derserves that spot.

1) Monk, So many solo builds its insaneley hard to beat as well as its the most important part of a balnced group

2)Dervish, It too has many solo builds, Does an enormous amount of dammge with up to 41 damage in a single shot! The avatars add a nice touch giving unbelvable upgrades to your skills.

3) Ritualist The fact that the skill vengfull was kaheli is explanation is enough! It can solo the Fissure of woe forest and many many others. It can heal cast and make spirits, And do dammage skills as well (some what like monk)

4) Ranger Being able to run (not as good as war though) and solo many things is amazaing.B/P is amazaing giving it a edge over most proffesions. It is the only proffesion that can tame pets.

5) Warrior Being able to run great distances brings it to number 5. IT has a decent amount of soloing builds and has extreme amounts of armor letting it tank almost everything.

6) Elemetalist! BEing able to do over 100 damage in 1 skill is explantion enough. The searing flames build is astonishing bringing pain to those in Heros ascent who Actually run fair builds

7) Mesmer Illusinary wepon is one of greatest skills ever used. The ultimate hex macine. Has sveral solo builds but not alot. Low amror as well as all the other casters. Not often accepted into balnced groups.

8)Necromancer barley any solo builds. Pretty much the best builds from necro is SS and MM. The second best hexer.

9) Assasin Weak dagger attacks, cool name. Brings out all the 8 year olds. With names like black mantis strike or others the assasin population is 80% of the people who dont no what sex means (if catch my drift)(little kids)

10) paragon Last and least the paragon has no solo builds and is almost never accepted into balnced groups. Only good build is incoming which didnt bother to cehck but think got nerfed

Rakeman · Feb 10, 2007, 05:00 PM // 17:00

This isn't a best profession rating, but a best SOLOING rating. Just because a profession doesn't have a high amount of solo builds does not make it a bad profession.

Zinger314 · Feb 10, 2007, 05:00 PM // 17:00

You can't "rank" classes. All have their own advantages and disadvantages, and you cannot rate them on terms of individual skill.

Needless to say, you put the Necromancer at #8, and thus your entire list is invalid.

Avarre · Feb 10, 2007, 05:06 PM // 17:06

I haven't paid enough attention to the updates recently to consider positions anymore.

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

All have their own advantages and disadvantages, and you cannot rate them on terms of individual skill.

Based on factors of quality of skills, versatility, offence/defence capabilities, synergization, and others, you certainly can to an extent. Highly dependent on how the classes are used, and the situations though.

EternalTempest · Feb 10, 2007, 05:09 PM // 17:09

I would break this down in to

Best top 10 Front Line PVE job
Best top 10 Support Line Pve jobs
Best top 10 Front Line Pvp job
Best top 10 Support Line Pvp jobs

But... You can break Pve and Pvp down further

Yanman.be · Feb 10, 2007, 05:12 PM // 17:12

Gee I wonder if the OP every played PvP?

Malice Black · Feb 10, 2007, 05:17 PM // 17:17

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Originally Posted by Zinger314

You can't "rank" classes. All have their own advantages and disadvantages, and you cannot rate them on terms of individual skill.

Needless to say, you put the Necromancer at #8, and thus your entire list is invalid.

Agreed, useless topic which will only invite the trolls.

led_zep179 · Feb 10, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33

as previously stated every class has its own advantages and disadvantages, and most of the classes you have listed are in there ability to solo, who cares about what they can do in solo in pve, what about the mesmers ability to interupt amazingly good and spike even better? and necros at number 8....... need I say anything? assassin is a very strong class for those who know how to play it but sadly every 9 year old kid that bought factions thought they would make one and have no idea how to play it. and dervish at number 2?

Evilsod · Feb 10, 2007, 05:34 PM // 17:34

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Originally Posted by Yanman.be

Gee I wonder if the OP every played PvP?

Has he even played PvE? Knowing the good farming spots hardly counts.

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Does an enormous amount of dammge with up to 41 damage in a single shot! The avatars add a nice touch giving unbelvable upgrades to your skills.

What a great reason... they have the highest base damage weapon and have Avatars as elite skills. If your at least gonna rank them come up with good reasons.

As far as my favourites list goes... Top is Ranger. Rest is dependent on my mood and how much fun they'll be at the moment.

kade · Feb 10, 2007, 05:37 PM // 17:37

necromancer at #8...

this question is already rediculous as each profession has its place, but if there were a chart it would look nothing like yours.

The only way you can really approach this topic is not what proffession is the best, but how you play the profession. Perhaps a better ranking system would be:

1. Healers/Protection
2. Tanks/Aggro holders (your Necro would go here, with MM)
3. Casters/Damage (Necro could go here, SS)
4. Support (Rit spirits, Paragon chants, Ele wards)
5. Interruption, Specific Support (Orders, GftE, BiP)

As you can see, even this list is arguable given the place and often times a single player performs 2 or more of each of these catagories. Might I add that each proffession can often use its primary attribute for use with another proffessions skills (aka touch ranger) so no one profession is stuck in a niche. Even Paragons wich though less useful now, still have their place.

You will also notice that Necromancers fit into pretty much every catagory, making them one of, if not the most desirable profession.

lacasner · Feb 10, 2007, 05:44 PM // 17:44

Ill go from overpowered to underpowered right now (pvp wise)

Dervish
Necromancer
Monk
Ritualist
Elementalist
Ranger
Assasin
Warrior
Mesmer
Paragon

Just my thoughts here.

quickmonty · Feb 10, 2007, 05:50 PM // 17:50

Best to worst is a personal opinion only. If 100 people post thier own list, I would expect at least 85 different ranking orders.

Batou of Nine · Feb 10, 2007, 06:00 PM // 18:00

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Originally Posted by quickmonty

Best to worst is a personal opinion only. If 100 people post thier own list, I would expect at least 85 different ranking orders.

QFT. In other words this topic is useless. Might as well start arguing Swords vs Axes again! Oh oh oh, or even better, "Whats best, white shoes or black shoes?" Or maybe, "Let's rank the bestest colors in the world from best to worst!"

Get my point? Useless topics which are purely opinion/subjective and accomplish nothing. Trying to present opinion as some sort of fact by ranking doesn't change the fact that its opinion only. As such it is a never ending debate. People wonder if the OP has played PvE or PvP, i wonder if he has gone past looking at each class description on GuildWiki...

I guess debating opinion isn't THAT bad...provided it has more a of an intelligent basis/origin. Well, i am sure people will insist on giving their own class rankings, so i am sadly sure this topic will keep going... sad.

Cheers

Tyrnne · Feb 10, 2007, 06:03 PM // 18:03

Necro at #8? No way. Anytime I don't bring Olias my hero/hench team doesn't fare well.

leeky baby · Feb 10, 2007, 06:10 PM // 18:10

If this is solo based i think that an assain can solo lots....just checkout the assain forum ftw..

Yanman.be · Feb 10, 2007, 06:14 PM // 18:14

Necro's Mesmers and Ele's can pretty much play any caster. Necro's get energy when stuff dies ( good for fire nukers, my Olias is a better SF'er than my Zhed ), mesmer cast faster, and ele's have elite energy management skills that give them a pretty much endless energy pool ( eprod, eprism)

Avarre · Feb 10, 2007, 06:14 PM // 18:14

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Originally Posted by The Admins Bane

Agreed, useless topic which will only invite the trolls.

While I did have some hope that this thread could turn out some discussion on the merits of each class, it seems you are being proven correct. There are more counterposts than actual replies.

I think a thread like this would be better opened in a place like campfire, where it can be properly structured and on a more specific topic.