Better PVP Class: Necro or Enchanter?

[Egil]

Enchanter
Good: Theft of Thought, Rune + Bedlam
Bad: Tash cured by potions, Mez countered by potions, every spell is MR, no shadowstep/yonder

Necro
Good: Shadowstep, Harmshield, Lifetaps
Bad: Reduced DoT damage, DoTs easily dispelled

Opinions?

[Gustoo]

Enchanter

[princepolk]

both awful

[SamwiseRed]

this game is 14 years old, is it really that complicated?

[Gustoo]

rule #1 though play your favorite character.

[Nirgon]

Enchanter pve mez level restrictions are present in PvP. So have fun only being able to rapture lvl 60 players :(.

Resist gear doesn't have much of an effect against non-lures, so necros are pretty weak too.

[Gustoo]

Thats why its important just to play the class you enjoy.

If you want to take cheap shots on guys engaged in PVE make a wizzie.

[Nirgon]

Eh if people weren't in a strong-ish full magic resist set, you'd see the occasional nuke land, definitely mezzes here and there after dispel/tash. Rapture/mana drain/theft of thought was used on people who were known not to be scared as phuk to wear gear. No drop cowards got absolutely butchered in live-early Velious (or late Velious if they weren't rolling deep in raid loot).

Unskilled wizards I'd see even get beat down the worst of the classes here. Druid much, much safer if you're kinda new.

[Faerie]

Necros were kind of overpowered on live, from what I remember. And most enchanters were not great, but some exceptional players really made the class shine.

Here I think enchanter is more powerful than necro, thanks to resists being a little more balanced in their favor. But you really should play what appeals to you :)

[Clark]

either, or shaman

[princepolk]

if youre using splurt in pvp you shouldnt be playing a necro anyways

[princepolk]

if this was live or anything near live that might matter

[SamwiseRed]

necros still good, there just isnt any good players behind them.

[princepolk]

ya i been trying to get my hand on a 60 necro for ages but *someone* is jewish as fuck and would rather sit on account for three months than trade it for a reasonable price to the one person on server who has any interest in it at all

[princepolk]

u no who u r

[Tomato King6]

both awful

charm is horribly broken , cant mez any players past 55 without rapture which you most likely wont have when you get shit on

dot breaks root and should not, real pvpers have crim and youll have clarity forever

[Faerie]

DoTs break root here?

[big league chew]

dots with a dd component def have a very high chance of breaking root
idk if thats classic or not but im just confirming it happens

[Something'Witty]

dots with a dd component def have a very high chance of breaking root
idk if thats classic or not but im just confirming it happens

The initial DD component of the DoT would have a chance of breaking root on live, but not the actual DoT dmg.

[big league chew]

gonna have to go with 'working as intended' on this one then

[Something'Witty]

As someone that plays a chanter on 99red, I recognize that the chance of me killing someone 1v1 is below average, but I can definitely fuck with you until you give up or reinforcements arrive. Where a chanter really shines is group PvP imo. CCing the enemy and keeping them busy in one form or another until my comrades can bring down the hammer.

Anyways, the only reason I chose to play a chanter on 99red was because it was the only class left in EQ that I hadn't already played high end that I was interested in. After all, any character is only as good as the person behind the keyboard, regardless of what class they play.

[SamwiseRed]

ye getting raptured + siphoning all my mana sucks.