We need more melee classes

[ByteMe]

The solution isn't more classes but balancing the ones that we have.

Cumeri - Barbs dominate the rp list for three reasons: auras, speed, massive damage. I would also guess they are one of the most chosen classes to play.

However, hunters are quickly becoming the dominate class and knights are falling into extinction.

To me the problem is a hunter who is supposed to be one of the lightest armoured classes in the game can rush into the middle of 10 warriors cast and area and escape with full health. As a knight who is supposed to be the "tank" on the battlefield I take hits from barbs southcross for 2200 with no death sentence or protection lowering spells (yes, I have screenshots to prove it) and can't even make it to enemy lines from the ivies and mind pushes much less escape unharmed.

The solution in my opinion is to tune hunters down a bit. Possible solutions: make SoTW have a 2 second cast time that can be cancelled like hide, or give "dispell" spells a much higher chance of getting through.

For knights: Hmm... where to start Maybe make our buffs protect us as well as our realm mates. Right now we are forced to choose between protecting ourselves or protecting our realm mates. I've chosen to help the team and in doing so I die often and can not rush out and survive. AoO doesn't help since it is so easily dispelled.

Just a few thoughts...

[rhianor]

ok the problem its not the 1 on 1, the problem is the great battles...
and even if we got more warriors than the other classes we are forgeting that:

archers+mages>warriors

[GIGO305]

this is all lack of strategy wariors are not cleaning our lines when the enemy advances and warlocks havent been using terror right, but i got a nice strategy in planing that keeps the wariors bussy but im working on it cheking range and things to do if our wariors get stuck with ranged atackers. for now since you got alot of life and constitutin advance finish some ppl and when you are loosing alot of health back up a litle so i can heal you and thenget back to buisness i dont heal wariors sitting down in the back taking damage gives you RP to you know(if that person is killed, and i stopped whining as a conju trust me it suxs being in the back)

[octopus]

Originally Posted by ByteMe

The solution isn't more classes but balancing the ones that we have.
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However, hunters are quickly becoming the dominate class and knights are falling into extinction.

To me the problem is a hunter who is supposed to be one of the lightest armoured classes in the game can rush into the middle of 10 warriors cast and area and escape with full health. As a knight who is supposed to be the "tank" on the battlefield I take hits from barbs southcross for 2200 with no death sentence or protection lowering spells (yes, I have screenshots to prove it) and can't even make it to enemy lines from the ivies and mind pushes much less escape unharmed.

I agree completely with Byteme. I think knights have really suffered the most with the recent updates. Knights are supposed to be the tanks, the ones that can survive massive attacks with their heavy armor and shield. They have no ranged attacks, no area damage attacks (I could be wrong on this). But now, hunters make better tanks than knights do. They evade as much or more than a knight blocks, plus with SotW, Camo and high speed they can get away.

I have a level 50 conjurer and level 50 warlock and I often complain about the overpowering of the hunter class, but the knights are the ones that suffer the most.

We do NOT need more classes. We DO need balance brought between the classes that we already have.

[octopus]

Originally Posted by GIGO305

this is all lack of strategy wariors are not cleaning our lines when the enemy advances and warlocks havent been using terror right

While you're talking about your strategy, I thought I would take a moment to thank you for all the nice zarkits you have donated to my warlock, and to the other warlocks in my realm.

[Blaine]

Knights are supposed to be the tanks

Yes!
But how? all monsters attack the one who did the largest damage...and that's definitely not knight - that's probably a barb or marksman
I think the monster focus strategy should be made in quite a different way..

[GIGO305]

Originally Posted by octopus

While you're talking about your strategy, I thought I would take a moment to thank you for all the nice zarkits you have donated to my warlock, and to the other warlocks in my realm.

you are all welcome
i would also like to thank you guys for all the RP you gave me and the mana you wasted atenpting to capture my zarkit that killed 3 of your noobs before you did it and gave me presious RPs thanks guys RP for zarkit seems like a fair trade doesnt it?

[fluffy_muffin]

Originally Posted by Katiechan

It is the same in war... everyone will just ignore the Knight unless he is the last one standing, because he cannot usually do any significant damage, even to one person. Knights get treated similar to guards on the battlefield.

Well there was a knight who was my nightmare. With support of conj he was runing inside our troops killing mages and when he was 1 step in grave he was healed buffed and ready to do the same. And he even didn't had helmet. To octopus: Sure hunters are tanking like mad. But i always ask myself why i am always without mana when i fight with knight :]

[DkySven]

You mean Jacek? Good old mad dwarf without helm? Or Lipton, goat-man? Knights can really be useful in war. Charge before your warlocks cast terror, especially greens will target you and warlock can cast terror save. But I agree the knight should be more attractive.

[fluffy_muffin]

Originally Posted by asdfghs

You mean Jacek? Good old mad dwarf without helm? Or Lipton, goat-man? Knights can really be useful in war. Charge before your warlocks cast terror, especially greens will target you and warlock can cast terror save. But I agree the knight should be more attractive.

Jacek. Damn i miss him. He was best knight i have seen in this game :] but i am archer so i know nothing about being knight :>