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Which class to play and what side (help me choose!!)
logangregor
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What class to play?
Well for starters mmo background would be a nice start.
First mmo Shadowbane
Onto Star Wars Galaxies(very fun but didnt play long due to circumstances)
DARK AGES OF CAMELOT /cheer
Played a bonedancer, not enough dps, not enogh survivabiltiy so I changed to a Sorcerer. Now that was fun. Completely screwing over a whole group with a very well placed Aoe Mez and a few roots.'
Went onto WoW like many did. Played a Lock, a Mage, A priest, and finally and most recently a rogue. I considered myself a great healer, a terrible kiter(I fail at icemage) although truth be told the only toon I lvld myself all the way to 70 was the lock, the others well friends gave the toons to me.
So now here I am having a pretty good time on the rogue and thinking that maybe this was the class for me all along (3 yrs into wow, great timing aye)
So Im at sort of a crossroads. Do I go with some of the amazing looking casters of WAR. THe firemage looks absolutely bad ass. Big dmg, big boom but then I think to myself, what about survivability. And what casters have a overall balance feel to them.
Is my glass cannon going to be regulated down to GLASS much like the mage has been in WoW?
And are there even going to be stealthers like we had in WoW? I dont think so per se, but I havent read anything recently to shed any light on that subject.
So to the real question of this whole half rant of a thread, has anyone seen any more info on the classes than whats on WAR's website? I would love to see attacks, defensive moves, counters--anything really to give me a better idea how these classes play would be great.
And to add even more conflict within myself, which side? I read the kiddies will most likely play Chaos. Not sure how much I want to be part of the Cult wannabe RP crowd....and the tight nit RvR guilds of DAOC always chose the under dog realms.
Decisions
Decisions
Well if your bored atm and have a "solid" opinion please by all means help me choose.
Comments
Too be honest fro mthe lloks of things the order side will outnumber the destruction like in wow where most servers had more alliance then horde.
I personally think the community will be better on destruction side.
As for healers if thats the thing you enjoy, a new concept class would be war priest (melee healer so good survivability i am assuming) on order side or even disciple of khane (fro mthe looks of it a healer/dps/health tapping priest) on destruction.
As the above poster said Destruction will likely be the underdog as WoW's Horde is. People applied the same "little kids want to be evil therefore the evil-ish side will be more numerous and immature." Alliance is clearly more numerous, and one can't really quantify emotional maturity, so there ya go.
As to class choice, the closest Rogue analog is the Witch Elf. Fast attacks with two pointy weapons, light armor, etc. And my understanding is that there are no stealth like abilities.
If you like Warlocks, you may want to take a look a the Chaos Magus. They seem to be more nuker and less pet wrangler than WoW's Warlocks, but they still summon demons and blow things up with spells. Also, Squig Herders might be interesting to you. They're more of a true pet class with ugly, vicious pets, not too unlike a Warlock's demons.
By the way, I'm not in Beta, this is just my impressions from reading about WAR. Hope it helps.
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i disagree with the destruction being the underdogs...with the people that leave WoW many things could happen...1...Alliance players will go to destruction because they feel it will have a more mature base or it will be the underdog...2..players from alliance will go to order because they enjoyed alliance and feel it will have a similar feeling....3.....Alliance players will join destruction for a different feel.....4....players from Horder will join Destruction because they enjoy the "eviler" side of things.....5..Horde players will join destruction because "who wants to play human in a game...you have to play one in real life"....6....Horde players will join order for a different feel..or they want to change sides....
it comes down to thge simple fact....Play what you want to play...classes will change people minds the most
I disagree on destruction being the underdog due to 1 Horde never really had a more mature player base...at launch, yeah a bit, but please now it has come down to turning off general chat in the berrens...boulderfist has never had a mature player base
no offense to horde boulderfist players
2 the population has since just about evened out IMO
i feel that Order will be the underdog if we are just basing the results off of players coming from WoW....
other games it all depends Albs from DAoC i feel will lean to Empire (order) and Hibs will lean towards the Elfs (eather side) and Mids leaning to Choas (mid tanks leaning to the chosen)
all my Opinion and i do not expect anyone to flat out agree with me....these are just my thoughts
So far as classes go, I haven't seen any additional information -- but it's likely that the NDA will be down within a week or two (or if you believe rumors, any minute now haha) and you'll then have all the info you can handle. So, er... patience.
I'm not sure Chaos will be the underdog side. Mythic has said that the beta population on each side has been about even, but that doesn't seem too rare for the beta. It looks like we're seeing the beginnings of what went down in WoW: skilled PvP guilds going Destruction, but Order having the higher population.
Or, I think in this case, the guilds are going Destruction under the assumption that Order will be the default realm for newbies.
It's tough for me too because I do NOT want to play on the side that has the overwhelming population, but after co-leading a darker guild in Shadowbane and playing Horde on WoW, I feel compelled to play something in Order in WAR.
But... if all the newbies go to Order, then I'll stand out just by being competent with my own class, so I'll be rare enough.
lol i must say that after reading all the posts, im a bit sad to see people still comparing warhammer to wow...STOP IT!
the fan base for warhammer is not all coming from wow as warhammer has its own MASSIVE fan base that play table-top, rts, and other games. i expect a new and refreshing community that wow is not.
classes that i know so far and plan on playing
Dwarf rune priest!
~good mix of offensive defensive and passive buffs & heals to make you a deceptive target. lol example of defensive buffs (ive seen this in a video) J random Orc runs up to the player ( a runepriest) hits him and gets shocked, frozen, burnt, and hit by lightning...pwned! you can also empower your runes and place them on friendly targets too but beyond that i dont know many specifics
Black Orc!
~melee tank and brawler class. obviously good at tanking and when spec'd right excells at debilitating your enemies. (also in a video) X random warrior priest runs up to said orc and engages him in melee, the orc bashes him with his shield to the ground and stomps on his chest for a stun! ouch!
in the end its up to you, these classes arent like wow they all accell at what they do unlike wow that had a few classes try to cover all the bases. each side will be unique and be an ultimate struggle (hopefully and not a repetitive loss for one side or the other)
Well, it looks like youve played Casters your whole MMO career, so if you wanna stick wit it, then play a caster class. For myself, i want to choose a "good" alligned character and i want to play something unique. That is why im gonna choose a witch hunter
I may choose something else when i get in game, but witch hunter is looking pretty BA atm
Yeah well looks like Im going to be waiting to see what each class has and just try them all for a while to get a feel for each and every one.
I know one thing for sure....WARHAMMER is the beginning of the end for my "CLicking" bad habits.
Ive been trying to break that bad habit for a while.
Keybinding ftw
Where are you getting your information? Matter of fact, this is the exact opposite. Destruction currently and more than likely will out number Order significantly. However, Mythic has a good balance system to combat this problem. In terms of community you may be correct, but you don't have any theory or information to back up your speculation, so it is just that. Guilds will be a big part of WAR so it will be important to find a well organized guild that promotes alliances with other guilds in order to have success on the battlefield. This is something that destruction is appearing to be doing much better than Order. I hope Order gets some good guilds, but right now destruction is leading the way on this matter.
The way the classes play in WoW are very different then the way the classes play in WAR. Sure you have casters and melee but after that, things become very different. Healers dish out dmg half the time they are healing (wow you pretty much just had a pocket healer half the time who would just concentrate on healing while maybe throwing in some cc and light dmg). Tanks protect fellow players by having a talent that actually absorbs half the damage on the targeted team member (which then gets mitigated to less dmg since tanks have all their block, parry, resist, ect.) The CC in WAR is not as long as the CC in WoW. Therefore much more pure fighting. I think this alone will make the game better then WoW (quit after 3 years) just because Mythic made the two least fun classes (healer and tank) fun and useful in pvp.
Edit: Forgot to suggest a class lol. Try the witch hunter or witch elf classes. Both are suppose to be most similar to the rogue class. Witch hunters use both a sword and a gun so they have range and melee capabilities. Witch elf is probably most similar to rogue in which they are an up close fighter that duel wields. Both have stealth, both use combo points.
Where are you getting your information? Matter of fact, this is the exact opposite. Destruction currently and more than likely will out number Order significantly. However, Mythic has a good balance system to combat this problem. In terms of community you may be correct, but you don't have any theory or information to back up your speculation, so it is just that. Guilds will be a big part of WAR so it will be important to find a well organized guild that promotes alliances with other guilds in order to have success on the battlefield. This is something that destruction is appearing to be doing much better than Order. I hope Order gets some good guilds, but right now destruction is leading the way on this matter.
This speculation and all these speculations of why order will out do destruction is based off of WoW.
By reading your first few lines , you are unaware of how WoW worked in this. During beta horde was the big boy on the block, second the game released Alliance largely out numberd hord. Alot of people including myself feel that the same effect will happen in WAR, while it wont matter to a degree, it means that 1 server will be SOL
But Mythic did something to prevent this, both sides have Elfs XD
Might sound stupid but it will help to balance the population when everyone can join.
Remember the Blood Elfs