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Help Picking a Class
Hello everyone! I've recently picked up playing again on one of my older characters after being away for several years. My... how things have changed in that time span! I'm honestly looking to start over as a newer character, just to hopefully experience the newbie feeling and grow familiar with the game again. I've become acquainted with the retirement program, but my character sadly falls short of the 100 credit investment, so I'll be starting completely anew.
The biggest problem that I seem to be having is class selection. Honestly, I can see several classes that I think would be interesting to roleplay as, so I'm having a harder time than I thought of narrowing them down. So, I thought I'd bring my problems to the wise, wise folks of the forum in the hopes you might make my choice a bit easier. In general terms, I'm looking at the following classes: Runewarden, Depthswalker, Paladin, Infernal, Blademaster, and Apostate.
In general, I have a natural preference for physical classes with perhaps a bit of magical flair thrown in, ala Depthswalker, but Apostate seems rather interesting. I've done some poking around on the forums, and I eliminated Bard simply because I'm not that great of a coder, and I believe it requires a certain level to be successful? I've also eliminted Monk simply because my old character was one, and I'd like a bit more of a change. Ultimately, what I'm looking for is a class that can do a bit of everything. I'd prefer one that's at least decent at hunting and capable of performing well at mid-high tier combat, though I'm unsure if I'll ever reach that level of skill. I simply want the options to be there in case I should. As far as utility goes, that really isn't a huge concern for me. I can afford to take an extra bit of time doing things if I feel the class is a better fit for my other requirements. I'd like to again say that this class is likely going to be completely unfunded in terms of credits and artefacts, so I'll have to completely earn everything I get in game, at least for now.
tl;dr I'm a newb. Please help me choose a class from Runewarden, Infernal, Paladin, Blademaster, Apostate, and Depthswalker.
The biggest problem that I seem to be having is class selection. Honestly, I can see several classes that I think would be interesting to roleplay as, so I'm having a harder time than I thought of narrowing them down. So, I thought I'd bring my problems to the wise, wise folks of the forum in the hopes you might make my choice a bit easier. In general terms, I'm looking at the following classes: Runewarden, Depthswalker, Paladin, Infernal, Blademaster, and Apostate.
In general, I have a natural preference for physical classes with perhaps a bit of magical flair thrown in, ala Depthswalker, but Apostate seems rather interesting. I've done some poking around on the forums, and I eliminated Bard simply because I'm not that great of a coder, and I believe it requires a certain level to be successful? I've also eliminted Monk simply because my old character was one, and I'd like a bit more of a change. Ultimately, what I'm looking for is a class that can do a bit of everything. I'd prefer one that's at least decent at hunting and capable of performing well at mid-high tier combat, though I'm unsure if I'll ever reach that level of skill. I simply want the options to be there in case I should. As far as utility goes, that really isn't a huge concern for me. I can afford to take an extra bit of time doing things if I feel the class is a better fit for my other requirements. I'd like to again say that this class is likely going to be completely unfunded in terms of credits and artefacts, so I'll have to completely earn everything I get in game, at least for now.
tl;dr I'm a newb. Please help me choose a class from Runewarden, Infernal, Paladin, Blademaster, Apostate, and Depthswalker.
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Depthswalker or Runewarden both seem appropriate choices here. Depthswalker is up there with Druid in being a king of utility, and has the magical flair. I'm less certain of its hunting proficiency unartied, however.
Runewarden, by contrast, will be (as 2H, anyway, and DWC once crits start building) a hunting king, 2H does reasonably well at combat, has some utility in the form of Runelore (learn to love raido) and Chivalry (falcon stuff mostly), and is semi-magical with Runelore in general. The other benefit to Runelore over something like Infernal or Paladin (or Apostate) is that unlike those classes, nobody can take your powers away from you.
- (Eleusis): Ellodin says, "The Fissure of Echoes is Sarathai's happy place."
- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."5 -
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Of those, the only really great one at hunting is Runewarden. Depthswalker can be nice with rewind and reflections, but it only really shines once you have all your Terminus points and can fully spec for hunting and damage reduction.
I am not sure what Blademaster is these days.And you won't understand the cause of your grief...
...But you'll always follow the voices beneath.
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If you want to be combat viable as unartied runie, you'll almost certainly want to be a high strength race (troll or xoran), whereas for BM and DW race does not matter as much, if that makes any difference to you for RP reasons.
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They're all fine - combat is really all around pretty balanced across classes. Which class you will win as will likely be much more based on what you're best at than the class being just generally better.
Runewarden has four specs which are all basically separate classes (but only costs 100 lessons to change spec). I wouldn't rate two-handed or dual blunt as high as dual cutting or sword and shield.
Runewarden and blademaster will require limb counting. BM's counting is manageable but might be tricky at first because different attacks do different amounts of limb damage.
DW does not require limb counting and is probably a simpler class in that respect. The most common complaint about DW is people just spamming touch shield to kill your momentum. If you play the class well though, only the most extreme level of shield spam will frustrate you, which is rare to encounter.
BM and runie also benefit from artefacts more than DW. I wouldn't say they aren't viable unartied, but you might see others doing things you can't and wish you had the arties too, while DW can do everything without arties.6
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- With sharp, crackling tones, Kyrra tells you, "The ladies must love you immensely."
- (Eleusian Ranger Techs): Savira says, "Most of the hard stuff seem to have this built in code like: If adventurer_hitting_me = "Sarathai" then send("terminate and selfdestruct")."
- Makarios says, "Serve well and perish."
- Xaden says, "Xaden confirmed scrub 2017."
Which stats do they actually benefit from? How does the age mechanic work for their skills? Are there attacks balance or equilibrium based? I've taken a look at the skilltrees and Aeonics seems to be mainly a combat/utility path. Does that mean I should Trans Terminus for bashing after Shadowmancy? Trait recommendations? Sorry for all the questions. I just wanted to be a bit more knowledgeable before I make a commitment to the class.