Hmmm... What Class...

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Rendian

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Hello everyone,

Well... after taking a 6 month or so break from SoD I decided to start playing again, but I'm having some trouble choosing what class / race that I want to be. I was thinking of a Bard, Druid, Necro, or Wizard but i can't decide... Looking for a good damage class with minimal down-time.

What I remeber from live -

Bard - Twisting songs, not sure on the damage. :what:

Druid - Had a 65 druid on live, kiting everything around and AoE kiting, and i could portal :dance:

Wizard - HUGE damage... nothing can compare, but had a decent amount of downtime. :dumb:

Necro - Engage monster, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, Send Pet, FEAR, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, Loot, Rinse / Repeat :keke:

Any input on what class I should choose? Or even dual-boxing, just need a little help here. :dance: :dance: :dance:

Thanks in advance. :dance:
 
First off, that thread should probably be in classes & gear.

That being said, fear is disabled in SoD until further notice.
AE works differently than on live...
You might want to re-read the starter posts and the wiki to get your knowledge in line :).
 
Bards have no downtime, but probably the least dps soloing without relic dot



The rest are really a toss-up on which you would rather play,
 
Hello everyone,

Well... after taking a 6 month or so break from SoD I decided to start playing again, but I'm having some trouble choosing what class / race that I want to be. I was thinking of a Bard, Druid, Necro, or Wizard but i can't decide... Looking for a good damage class with minimal down-time.

What I remeber from live -

Bard - Twisting songs, not sure on the damage.

Druid - Had a 65 druid on live, kiting everything around and AoE kiting, and i could portal

Wizard - HUGE damage... nothing can compare, but had a decent amount of downtime.

Necro - Engage monster, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, Send Pet, FEAR, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, DOT, Loot, Rinse / Repeat

Any input on what class I should choose? Or even dual-boxing, just need a little help here.

Thanks in advance.


Well that depends on whether you eventually want to raid or not as well. All of them are good soloing classes, although I'd put necro close to the top if not the top. Massive damage + lifetaps and fd. I would have ranked druid first, as they can heal their pets+themselves+ their transportation skills are unmatched as well as having decent nonrootbreaking dots+ pretty damm good nukes, however I would imagine in the case of a solo career, necros would save quite a bit of time xp and plat by having fd over a druid. They're close though. I'd pick based on what you'd rather primarily do in groups/raids. Druid=> you're gonna heal, Necro=> you're going to kill stuff/flop and significantly cut raid downtime.

Wizards are decent at soloing, not as good based on pure class abilities as the previous two, nor I would think more than bards. You will faaaaar outdamage bards in the raidgame. Though as far as long fights go, I'd put necros a step above. I wouldnt be surprised if on a 15-20 minute fight if a necro would significantly outdps a similarly geared wizard (after the necro gets festering curse of course, which goes up freaking hiiiiiigh. The last tick I paid attention to while botting a necro it was doing around 1k/tick. It lasted alot longer too, but checking the dmg while running another character and strafing around is a pain in the ass).

As far as bards I've seen them pull off some pretty impressive soloing, but I'd put them 3rd, even though I'd expect downtime to be fairly minimal, kiting a whole bunch of mobs requires alot of practice though.
 
No fear!? O noes.

Oh well. Thanks for the input, think I'll try out a necro for now, Dual Box with a druid maybe?

Gonna seem like a good break from a Monk / Shaman combo.

Also, Thanks for the post move, didnt even see the Classes & gear section.

And one last thing, what seem to be the most underplayed classes?
 
Allielyn said:
Paladin and Rogue.
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Oh wow people are playing enchanters? :eek:

Also when i was playing a while back there seemed to be a lack of beastlords.

I think the better question to ask is Which class has the least amount of players as a main
 
lotox said:
Oh wow people are playing enchanters? :eek:
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TBH I was just going off the information provided in the following post (small sampling, with lots of error, but still. . . .):

goodthink said:
this is current info as of 4pm est tuesday the 27th.

total polled 122 players online

Clerics 14 or 11.4%
Druids 9 or 7.3%
Shaman 12 or 9.8%
Bst 10 or 8.1%
Magican 12 or 9.8%
Bard 9 or 7.3%
Warrior 11 or 9.01%
rogue 4 or 3.2%
ranger 10 or 8.1%
monk 11 or 9.01%
paladin 2 or 1.6%
shd 5 or 4.09%
wizzard 5 or 4.09%
enchanter 8 or 6.5%

+error +/- .7 The differences are accounted for rounding up or down as certain circumstances warent.

*Poll didn't take into account names similar to class names, ie: clericous, or warriorali. Also data could vary because time of day polled.

conclusions

The most played class is the cleric (11.4%) with the magican, shaman (9.8%), warrior and monk (9.01%) and bst and ranger (8.1%) following. The least played classes are Paladin (1.6%) followed by rogue (3.2%) and the shadowknight and wizard (4.09%).
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Wow. Are Paladins really that hard to find?
If so, I'm totally jumping back into the roll of my first love, the often underpowered and underappreciated; Paladin.
 
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