What will be your primary class on Green?

[Fammaden]

Random your toon:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1310744547

[Deathrydar]

So many Enchanters that are going to re-roll once they figure out that it is very difficult to solo when you have your newbie robe on and no other gear.

[Fammaden]

You wouldn't care I know, but the playerbase at large? Lots of the folks to join us don't even play on blue, much less frequent the forums and absorb all the info they can. I hope there will be a higher level of knowledge about how the penalty works, but given basic human nature I won't be surprised if there is reluctance to invite hybrids when there's another option.

[Deathrydar]

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

You wouldn't care I know, but the playerbase at large? Lots of the folks to join us don't even play on blue, much less frequent the forums and absorb all the info they can. I hope there will be a higher level of knowledge about how the penalty works, but given basic human nature I won't be surprised if there is reluctance to invite hybrids when there's another option.

I'm with ya. It's kinda of sad. Kinda like the real world though as everyone has the wrong opinion of everyone else.

[Nagoya]

As of 2019-10-05;

The Top Tier: Enchanter Druid
The Tier 2: Cleric, Shaman, Bard
The Middle Boyz: Warrior, Wizard, Necromancer, Magician, Ranger
The No Thanks Boyz: Paladin, Rogue, Monk, Shadow Knight

415 votes is starting to be quite a significant sample, even though poll answers maybe won't correlate to what the person will actually start.

No surprise on the top tier in my opinion. I am surprised Cleric and Bards are so high, but many people had selected bards before the AoE nerf I believe. My only other surprises so far is how high the warrior is, and how low the monk is. But we will see.

I think I have finally set up my mind on a Wizard for my main on Green.
Still hesitating between High Elf, Gnome and Human for the Race.
This is so difficult. We are so pathetic ♡

[Nagoya]

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

As of 2019-10-05;

The Top Tier: Enchanter Druid
The Tier 2: Cleric, Shaman, Bard
The Middle Boyz: Warrior, Wizard, Necromancer, Magician, Ranger
The No Thanks Boyz: Paladin, Rogue, Monk, Shadow Knight

415 votes is starting to be quite a significant sample, even though poll answers maybe won't correlate to what the person will actually start.

No surprise on the top tier in my opinion. I am surprised Cleric and Bards are so high, but many people had selected bards before the AoE nerf I believe. My only other surprises so far is how high the warrior is, and how low the monk is. But we will see.

I think I have finally set up my mind on a Wizard for my main on Green.
Still hesitating between High Elf, Gnome and Human for the Race.
This is so difficult. We are so pathetic ♡

Here is the situation as of 2019-10-15, 10 days before launch.
Now at 637 votes.

The Top Tier: Enchanter Druid
The Tier 2: Shaman, Cleric, Bard
The Middle Boyz: Magician, Wizard, Necromancer, , Ranger, Warrior, Paladin
The No Thanks Boyz: Rogue, Monk, Shadow Knight

which means almost no change. Only Paladin to raise to Middle Boyz status.
Shaman & Magician going up. Bards slowing down, hinting at maybe the AoE change was indeed a break to its popularity.

All in all, still pretty standard to what we should expect.
Tons of Enchanters and Druids trying to "solo" their way to the top.
Other WIS casters (Sham/Cler) playing the slow naked game, and Bard fucking around naked as well.

Everyone else is basically a warrior and will hurt through classic 24/7 for the glory of everyone else.
Special mention to the remaining three INT casters, Medium-Easy on the scale.

But Rangers, Paladins, Shadow Knights, Rogues, Warriors and Monks will be very rare and very brave. It will be a tough world for them.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Here is the situation as of 2019-10-15, 10 days before launch.
Now at 637 votes.

The Top Tier: Enchanter Druid
The Tier 2: Shaman, Cleric, Bard
The Middle Boyz: Magician, Wizard, Necromancer, , Ranger, Warrior, Paladin
The No Thanks Boyz: Rogue, Monk, Shadow Knight

which means almost no change. Only Paladin to raise to Middle Boyz status.
Shaman & Magician going up. Bards slowing down, hinting at maybe the AoE change was indeed a break to its popularity.

All in all, still pretty standard to what we should expect.
Tons of Enchanters and Druids trying to "solo" their way to the top.
Other WIS casters (Sham/Cler) playing the slow naked game, and Bard fucking around naked as well.

Everyone else is basically a warrior and will hurt through classic 24/7 for the glory of everyone else.
Special mention to the remaining three INT casters, Medium-Easy on the scale.

But Rangers, Paladins, Shadow Knights, Rogues, Warriors and Monks will be very rare and very brave. It will be a tough world for them.

I'm kinda surprised by how few necros there are. I guess too many people think iksar makes or breaks the class. The number of necros on blue has always been like double what this poll is reflecting.

I'm guessing SK is low because the "good" races to be a SK have extra exp penalties on top of the class penalty besides and folks have gotten used to it not being that bad on blue?

Like 50+% of the votes are for support-ish classes. I know of course that chanters can do a lot of damage and that druids and shamans aren't just heal and buff bots, etc, but with low melee damage in vanilla (especially early on) and so many folks playing the lower-damage casters, it'll be interesting to see if the grind is in big (and often not especially efficient) groups of 5-6 ends up being more painful than people are expecting.


edit - I don't think you can call int casters "Medium-Easy" in classic. They're just downright "easy" in terms of power vs. the content. Gear is a bonus, pets are relatively strong compared to mobs, basically nothing summons or is extra resistant or is immune to fear/root/snare/mez/stun, etc.

[flacidpenguin]

I am going to play a shadow knight for my second class, I just want to be able to afford a magic weapon and banded for her first. My first class was going to be a shaman but I am thinking necromancer now, because of the night vision business for Barbarians.

I think a cleric, necro, and sk will be my characters.

[Sinistria]

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

But Rangers, Paladins, Shadow Knights, Rogues, Warriors and Monks will be very rare and very brave. It will be a tough world for them.

No, everybody will have enough from that vegan caster folks and they will shiver in lust when they see a real tank coming its way and offering his services.

People will get mad when they finally get a real BBQ serverd by someone with a sword and hands of asbestos serving their meet on a fire of coal and not cooked on gas. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[pink grapefruit]

Curious how many who picked ench/bard prior to targeting nerf have changed their minds xDDD