What is the best class?

[iruinedyourday]

also lets not forget that Triangle (a shaman) was the best of the best when it comes to downing mobs solo in Kunark [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

But also dont forget by using puppet strings, basically makes a shaman an OP enchanter hehe

[Troxx]

There isn't a "best" class.

Most powerful? If you factor in their entire toolkit and what they can do, my list would be (in descending order)

Shaman/ench
Bard/necro
Monk
Cleric (bump this up for raids)
Mage/Rogue (bump this up for raids)
Paladin
Ranger/sk
Druid
Warrior (bump this up for raids)
Wizard

Class most undervalued by the community? Mage. Pet alone will sustain enough dps to effectively be a moderately geared melee. Add in nukes on top and they're just good all around additions to he group.

2nd most undervalued for grouping? Necro. Good pet dps. Better charm dps. Heals, twitches, dots ... Win


Worst class for 99.9% of eq? Wizard. Sustained dps is terrible ... Like half the dps of a bard meleeing bad. Only saving grace(s) raid burn, ports, and very friendly solo leveling for those that want to afk for long periods of time (quad).

Since eq is a game and games are about having fun, the "best" class is the class you have the most fun playing.

[Atmas]

Anyone who says Paladin is a bad class has never played a geared Paladin. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Especially in Velious.

[bomaroast]

There is no best. Only different reality tunnels you can travel down. In the end all that matters is that you had a good time.

[Expediency]

If you are EQ rich shaman is the best class at 60.

There is no "best" otherwise, depends on the situation.

[Naethyn]

Human because we look awesome.

[james_bonde]

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Human because we look awesome.

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[Aades]

8th grade history with the young Mrs. Christian was the best class.

[Samoht]

Lol @ the guy who ranked rangers above anything else. Hands down worse class. Period.

[Troxx]

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

Lol @ the guy who ranked rangers above anything else. Hands down worse class. Period.

If you look at the sum total of what a class brings to the table across all styles of play (solo, group, raid) from level 1-60, I wouldn't place rangers at the bottom. Decent dps, can tank in a pinch, can solo (something warriors and rogues cannot do effectively), can pull outdoor zones with an unresistable harmony. Are they a power class? Absolutely not. Are they the worst? No. They don't fit into an ideal 'power group', but neither do a half-dozen other classes. They've got a pretty versatile toolkit to work with.

-Warriors? Outside the raid environment they are easily replacable. A well played knight makes xp group content a snooze by comparison. If very well geared for holding aggro they tank extremely well, but bring zero utility to the table.

-Druids? Before 60 (and even then) in most groups are pretty inefficient to add to any well balanced group. In a less than ideal group they might round things out nicely ... but not really more nicely than any other specific class. Yes, group regen is nice. Yes, thorns are cool. But when push comes to shove they're inefficient healers compared to clerics/shamans and poor overall dps compared to pretty much every other class in the game.


-Wizards? Don't make me laugh. If you're not burning down a raid mob or afking 15 minutes between quad kites they add nothing. An autoattacking, otherwise afk bard will sustain more damage over time.

All that said, the nice thing about EQ is you can easily have fun playing any class, and can make things work with very atypical group compositions. Some of the most fun I've had in EQ and here on p99 were in those oddball groups of weird composition.

But back to rangers: they're a blast to play, and quite versatile. Therefore I wouldn't put them at the bottom of any 'best class' list. The bottom of a 'power class' list? Nope. At the high end that spot belongs solidly to wizards (followed closely by druids).