Which class gets the most respect for being good at their class?

[Cars]

I don't think people should overlook the praise the knight tanks get. It is really easy to be a shitty paladin or a shitty SK. I play a Paladin and I get praised all the time for tanking the way I do and now I can log on for like 5 minutes and I usually get between 2 or 3 tells right out the gate inviting me to various groups. I understand that from the healers prospective having a warrior as a meat shield to utilise CH's it makes sense, but as the chanter or bard or the damage classes it must be nicer to have a class that interupts almost every spell cast by mobs due to stuns and bash, not to mention a back up healer who can root mobs in a bind and pull solo with the lull line of spells. We dont have to wait for taunt to pop cause of blind/stun and its a rare day indeed that I lose aggro on the mobs I pull. Pally's might not be "Mr.Raid" but they are definitely not a class to be overlooked in group scenarios. i don't play an Sk but I assume they are pretty similar in dynamics.

[Filwen]

Not much love for the Wizards. =p

[Daywolf]

Originally Posted by Filwen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not much love for the Wizards. =p

Well, when I had my ranger on live, my friend played the wizard class. Great damage, but high aggro so I had to keep an eye on him even when we got in groups... which is one of the things rangers are good at with protecting casters. But when he had to log, the party didn't disband. But when the cleric had to go, and we could not find a replacement, game over. When I maxed my ranger, that fact got me building a cleric, which wound up getting me constant tells for invites most any zone I entered, even begging. Of course then my friend made a wood elf warrior... lol mana burn keeping him up.

Hmmm... maybe later on in the game the other classes became more sufficient in groups, but from the beginning and for some time, no cleric meant no group camp in many cases, not in tough spots anyhoot. Of course being a bad cleric didn't help.

[Lazortag]

As a Bard every time I CC reasoably well people will blow their wad over how amazing Bards are. Personally I think that's just odd, mezzing shit isn't hard if you're not needed for anything else, just tab through enemies until you get all of them (excluding the one the rest of the group is targeting). Not difficult at all. But I appreciate the respect either way.

I also find it ironic since on the forums people bitch about how shitty Bards are when I see them get complimented for the littlest things. It's just weird.

[guineapig]

Originally Posted by Cars [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think people should overlook the praise the knight tanks get. It is really easy to be a shitty paladin or a shitty SK. I play a Paladin and I get praised all the time for tanking the way I do and now I can log on for like 5 minutes and I usually get between 2 or 3 tells right out the gate inviting me to various groups. I understand that from the healers prospective having a warrior as a meat shield to utilise CH's it makes sense, but as the chanter or bard or the damage classes it must be nicer to have a class that interupts almost every spell cast by mobs due to stuns and bash, not to mention a back up healer who can root mobs in a bind and pull solo with the lull line of spells. We dont have to wait for taunt to pop cause of blind/stun and its a rare day indeed that I lose aggro on the mobs I pull. Pally's might not be "Mr.Raid" but they are definitely not a class to be overlooked in group scenarios. i don't play an Sk but I assume they are pretty similar in dynamics.

Totally agree with you. There is a huge difference between a great paladin and a meh paladin. They just don't seem to get noticed as much as most people tend to concentrate on managing agro and none of the other stuff (which is what comes easiest to the knight classes). It's a shame really.