Which Class takes the most skill to play.Follow

Let the Arguements begin.....

My main is a Druid- Difficult when soloing but not the toughest

I would say Necro is = to druid in difficulty

Personally I think Chanter is the most Difficult. CC Sucks

Edited, Fri Apr 7 12:59:00 2006 by RBro

A post which is prodding arguments will probably be less than constructive, especially when the argument is inherently flawed to begin with.

You are making the assumption that it actually takes a lot of skill to play any class to begin with, and I know from experience, that you don't have to be super skilled in your class to get by, and play well.

Each class is met with it's own skillset which is basically comparing apples to oranges.

Honestly, I doubt anyone has an answer to this question, unless they can play every class in the game flawlessly, and even they can't truly say which class takes the most skill, because what may be tougher for them might be easier for another.

Necros are very difficult. You have so much that you can be doing at any given time, and so many "styles" to fight in, if you aren't a decent player, you aren't going to come close to the max potential that character has.

SK's aren't exactly "easy," IMHO, either. Not only are you dealing with a pet and spells, but your primary function is to keep the mob focused on you, while giving him the smackdown the whole time.

I've been told that a Bard is the hardest char to master, but cannot confirm - I deleted mine after 6 short levels.

As always, all classes bring their own uniqueness to the table, and it is going to vary depending on the person playing.

I'm not speaking from experience here, but I've always just assumed that bards were the hardest to play.

Okay, no flame here, but please except this half tongue-and-cheek rant instead.

If you think a Druid is hard to play solo, try soloing a paladin in his 50's. Every stun has to land just so, every HoT has to be timed for best effect. And fights are not short. Better train up that bind wounds skill, because you'll need to med in order to to take on the next mob, and you'll be ending a lot of fights with low hp aggro. And if you use LoH now, you better not need it again for 90 minutes. How many times will you have to root park the mob while you heal back up? How many adds can you keep root parked at the same time before you're over whelmed? Pally root breaks fast, and we have no appreciable DPS. If you're going to solo as a paladin, you have to use every tool in your ******** and a lag spike can make the difference between victory and a CR. It requires patience, stubborness, and willingness to try anything.

I remember grouping in Dragon Necropolis with my guild. Thoryndar, who was playing his druid wanted to try a phase spider, solo. We're not a high pressure group, so we didn't mind. He finished it of easily. After a bit, I asked if anyone would mind if I tried to solo one. After a couple of minutes, it was clear that I would beat it in the race towards negatives, but the group begged me to allow them to end it. (To which I gladly agreed.)

That being said, compliments on a good thread. I'd like to hear about the difficulties of playing other classes. None of my alts are over level 40, so I'm kinda curious.

Edited, Fri Apr 7 13:43:50 2006 by BellamDreamguard

Okay, I have played many classes. 67 CL, 62 Bard, 56 Ranger, 53 Necro, 51 Mage, 51 Rogue, 40 Ench, 34 Druid, 30 Warrior, and Paladin, Shaman, Beastlord in the teens, Monk, SK, Wiz and Berserker less than ten.

My comments on anything over 50, plus the enchanter and rated from playing and observations in soloing, grouping and raiding:

Mage. Send pet. Nuke once in awhile. Easy. Easy. Easy.
Necro. Difficult in a group only because you are at the center of this bizarre spider web of mana, hit pts, outgoing mana, outgoing hit points, controlling your pet, dotting...I wish my necro had 8 more spell slots. Easy. Medium. Easy. (Necro has a more clearly defined role in a raid.)
Rogue. Don't steal aggro from the tank. Difficult at high levels. (Hard to get a backshot when soloing.) Easy. Easy.
Ranger. Easy all-around. DPS machine that can root and shoot and even has spells to reduce aggro.
Bard. Easy to solo with, especially with the melody command. (Probably saved a lot of us from premature arthritis.) Easy. Easy. The bard DOES take concentration, and song set up is vital, especially in a group/raid situation. Ex. When you run across a caster, you need to change your twist to a resist song, and hot keys are a must.
Cleric. In a raid last night, I was responsible for keeping myself alive, and of course, if I could do that, keep my group alive. I somehow managed, although in one fight I was getting hit almost the entire time. In between healing my group and myself I was spot healing the SA and even people in groups who had no healer and were screaming for heals. In a group, when the cleric dies, everyone else usually follows. However...
I think the enchanter is the hardest, and here is why. When I heal someone, I can push F2 on my keyboard to target the tank, and then number 7 for my Complete Heal button, or 0 for the fast heal. Unless my groupmate is dead or out of range, I can heal him or her. The enchanter sees an add or adds, has to target them, and when they make the unpleasant discovery that some mobs are not mezzable, they get pounded. Clerics can take a beating a lot better than enchanters can. Chanters get my vote for hardest class to play. Can I get C6 now?

Melee and bards are harder on the wrist, seems to me.

Pulling is hard for those positionally challenged, like me.

They are all about the same and all require skill, true a chanter and bard are harder as a first toon but after that they are all the same.

I've played pretty much everything at 70, in highend raiding and grouping situations.

It's very easy to play an adequate bard. It's very hard to play a good one.

Enchanters can be very difficult in situations where the CC is hard - but there are pretty few of those nowadays.

Raiding warriors require a decent amount of skill (or really, practice) to be adequate with positioning, and to develop a sense of aggro.

raiding paladins, sks - same holds true as for warriors, but to a lesser extent, as there will almost always be another offtank standing by if you **** up - and even if a mob gets loose, it's less devastating than a raid named getting loose.

almost everything else just requires a pulse, and some common sense.


if you don't have excellent situational awareness in a tough group or raid situation, you aren't doing your job. period. it doesn't matter what class you are.


this comment indicates that you have absolutely no idea how to play a warrior.

Edited, Fri Apr 7 21:07:18 2006 by Groogle

Edited, Fri Apr 7 21:09:04 2006 by Groogle

Being a necro as my main, I am biased and think they are one of the most difficult to play or at least the one that can have the most going on. Like I said, biased. Completely depends upon the group and classes I am with. In a raid, I do not just want to be the mana battery to the healers. I have pet damage and clicky item damage that I also expend. Doing these while watching for who needs a feed. As a necro I have played, puller, cc and dps all at the same time. I have been just dps. Situational circumstances. Yes you can get by being a mediocre player, but if you learn to stretch a little...

Bards imho, you just suck or you excell exceptionally.

It all comes down to how much you put into it. Do you ever see a clr MH and CC? I have. How about an offtank Ench? I have. Every class can be extremely complex or utterly simplistic.

Someone's rather testy today!

Buddy, I've been hunting in groups before where I'd find someone, partially one Druid I can remember quite well, who we found to be a superior tank to the current one, such as a Warrior at that time. If you haven't encountered a time when a class acted outside the norm, well, you're missing out.

My Chanter offtanks, btw. With a 3000-point insta-cast run, self-runes for nearly 2k, group runs for 1.5k, Mind Over Matter, Berseker-line spells, slows, and the ability to lose agro as soon as it gets ugly, it's alright. This isn't to say that Chanters are ideal tanks, by any means- just that it's doable, it's funny, and it works. Sure as hell burn through the reagents, though.

I have to tell you, though.. when hunting in one group, shortly before DoN came out, on my Druid, we found the other Druid (who was obviously more ubber than me) was able to outtank the Warrior.. not just by a little bit, but by a wide margin. He was raid geared with nearly 1000 AA's, and the Warrior.. wasn't. Druid was even able to heal itself. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing, wondering why we wasted so much time with the Warrior as MT.

Being able to out agro a warrior has nothing to do with tanking........ANY class can out agro a warrior(infact that's where skill comes into play with agro management).

You're being rather immature this evening.

/sigh

Go out and experience a little more, and quit trolling the forum.

At least you admit it, I suppose.
Just.. quit thinking so much inside the box, alright? Druids and Chanters can't tank on raids, but, com'n, they're hella funny and interesting tanks for grinding.

And, yeah, grinding should be done in areas you're far too geared for! Wherever the EXP is best.. EQ's all about the risk vs reward system, so use it! Don't forget to have some fun and hug an Iksar, though.