Nexion

Just came back to the game after almost a two year break.

Gonna be leveling with a buddy all the way, hes an Inquisitor.

I haven't decided between zerker or swashbuckler for my toon. Can't really make up my mind which would have more synergy with an Inquisitor partner for instances, farming, etc.

While leveling I wouldn't mind tanking on the zerk, but at 80 I kinda want to spec and aim for just dps as the zerker. Whereas with the swashy I'd go down the sta line to act as a tank, till cap and then probably switch over to full time dps.

Just wanna hear peoples opinions on which of the two classes would be a better leveling/farming partner with an Inquisitor. And also how good zerker dps is at cap, if it's decent enough to even care, especially in aoe situations (I have a fetish for aoe damage, and my old main was a 80 Warlock...so I don't want to go there).

Go with swashy or give zerker a go? Gotta admit the prospect of zerker dps seems fun, but I don't want to just be a gimmick that gets trounced by everyone including Monks/Dirges etc on the parse.

Thank for any replies.

Serraphim

There's a lot of factors to consider:

Whether or not you can get your myth easily.

What kind of gear you will have access to.

And what you expect from your toon.

At t8, you shouldn't be losing parses to brawlers, or bards. You're never going to be t1 dps, but on encounter mobs ( TMC, Miragul's, Munzok's ) you can definately be parseing top 5 with gear.

EDIT: That was mainly a t8 evaluation. I assume for duoing instances or farming a zerker would be more useful than a swash though..

Balkolth

if you are outparsing brawers single target they need to step it up...

Serraphim

We don't use any Brawlers on raids. However I dont think there is a Brawler on Nagafen who can parse.

Moonsorceror

I suspect the OP would be better served with tanking with a swash or brig while leveling up (did this quite successfully with a brig and it was a lot of fun) and then play the DPS class he wants.

In endgame there is not a lot of room for tank classes in a DPS role - in groups they don't want you 'cause either you don't parse well or you do but rip aggro all the time... and in raids, well... we know that tank spots are scarce even for those who want to tank or offtank...