Brigand or Swash at 80

maleix · 06-18-2009, 08:08 PM

Currently I am a 78 Swashbuckler and have been enjoying it, I have also spent 40 or so levels as a brigand and enjoyed that also but I am having trouble trying to decide on what I want to be at 80 before I start investing in Expert/Master skill books.

I have done some research on these forums and the official ones and a lot of the Brigand vs Swashbuckler posts are pretty old and outdated.

But basically, I play with 4 other players (Coercer, Dirge, Mystic and Monk) and I want to know what class would benefit this group the most.

Once in full raid gear + mythical/epic which does more DPS and which provides more benefit to raids or small groups? Right now the main thing I see as a difference is the fact of Dispatch which the Swash seems to lack.

Thanks.

Paperclip · 06-18-2009, 09:36 PM

Swash has hate transfer (for now), AoE autoattack, and groupwide AoE blocker.
Imo, brig would benefit that group more. The debuffs that the brig brings to the table will make up for the loss of dps between swash and brig.

Rambo · 06-19-2009, 09:02 AM

even if you do only group intances, tso is mostly full with multi-mob encounters (groups of 3-4 mobs are very frequent) which is better for a swash than a brig. on raid as tanks using to chanpull trashes, sometimes 2-3 mob at the same time, so if your positioning is ok, as swash you should do more dps on them as brig.
however if your raid already has a swash, but no brigand, then you should go for brigandy, because maybe you won't outparse the swash too frequent, but your raid will benefit more from your debuffs.
ae. our raid on anashti did ~20k dps more if a brigand was in raid than without. actually, we have 4-5 months until the next expansion, so take one way or other you still will able to betray without worried to losing too much gear/spells.

ps.: soz for grammar, but english isn't even my 2nd language lol.

JimmyTurbo · 06-19-2009, 06:08 PM

You roll with coercer & dirge full time? I advise swash you will maximise on dps in that group setup due to Bravado also swash have more ae dps where as brigands get gimped with that setup (no self haste) also no hate transfer or ae dps.

Brigands get crazy debuffs though which makes them for the most part more desirable in a raid.

whichever you choose though its a decent choice

maleix · 06-20-2009, 01:25 AM

Thank you, I think I am going to stay as a Swash for awhile