Biggest class impact from Velious

[applesauce25r624]

rangers...

group atk buff on everybody before raid
trueshot discipline
then /q and log onto another class

[Daldaen]

Warriors on raid content. Knights tank all group content fine/better than warriors.

Rampage is a special Attack many raid mobs and Velious mobs get. Basically, whenever it triggers a successful roll on rampage, that mob will execute a set of attacks (1-4) on another target (not the main tank). The target is determined by the earliest on aggro list. So if a monk aggros a mob first, then the warrior attacks, then a shaman slows, then a cleric heals. The rampage list would be Monk->Warrior->Shaman->Cleric. So long as the mob is alive, it will continue hitting the monk as rampage unless the monk dies, FDs or runs far away. If one of those occurs, next comes the warrior, however if he is main tanking he is skipped on the rampage list and the shaman becomes the player taking rampage damage. Basically it requires you to heal two tanks, the rampage tank gets hit less often and will require fewer heals but having a defensive rampage tank is important on raid mobs.

Pulling is more crucial because mobs are harder and you can't as easily kite, CC, offtank, or burn out a boss before the adds kill you. Which is exactly what you can do in Kunark.

Deftdance is only a parry disc, but on a class with fast Runspeed, 2 tick DA, snares, mezzes, lulls, they can single pull some incredible things. It's just another tool to be used in a pinch. It was more useful with Fading Memories, but the same can be achieved with CotH to clear aggro.

CoS is extremely boring to solo on a Necro as. PoMischief is a bit more interesting... But they are somewhat limited in what they can do in PoM.

[webrunner5]

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

Warriors on raid content. Knights tank all group content fine/better than warriors.

You must not have played a healer class with that statement in Velious. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[eisley]

I think warriors gain the most, in that they gain abilities via weapon procs. Avatar, Ensnare (no vp on live), Slows (willsapper arguably most important weapon in game), Unresistable lifetaps, Blind, runes, dots, and just huge raw damage (scepter of destruction) or threat. Clickies are another factor, see: Dain hammer, Tunare belt, 10th ring, etc

If you are talking absolute endgame, best gear characters, warriors end up incredibly powerful. Shamans end up pretty ridiculous as well, with the ability to keep themselves avatared, and a few specific proc weapons made for them, as well as being able to achieve knight-level AC.

Hard to answer question because its a gear-oriented expansion, for the most part.

[Razdeline]

Everyone forgets hybrids get an accumulative spell haste buff every level after 50.

[wormed]

I still facepalm that they're going to introduce shit like hybrid exp removal and (especially) combat table improvements to knights/rangers in some ridiculous timeframe.

Jeez.