Classes

[Ederaachamh]

So wat is everyone gonna play?

I'm going Barbarian and maybe Bear Shaman as the alt.

If you need a class primer, try this
http://aoc.wikia.com/wiki/Class

Note that only certain races can play certain classes.

I think Sleiyn is going Priest of Mitra, Deelia is going Tempest of Set.
Noke is going to die repeatedly. :D

[lilieana]

well i admit i dont know a ton about the classes but ive always liked something that had some stealth as well.

Currently i know the barbarian interest me, ranger a little though im kinda tired of bow damage getting lowered and lowered in every mmo, and heral of xotli interest me some.


Those that know me know i mainly played a ranger, nightshade and eld in daoc if anyone can suggest a class based on that :)

oh thats a great link finding out allot i didnt know, ty!!

[Noke]

everyone can stealth but rogues do it better. ed is just jealous that ill get all the death spam

actually i think the quad we have selected is going to be an excellent core for any pve or pvp we do. 2 caster healers, 1 dd/ae caster, lots of crowd control between the 3 softer targets (snares, roots, stuns, knockbacks) and good ae melee dps out of the barb.

that should be a very solid basis for anything we do, with us really missing out only on a tanky type person.

our playtime will be more limited so gonna try work out a set time to login everyother night so we can get together :)

if i wasnt going to be a demo, conqueror was my 2nd choice followed by bearshaman or maybe dark templar

[lilieana]

oh everyone can stealth? had no idea thats certainly different lol. wonders how a conqueror might compare to a barbarian ?

[Ederaachamh]

oh everyone can stealth? had no idea thats certainly different lol. wonders how a conqueror might compare to a barbarian ?

Everyone can stealth but it's a little broken at the moment (as at beta). Theoretically the more points you put into stealth the less easily you are detected. You can also put points into stealth detect. As it stood at beta, stealth detection didnt work and there was no difference between few points in stealth and a lot of points. These points come from a different allocation pool from feats, they are more like character traits which control mana regen, etc.

The rogue archetypes (barbarian, ranger, assassin) have the advantage of not using up stamina when they move in stealth. Anyone can stealth indefinitely if they don't move.

The soldier archetypes (guardian, conqueror, dark templar) generally have lower dps but higher survivability. Guardians can wear the heaviest armor (plate), and can wield halbards and are less susceptible to being knocked back, but have the lowest dps. Dark Templars supplement their hp/dps with lifetaps and spells. Conquerors have group buffs like mana regen and stamina regen and the highest dps among soldiers.

As far as rangers are concerned, they were extremely overpowered in beta at first, and were drastically nerfed both in range and dps. Rumor is that rangers are the worst class now at level 80. However I'm sure there will be more balancing to come. The problem though is that it's hard to balance a class that has both range AND stealth. (I know I just said all classes can stealth, but rogues have much more usable stealth). Assassins in AoC have the highest DPS and the best stealth, but they dont have a lot of stuns and crowd control and they die easily. That seems to be a correct balance, no stunlock assassins like in WoW. Barbarians have good melee damage but not much range, and can only wear light armor with not a lot of hp.

[Ederaachamh]

Hehe I might as well continue with my class overview.

Priest archetypes are Priest of Mitra, Tempest of Set and Bear Shaman. PoM is kinda like a smite cleric (I think, sleiyn can tell you more). ToS is like a mage/healer. BS is like a melee/healer. All three are meant to heal just as effectively, just in different ways. The goal in AoC was to make it such that there were no "pure healers" as such, so a lot of healing is done while fighting, not like DAoC where druids just cast heals over and over.

Mage archetypes are Demonologist, Necromancer, and Herald of Xotli. Demos are ranged nukers (either fire/lightning). Necros are a pet class, kinda like bonedancer. Herald of Xotli are a melee/mage hybrid. They only have cloth armor but they have a very powerful demon form for limited time, and they can breath fire.

[LoraHup]

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