Newbie Guide: Class Roles

[mokfarg]

Edit: Mardur's list below is admittedly better than the one I had. For the sake of all newbies, I am pasting it below:

*** All credit goes to original poster of this list, Mardur ***

Priest

Cleric
Major Roles: Healing, Buffing
Minor Roles: Undead DPS, Crowd Control (Pacify, Root, Stun)

Shaman
Major Roles: Debuffing, Buffing
Minor Roles: DPS, Healing

Druid
Major Roles: Healing, Buffing, DPS
Minor Roles: Teleportation, Crowd Control (Snare/Root/Outdoor Pacify)

Pure Caster

Wizard
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Teleportation, Crowd Control

Magician
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Buffing, Debuffing

Enchanter
Major Roles: Crowd Control, Buffing
Minor Roles: DPS (via Charm), Debuffing

Necromancer
Major Roles: DPS, Life/Mana transfer
Minor Roles: Crowd Control

Pure Melee

Warrior
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: DPS

Monk
Major Roles: Pulling, DPS
Minor Roles: Tank

Rogue
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Pulling, Scouting, Corpse Recovery

Hybrid Melee

Paladin
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: Healing, Buffing, Crowd Control, DPS

Shadow Knight
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: Pulling, DPS

Ranger
Major Roles: DPS, Scouting
Minor Roles: Crowd Control, Healing, Buffing, Pulling

Bard
Major Roles: Crowd Control, Pulling, Buffing
Minor Roles: Debuffing, DPS
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[SwordNboard]

There's people here who have actually never played EQ before?

[sacrilegium]

Enchanter has the best haste so I'd put that as a major role.

You forgot to mention ones who can lull/soothe.

You forgot Bards exist.

[greatdane]

Shaman:

Major Role - Caster DPS (DoTs) and Slows
Minor Role - Off Healer, Haste

I don't think you can really put DPS as a major role for shaman. Certainly not if healing and buffing are considered minor roles.

[Ennoia]

I thought I would throw together a little newbie guide. The roles listed on the login screen are so wrong a new person wouldn't know what they were getting into. So here we go. You can correct me or add if I miss something.

Group Roles:

Cleric:

Major Role - Healer

Shaman:

Major Role - Caster DPS (DoTs) and Slows
Minor Role - Off Healer, Haste

Rogue:

Major Role: Melee DPS
Minor Role: Corpse Recovery

Necromancer:

Major Role: Caster DPS (DoTs)
Minor Role: Transfer Mana to Other Casters, Puller, Corpse Recovery

Monk:

Major Role: Puller
Minor Role: Melee DPS

Warrior:

Major Role: Main Tank
Minor Role: Possible Melee DPS?

Paladin:

Major Role: Off Tank

Shadowknight:

Major Role: Off Tank
Minor Role: Puller

Magician:

Major Role: Caster DPS (Pet, DD)

Enchanter:

Major Role: CC, Mana Regen
Minor Role: Slows, Haste, Charm

Druid:

Major Role: Travel
Minor Role: Caster DPS (DDs), Off Healer

Wizard:

Major Role: Caster DPS (DDs)
Minor Role: Travel

Ranger - ????

These aren't exactly right either. Completely missed buffs, Magician utility (DS, mod rod,etc)...SKs and Paladins aren't off-tanks, they're completely capable tanking group content. Twitch isn't part of the Necromancer 'role'. I'd fix them all but, well, I'm falling asleep.

[sacrilegium]

They're right. Shaman's major role is buffing and slows.

[Bubbles]

Necromancer:
Offhealing, Crowd Control.

Ranger
Pulling (outdoor), DPS, Tracking
Tanking, Ghetto CC. Comic Relief.

[Mardur]

Priest

Cleric
Major Roles: Healing, Buffing
Minor Roles: Undead DPS, Crowd Control (Pacify, Root, Stun)

Shaman
Major Roles: Debuffing, Buffing
Minor Roles: DPS, Healing

Druid
Major Roles: Healing, Buffing, DPS
Minor Roles: Teleportation, Crowd Control (Snare/Root/Outdoor Pacify)

Pure Caster

Wizard
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Teleportation, Crowd Control

Magician
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Buffing, Debuffing

Enchanter
Major Roles: Crowd Control, Buffing
Minor Roles: DPS (via Charm), Debuffing

Necromancer
Major Roles: DPS, Life/Mana transfer
Minor Roles: Crowd Control

Pure Melee

Warrior
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: DPS

Monk
Major Roles: Pulling, DPS
Minor Roles: Tank

Rogue
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Pulling, Scouting, Corpse Recovery

Hybrid Melee

Paladin
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: Healing, Buffing, Crowd Control, DPS

Shadow Knight
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: Pulling, DPS

Ranger
Major Roles: DPS, Scouting
Minor Roles: Crowd Control, Healing, Buffing, Pulling

Bard
Major Roles: Crowd Control, Pulling, Buffing
Minor Roles: Debuffing, DPS

[Snaggles]

+1. Mardur's list :). Well written.

[Glitch]

Everyone knows that the major role of a magician is giving daggers to every single pet on the raid

[NenshouStar]

Everyone knows that the major role of a magician is giving daggers to every single pet on the raid

LMGABSVBAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
ROFL. this is semi-true for all life as a magician.

[Felwithemagi]

Is this meant as a guide, to be referenced or stickied for new players? Pardon, I don't fully understand the point of this post, possibly due to it being incorrect.

[Webwolf]

Paladins also make good pullers with lull/pacify, our buffs are decent but not good enough to consider buffing as a minor role.