silj

i think defiler\mystic generally same difficulty, i played both and both really arn't that hard. and i kicked ass as a shaman

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Manyak

amen

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kyros

...why do people keep picking assassin?

Stoic

I am biased, I will state that plainly but being an Inquisitor isn't just turning on fanaticism and walking away. Thats how poorly played inquisitors work and if your subjected to them I am sorry, they make the class look bad. People seem to think once we do fanaticism we are locked like that for 36 seconds and we are done. A well played inquisitor actually takes ALOT of focus and knowledge of your class and when to use the right heal at the right time. Anyone can spam heals, but not everyone can maximize their groups dps, heal the MT, Cure (most healers don't even know what a damn cure is), keep your squishy scouts alive in your group and on top of all that run fanaticism when ya get a free moment. Toggling that spell off and on and sometimes a pain but knowing when to do it and why is when it gets challenging.

It all comes down to the player. Most players suck and thats a fact. The average joe is prolly missing spells from T6 that he doesn't even know exist. The player who takes the time to LEARN his class backwards and forwards finds a challenge in it cause they do everything in their power to optimize the party and raid every second of the time.

Now I should prolly put my list down, this is based off of raids and not groups cause groups are easy plain and simple. These are what I feel have the least amount of work to do during a raid thus making it "easier" to play.

1. Troubador
2. Dirge
3. Bruiser
4. Conjuror
5. Necro
6. Non off tank or MT Guardian
7. Non off tank or MT Shadowknight
8. Non off tank or MT Berzerker

The reason for these is because:

1. Buff whores that we love but their work load on a raid is light
2. Same as above but they have to res from time to time
3. Alot of their usefulness in raids is diminshed (great group class though)
4. Pet classes are inherently easy, there wouldn't be 50,000 conjurors if it was hard
5. Same as above but they have to res occasionaly
6. A guardian who isn't getting beat on is a sad thing
7. SK's are well SK's they try to do dps but they are sub par to alot of classes and their raid utility is diminished
8. Berzerkers can do great dps if their not tanking but half of their class isn't being utilized if they aren't tanking so their options are greatly limited thus making them easier to play in that situation

My list might be controversial to people who play those classes but to be honest, a raid healer always takes focus and awareness so to put any raid healer as easy is kinda ludicrous, a raid wizard who sucks is easy to determin cause they cast Ice Nova on the pull but a good one bids their time and casts at the most optimal moments. All the sorcerers and enchanters have to be on their toes for alot of fights and keeping track of adds as soon as they spawn can be tough. Classes that have to be aware of their surroundings and positioning take a bit more skill than the above mentioned ones. I was gonna add ranger but a well played ranger is always moving and doing something in a precise order to get the most dps they can so it takes a bit of knowledge of their class where to stand and doing the right ranged attacks at the right time. Thats jsut me though. And yeah I am biased as we all are.

kyros

biased or not, i tend to agree and it makes sense.

more sense than picking assassin.... /boggle

hearth

The hardest thing about assassin is when you lag like a bitch in hos. And by the time you hit your backstab, you are unstealthed. Or when some dumb ass wizard pulls aggro on fusion and you just hit concealment, so you are running around like an idiot trying to find the back of the mob.

Illuminator

Played well or merely played? And level 70 characters, or level 10?

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HA HA fuck you, Roger. And don't vote for Obama.

sloppy

not really... you try jousting a pet AND you self from aoes and at the same time, timing your dumbfire pets so they dont all get fucked by the aoes.

Slips

Depends on what you are doing...being an enchanter in nizara is harder than being an enchanter in a raid typically.

Easiest-summoners, your pet does your dps while you're afk
Hardest- tank/chanter/healer (maybe)

Malignx

I really get tired of hearing this.

As a Necromancer, Approx 15% of my DPS comes from my pet (including Consumption's damage in my pets).

15% is nothing.

I'm still close to top of the parse without the pet. Why do I go without the pet sometimes? Because I'm tired of hearing retards shout, "Malignx just goes afk and sends his pet in, thats all it takes for a Summoner."

Anyone that believes this is retarded. It may have been true for a T5 Conj, but times have changed, and you cannot parse well without busting your ass, just like what I'd hope every other class would have to do.

If anything, I think Summoners are the classes with more "plates spinning" so to speak to keep up with the damage. Toggling through the encounters, cycling swarms, dots, while nuking on the MA's mob and keeping pet in on that one, perfectly timing your Spells so you get the most damage out of them.

Anyone can play a class, but to play it well, or great makes it going from just pushing buttons, to knowing exactly what your going to do before the time even comes, and why your doing it that way.

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