Do Melee classes suck?

[jbs89]

I'm thinking of going OGR or DE shadow knight, but will they suck vs Wizards?? I heard that Melee classes were gimped. Besides that I'm trying to figure if OGR is worth less mana pool/exp penalty or go DE for an easier play through?? I doubt no frontal stun matters here

[Marglar]

you're forgetting about slam.

[bakkily]

ogres can do some insane dps, though are big fat and clumsy, where as being a dwarf, you can hide and do barrel roll jumps which are'nt clumsy, just a little rollie pollie doing a barrel roll

[Zalaerian]

Melees are not gimped in group pvp. They scale with raid buffs while casters remain static. Melees win mass pvp. Casters not so much.

[jbs89]

Well my two thoughts are: OGR cant cast as many life taps/pvp will be harder to keep constant Melee hits. And that slam won't be as good as extra life tap spells. Do OGR really outshine Dark Elves significantly in damage?

[Marglar]

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

you're forgetting about slam.

sorry but for me, spell casting interruption is widely important

[Zalaerian]

Originally Posted by jbs89 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well my two thoughts are: OGR cant cast as many life taps/pvp will be harder to keep constant Melee hits. And that slam won't be as good as extra life tap spells. Do OGR really outshine Dark Elves significantly in damage?

Yes. If you dont have slam on this server as a war or SK, your doing it wrong. The INT is not going to save you in PvP. Slam will.

[aerokella]

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

Yes. If you dont have slam on this server as a war or SK, your doing it wrong. The INT is not going to save you in PvP. Slam will.

[jbs89]

Ok sweet. Is the exp penalty as bad as monster penalty? Also I saw something about exp boost, that seems GG for leveling this ultra xp Penalty char

[Steaks2]

in the very very end of eq and daoc , melee reign supreme

but the road there is long and tough

and you will be farmed , alot