To pair up with enc?

[Malrubius]

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

Well thanks for the insight people, interesting stuff.
My friend started up last night and not having any answer yet I went on thinking and opted in for a Ranger. We got to lvl 5, so no biggie if I have to start over, and got a lvl 19 SK I stripped to twink the ranger.

I'll give out my reasoning behind the different options, tell me what I am missing or whether it's not so stupid.

1) With an SK, the good part is that SK takes great advantage of Breeze line AND haste line of spells, and having a tank is nice, + the fear kiting option ; HOWEVER, there is no heal here and waiting for an Ogre SK to get his hp back can really be long. When we were youngters, we played SK and cleric and we'd like to minimize the downtime because with such a combo it was as you'd imagine just horrible. Terrible dps and then waiting for cleric regen, lose all hp to kill a mob and start over -_-

2) With the Monk, being an Iksar + stuff like mend and better dps would make grinding a nicer experience with less downtime I guess than with the SK in spite of not having any heals either... And is it not a shame not to have a mana bar, being paired with a chanter?

3) With the shammie, I guess the good side is great benefit for the shaman from the chanter buffs haste/breeze, however, the chanter doesn't give a crap about 90% of the shammie buffs (though SoW is priceless), the debuffs overlap really and although heals/regen/mana regen would really be covered there, we'd really be lacking a tank wouldn't we?

4) And finally the ranger, for which I went with solo quick-thinking (and loving it so far) thinking that if enc/drood is da imba shit it must be OKAY with a ranger since it s the same line of spells. Even if we're not talking about real druid magic, the utility with SoW and stuff later on can really be sweet, can somewhat do ok as a tank when needed, can play with fear+snare like druid/enc, will benefit from haste & good dps, and the although-crappy-heals + breeze should minimize seizably downtime.

Am I thinking right and seen like this Ranger probably is the best option of the 4 classes I like, or have I got it all wrong?

Once again thanks a lot for the insight/suggestions/comments and any further thinking will be deeply appreciated.

Cheers,

Dagorn

Basically, as long as you are having fun, no need to look back.

But since you asked, I think Ranger is not going to be as good (to pair with a chanter) as any of the other three.

SK is the only tank in the list. This counts for a lot. And with the best haste in the game and second best slow in the game, heals are going to be less important. A Troll SK also would give you regen which lessens the downtime even more.

A hasted monk is sick. Along with slowed mobs, mend, and Bind Wound, you would have very little downtime here too. So what if they have no mana bar? I think you are thinking "Chanter means Clarity". This is not the case. Clarity is a very small "nice-to-have" compared to what chanters really bring to the table. Besides, SKs and Rangers don't benefit much from Clarity either.

Shaman is great. But arguably their biggest skills (haste and slow) are almost exactly duplicated by chanters.

A Ranger is definitely not a tank either. A Shaman and a Monk tank about as well as a Ranger.

Bottom line (imo) - if you want a tank (and you probably do), go SK. If you don't, go Monk or Shammy. If you want to have fun, pick whatever (including Ranger).

[Nogdar]

Hey Malrubius,

Thanks a lot for your time and all those insightful comments. I still haven't managed to really make up my mind, torn between the different loveable options hehe. I guess I'll keep on with the ranger until we reach the lvl of my SK and then I'll probably switch back to the SK, we'll see [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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Dagorn

[Klyre]

Personally I would agree with a Shaman choice. While you are doubling up on slows and speed buffs the lack of serious heals will hurt your downtime the most and with the chanters Clarity line and the Shaman Cani line you should never be wanting for heals.
As for tanks and the lack thereof the Shamen will get a pet, and the chanter will have his animation. Bu the true power of this combination will be Charming. There is no better Tank then a Charmed pet and the biggest problem with this is breakage and Chanter death. But with the Shaman there he is able to root and heal while the chanter recontrols if necessary.
The only drawback to this combination (In my opinion) is the lack of snarability and not being able to fear kite. Small price to pay with nonstop killing ability that this combo can do.
Druids can do it better but that's not one of the options you asked for.