Keeping in mind I have zero experience with AA and EQ2 in general. I am a raider from WoW and have just recently given up my mage and rogue to seek out a new gaming life in EQ2. I've been researching all afternoon and this is what I've discovered.
While Swashbucklers are Defensive DPS, Brigands are Offensive DPS. They are used for fast attacks/debuffs. Their debuffs can increase the overrall dps of your raid group by 15-20% which obviously makes them very useful in raids. While the Assassin will most likely top the dps charts, the Brigand is never usually far behind parsing between 1400-1600 with top raiding gear. When distributing AA(keeping in mind i have absolutely NO idea how this system works) Str/Wis seems to be the optimum choice for a raiding brigand. But it appears that Str/Wis is only useful if you have a really good 1hand. For Dual Wield you would want to Str/Agi.
Are any of these statements incorrect? Am I mistaken? I plan on playing the game to the fullest extent and I am definitely ready to commit to an end game guild asap. Obviously I'll try the classes out first, but things change as you level and you discover pros and cons that you did not foresee when you first created the toon.
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Pretty well spot-on in all regards. Brigs and Swashes do roughly the same damage, and have different types of debuffs, and are really both great to have along in a raid. Add to that, we debuff WHILE we're damaging, and it's pretty lethal.
The reason for different AA specs is simply a matter of what weapon you have available to you, and how you want to play your character. Str/Wis work well for a 1h, because Str is for swords, and the Wis line works with an empty offhand (atleast it does for swashes, I'm fairly sure all rogues share this same tree). So Any rogue is going to benefit from a good 1h sword and going str/wis, and if you went str/agi, only reason I could see is b/c of the added proc. DPS-wise, they come out roughly the same, but each augments other playable aspects a little differently.
As you learn your class, you may decide on changing, so likely your other choices will change as well. Good luck on your path, and welcome to EQ2.
The reason for different AA specs is simply a matter of what weapon you have available to you, and how you want to play your character. Str/Wis work well for a 1h, because Str is for swords, and the Wis line works with an empty offhand (atleast it does for swashes, I'm fairly sure all rogues share this same tree). So Any rogue is going to benefit from a good 1h sword and going str/wis, and if you went str/agi, only reason I could see is b/c of the added proc. DPS-wise, they come out roughly the same, but each augments other playable aspects a little differently.
As you learn your class, you may decide on changing, so likely your other choices will change as well. Good luck on your path, and welcome to EQ2.
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