most underpowered class in game?

[Jibartik]

yeah going with ranger on this one too, nobody is thrilled the ranger showed up except the ranger.

I do think wizards at best are still pretty useless, but I respect them as players.

[Jimjam]

What ever I play.

[Goldknyght]

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

What ever I play.

I know the feeling LoL

[Snagglepuss]

Over the years, I felt like knights never got the love they deserved on this server until more recently. Later patches help tremendously, but a well geared knight can really hold his own in a raid situation and should be the preferred tank for trash clearing and many encounters.

When played correctly, I feel like wizards bring tremendous utility and depth to a group, especially in places like Sebilis (grabbing aggro with flux staff and root parking melee and casters out of line of sight, stun interrupts on casters, and ability to burn mobs down). But wizards without VP robe and such are kinda gimped compared to other dps classes. Even mages get that clicky staff from Chardok.

I guess I don't know whether I'm thinking of under powered or under appreciated.

[bomaroast]

Combat bandaging was not 'taken out.' It was a bug that needed to be fixed. It's designed to be an out-of-combat skill.

I'd say the most underpowered class is paladins. They're either a druid-level healer with underpowered HP buffs if they're willing to sit all the time and never melee, or they're the lowest dps melee class that can toss a fraction of the healing needed to keep a group running.

[arc]

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

Combat bandaging was not 'taken out.' It was a bug that needed to be fixed. It's designed to be an out-of-combat skill.

I'd say the most underpowered class is paladins. They're either a druid-level healer with underpowered HP buffs if they're willing to sit all the time and never melee, or they're the lowest dps melee class that can toss a fraction of the healing needed to keep a group running.

pallys are great pullers and decent group tanks

fun class but underpowered for sure

not as weak as rangers imo

[Keebz]

Before discs, warriors are completely unnecessary.

[PlsNoBan]

I've always felt like druids suck ass outside of porting and PL. Heals are the weakest of the healers. Sustained damage in groups is ass. Raids ur just a crappy spot healer with 1 buff 1 debuff? I'd never take a druid in my group unless I was super desperate and it was the only heals available. Only want 1 in raid for skin basically. Extras can spot heal but in every situation another shm/clr would fill the role better. Lot of ranger hate in this thread but rangers are serviceable tanks in classic for a lot of content and in a chain pulling xp group almost definitely output more dps than a druid due to not having significant mana constraints. I'd take a ranger tank over a warrior in many cases. Threat is very often more important than the survivability difference in group content.

If u wanna be a port/PL bitch then you do you. Other than that the class is a trashcan. I always feel bad when noobs ask what class to make and everyone spams druid and that poor fella doesn't know any better til it's too late.

[Ennewi]

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

I've always felt like druids suck ass outside of porting and PL. Heals are the weakest of the healers. Sustained damage in groups is ass. Raids ur just a crappy spot healer with 1 buff 1 debuff?

Animal charm DPS in Fear, Kael, Sky, etc. IIRC revultant rats used to be incorrectly classified as animals and those were used for DPS as well. Also, no other class can turn off the rain, manipulating the environment, zone-wide, to improve visibility/QOL for other players.

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

rangers ... in a chain pulling xp group almost definitely output more dps than a druid due to not having significant mana constraints.

Not if there's something for the druid to charm. If a class has any form of charm, it is closer to being overpowered than under.

[Swish]

SK isn't awful on raids if you're a small crew.