Question about classesFollow

Shortly before I left EQ I started playing a berserker. I loved being a high end DPS class with the ability to tank when needed. If I screwed up and pulled agro I could take a hit and not have to cower like a rogue.

What I am looking for is the EQII version of the EQ Berserker. High DPS, ability to tank when needed (but not sought after as a MT) and a 2H weapon as the weapon of choice.

I tried the game when it was first released and haven't really played since. I just reactivated my account and noticed that it seems to be a completely different game. I started a Berserker and thought it was what I was looking for but I noticed the EQII Berserker seems to be more aligned with the MT role and not the DPS role.

As long as I am on the class comparison subject, could someone also give me the EQII classes comparable to the EQI Shaman and Beastlord.

I am not looking for an exact match, just something similar. I have read the class descriptions but they are a bit lacking.

Crusaders can do decent at both also. I use a SK so I can speak to this class. Their damage is almost all disease based, but if you use a good 2H weapon and get your attack speed up you can do alright. The way I see it, Warriors can take the most damage and deal the least of all fighters, Brawlers deal the most and can take the least, Crusaders are in the middle for both.

Ultimately if you are looking for a class that can "do it all" you won't find it, and if you do find it SOE will nerf it.

Monks do nice damage, combined with one heal and a very decent avoidance, it's quite fun to play. Biggest downside naturally is the low mit, we don't get hit often, but if we do, it can be hard. Very good for solo, invis (limited as it's linked to our power supply) and especially a good FD are two very huge bonuses.

I've tanked in Unrest, HoF, Den,... and have no problem keeping aggro (relatively anyway), it's quite doable.

Well, its a matter of style, but a bruiser can't "take a hit" like a 'zerker can. But that doesn't mean a lot considering you won't be getting hit as much as they would, even when tanking. See, Bruisers and Monks are avoidance tanks. They have high agility. The idea is that you shouldn't be hit that much in the first place, whereas the pate tanks (Guard, Zerk, Pally, SK) are mitigation tanks..getting hit a ton, but being able to withstand the blows more effectively.



It really sounds you should give a bruiser a shot. They are usually brought in to groups as melee DPS, but they do make good group tanks as well if you wanted to do that. If the main tank should drop in your group, you should be able to pick up the slack to give the group a chance to recover. On top that of they turn into decent solo'ers.

Arent SK concidered to be a dmg class besides their tanking role? especially when you encounter multiple mobs?

The key thing I am looking for is a DPS class that can tank if needed. SKs are tanks that can DPS. 2 different things.




I checked the leader boards for both Melee and Magic. Scouts held the Melee boards and a Berserker topped the Magic boards. I assume the Berserker topping the magic boards was either a glitch that made it count as magic or a seriously nasty proc of some type as it was over 3 million. Next was a guardian at 2.95 million.

Either way I am just going to level the zerker and bruiser into the mid 20's and decide.