The best class in my opinion is the lack of classes.
Freedom :]
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The best class in my opinion is the lack of classes. Freedom :]
The day i can create a class,Like an EQ shadow knight or Aoc Herald of Xolti in a mmo i will agree.No mmo yet has given you the creative in choices to do that.
i tried the priest in ragnarok, a blader in cabal online, and shaman in Atlantica online and currently i changed my preparation in Atlantica online as a gunner and right now this is the best class that im currently palying now ^^
Mage/Priest - Dual class in Runes Of Magic. This is a powerful combo that allowed me to solo mostly anything in the normal maps 4 levels higher then me
Weapon Master - Asda Story. After i finished Cash shoping my char i could solo everything and my return dmg on attacks was so strong i could stand in a mob and let them hit me till they died. The armor had so may bounus stats i would regen faster then they could hurt me.
Minstrel from DAOC. Not the greatest of killers, but it had a utility belt of useful tools such as stealth, stuns, healing, mana regan, imparting speed to your group and even had some nice combat moves.
I've never found a class quite like it and would play one again if I ever went back.
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Looks like a majority of folks like the hybrid classes or at least ones with a good bit of utility.
Seems like the bard from EQ1 is pretty popular. I never played EQ1 and it is kinda hard to go back and "catch" the spirit of the game when it is so old and the "newness" just isn't there anymore.
I also enjoyed the Heretic (for the sheer utility & damage) and the Minstrel from DAoC. From a different game, I think the WoW ret pally in it's current form is quite enojoyable as well.
I would love to see a Friar-type class but without the stave (though it did rock pretty hard). More of a friar that used martial arts (like a monk, but one that could heal and self buff). I tried the monk in EQ2, but never really got into it because I started the game so far behind everyone else.
EQ1 - Bard By far the best class ive ever played, being able to string songs along for damage/hp/buffs everything .. took skill to do, but was still amazing class. Kiting will never be the same .. its still shocking on how no ones even thrown an actual Bard class into their games, everyone who tries makes it some melee class who can sing a song .. but yet, never coming close to Eq1.
Eq1- Shaman Numero Dos in the character love. Sorry but muh wolf pet, killer buffs, killer dots, killer heals .. hah was amazing. although pvp made me want to cry.
Good ol' Everquest days.
I don't know,i think the Vanguard Bard is the best Bard since EQ1,it's just as fun and kiting is great.
ive played a tone of mmos and i'ts a big toss up eq1 bard is amazing the only game that made a orignal bard well done , Also Eq1 cleric is amazing , but realy every eq1 class was very well done ive never stuck with one toon so long in a game hell im still playing my shaman after 7 years of playing , So if i must say a class outside of eq i would go with DnD online Wizard that class is true power!
Ohhh... Zerker is a fun one too! I played a Vah Shir Berserker. (And anyone who says Vah Shir shouldn't be berserkers has obviously never tried bathing a cat.)
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The most fun I've had just because of the class I played was the Defiler in EQ2. When the game first launched I absolutely adored the Archetype system and the way the Defiler functioned just made it so fun for me.
They were really labelled as Healers but did nothign but buff and debuff. We had maybe 2-3 wards and a couple of heals but nothing compared to a straight up healer. Aaaall debuffs that made enemies so weak the group had nothing to heal. A very proactive, rather than reactive, healer.
I <3ed my RDM... I was one hard nut to crack... with all the Buffs you can put on yourself to keep yourself alive... I took a Dynamis Lord, Oblivion Smash to the Face... and Survived while everyone else around me was wiped out in one shot... (Granted he spamed it and i wasnt so lucky the second go around ) I could tank stuff as RDM/Ninja that other Tank classes would wipe to in a hurry, expesually in Campain battles. Also the Classes ablities to Heal, Magic Damage, Carry Med grade Armor and wield a Sword/Dagger... and one thing that makes RDM the best FFXI Class.................... The RDM Pimp Hat... oh ya you know your jealous
Depends if we talking skill based games or level based games.
The custom Nox Mage in Ultima Online was easily the funnest. All the wonders of a caster and sly deadliness of a rogue character. People think your a normal mage till you pull out the poison and take em by surprise
If we are talking literal classes on a level based system. Destroyer Lineage II. Big and badass. Could have 3 people beaten on ya and still hold your own as you trot along. Eventually you'll corner the fast little stormchasers and treasure hunters and bring upon them sure doom.
The Light Side Alchy was extremely fun to play in AC2 if you played right. Currently the RuneKeeper in LotRO is a blast to play. Very versitile and can go from an extreme dps'r to a decent healer in a pinch...depending on traits one has slotted. if you have time to re-trait before an instance then healing is awesome.
Mercenary from Dark Age of Camelot. The perfect playstlye for me. A melee DPS class that wears armor not good enough to tank, but still takes better hits than the stealthers and casters. Some similar classes from others games are Samurai from FFXI and Warden from LOTRO, both classes were also fun to play.
I obviously like classes that are hybrid but require that you focus on one OR the other strength to excel. I do NOT particularly like classes that are "pure hybrid" that generally make you weak in all the things you do...but you can do a lot of different things. Blech. I like to focus on one "side" of the class or the other and be able to really do well, while still having the option to play the class in an entirely different way another day, or another battle.
I guess the Rune-keeper is the best example of that. They can be spectacular healers OR spectacular dps....but they cannot do BOTH at the same time. The Rune-keeper builds up energy and momentum in ONE direction as they use those class skills. The more they use their heals in a fight...the more powerful the heals become throughout the fight. Same if they choose their elemental powers for dps. You can't switch over mid-fight to your other skills very easily...they would be weak. So you determine how you will play going into each battle. Same with the other classes I mentioned, although they're implemented differently than the RK.
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The best class in my opinion is the lack of classes.
Freedom :]
The day i can create a class,Like an EQ shadow knight or Aoc Herald of Xolti in a mmo i will agree.No mmo yet has given you the creative in choices to do that.
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i tried the priest in ragnarok, a blader in cabal online, and shaman in Atlantica online and currently i changed my preparation in Atlantica online as a gunner and right now this is the best class that im currently palying now ^^
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Mage/Priest - Dual class in Runes Of Magic. This is a powerful combo that allowed me to solo mostly anything in the normal maps 4 levels higher then me
Weapon Master - Asda Story. After i finished Cash shoping my char i could solo everything and my return dmg on attacks was so strong i could stand in a mob and let them hit me till they died. The armor had so may bounus stats i would regen faster then they could hurt me.
Best class I ever played:
1. Enchanter - Eq1
2. Bard - EQ1
Those are about the only two I ever played that took much skill to play and were very rewarding when played well.......
Vanguard Bloodmage, followed closely by the Vanguard Disciple. Healing without that healbot feeling.
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Minstrel from DAOC. Not the greatest of killers, but it had a utility belt of useful tools such as stealth, stuns, healing, mana regan, imparting speed to your group and even had some nice combat moves.
I've never found a class quite like it and would play one again if I ever went back.
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Looks like a majority of folks like the hybrid classes or at least ones with a good bit of utility.
Seems like the bard from EQ1 is pretty popular. I never played EQ1 and it is kinda hard to go back and "catch" the spirit of the game when it is so old and the "newness" just isn't there anymore.
I also enjoyed the Heretic (for the sheer utility & damage) and the Minstrel from DAoC. From a different game, I think the WoW ret pally in it's current form is quite enojoyable as well.
I would love to see a Friar-type class but without the stave (though it did rock pretty hard). More of a friar that used martial arts (like a monk, but one that could heal and self buff). I tried the monk in EQ2, but never really got into it because I started the game so far behind everyone else.
I don't know,i think the Vanguard Bard is the best Bard since EQ1,it's just as fun and kiting is great.
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ive played a tone of mmos and i'ts a big toss up eq1 bard is amazing the only game that made a orignal bard well done , Also Eq1 cleric is amazing , but realy every eq1 class was very well done ive never stuck with one toon so long in a game hell im still playing my shaman after 7 years of playing , So if i must say a class outside of eq i would go with DnD online Wizard that class is true power!
Hard to answer but...
EQ1
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Ohhh... Zerker is a fun one too! I played a Vah Shir Berserker. (And anyone who says Vah Shir shouldn't be berserkers has obviously never tried bathing a cat.)
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This is where I draw the line: __________________.
The most fun I've had just because of the class I played was the Defiler in EQ2. When the game first launched I absolutely adored the Archetype system and the way the Defiler functioned just made it so fun for me.
They were really labelled as Healers but did nothign but buff and debuff. We had maybe 2-3 wards and a couple of heals but nothing compared to a straight up healer. Aaaall debuffs that made enemies so weak the group had nothing to heal. A very proactive, rather than reactive, healer.
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I <3ed my RDM... I was one hard nut to crack... with all the Buffs you can put on yourself to keep yourself alive... I took a Dynamis Lord, Oblivion Smash to the Face... and Survived while everyone else around me was wiped out in one shot... (Granted he spamed it and i wasnt so lucky the second go around
) I could tank stuff as RDM/Ninja that other Tank classes would wipe to in a hurry, expesually in Campain battles. Also the Classes ablities to Heal, Magic Damage, Carry Med grade Armor and wield a Sword/Dagger... and one thing that makes RDM the best FFXI Class.................... The RDM Pimp Hat... oh ya you know your jealous 
Depends if we talking skill based games or level based games.
The custom Nox Mage in Ultima Online was easily the funnest. All the wonders of a caster and sly deadliness of a rogue character. People think your a normal mage till you pull out the poison and take em by surprise
If we are talking literal classes on a level based system. Destroyer Lineage II. Big and badass. Could have 3 people beaten on ya and still hold your own as you trot along. Eventually you'll corner the fast little stormchasers and treasure hunters and bring upon them sure doom.
The Light Side Alchy was extremely fun to play in AC2 if you played right. Currently the RuneKeeper in LotRO is a blast to play. Very versitile and can go from an extreme dps'r to a decent healer in a pinch...depending on traits one has slotted. if you have time to re-trait before an instance then healing is awesome.
I would have to say Scout in DAoC. Arrows ftw!
Don't need no damn magic.
Yep until they removed arrows and made all your bow attacks considered as 'spells'.. *sniff*
Game had the best "bow combat" system in an mmo before that (at leat in my opinion).
Yep until they removed arrows and made all your bow attacks considered as 'spells'.. *sniff*
Game had the best "bow combat" system in an mmo before that (at leat in my opinion).
*Gasp*
*Cleans his ears*
They did what to my arrows?!?! Nooooo!
Mercenary from Dark Age of Camelot. The perfect playstlye for me. A melee DPS class that wears armor not good enough to tank, but still takes better hits than the stealthers and casters. Some similar classes from others games are Samurai from FFXI and Warden from LOTRO, both classes were also fun to play.
Three way tie for me:
Rune-keeper (played as dps or healer) from LoTRO
Druid (feral/resto dual spec) from WoW
Troubador (bard archetype) from EQ2
I obviously like classes that are hybrid but require that you focus on one OR the other strength to excel. I do NOT particularly like classes that are "pure hybrid" that generally make you weak in all the things you do...but you can do a lot of different things. Blech. I like to focus on one "side" of the class or the other and be able to really do well, while still having the option to play the class in an entirely different way another day, or another battle.
I guess the Rune-keeper is the best example of that. They can be spectacular healers OR spectacular dps....but they cannot do BOTH at the same time. The Rune-keeper builds up energy and momentum in ONE direction as they use those class skills. The more they use their heals in a fight...the more powerful the heals become throughout the fight. Same if they choose their elemental powers for dps. You can't switch over mid-fight to your other skills very easily...they would be weak. So you determine how you will play going into each battle. Same with the other classes I mentioned, although they're implemented differently than the RK.
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