Class Desirability Census Poll (End of 2011) - P99 PVE
 

Hello everyone.

I ran a desirability census poll 9 months ago in order to see which classes were most desirable for groups. Since then Kunark got released and we have had quite a few patches removing items and changing game mechanics.

So lets see where we stand now.

Lets pretend you are making a group and have a choice of all the classes. Choose 6 classes to comprise your group. (Ideally, you will pick YOUR class PLUS OTHER 5.)

Please only choose 6 Total otherwise it will skew the results.

Here are the results of the poll that ran from March 2011 until May 2011 based on 555 votes.

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Original thread can be found here.

A group for what? EXP? If so 2 wiz 2 chanter 1 cleric 1 bard. Or are we looking to hold down the hardest camps in game like Juggs/Myconids and deep Charasis stuff?

voted SK, rog, mnk, cleric, mage, bard

maybe ench over mage and shaman over cleric.

Whichever you find yourself doing most often. In other words the group you would desire most of the time.

aoe skyfire: 2 wiz, 2 enc, 1 bard, 1 cleric. dungeon group: 5 enc, 1 cleric.

My ideal group would be 4 Monks + Bard + Shaman. I like DPS heavy groups, they are almost always more fun for me.

AOE Skyfire: 1 wiz, 2 enc, 1 bard, 1 cler, 1 druid (me <3)
Dungeon: 1 cler, 1 pal, 1 druid, 1 mage, 2 enchanter (if they know wtf charm is).

You would have ridiculous downtime without CH for healing. Sounds bad

Also, Dald... if you were not a druid, would you still include one in your dungeon group?

in terms of pure xp generation you want warrior, cleric, enchanter, rogue, rogue, rogue

swap a rogue for a druid if you need a port to get out of wherever you are going

a bard might technically do better than an enchanter in terms of raw power, but keep in mind he's got to do 20% better to break even on the xp modifier - likewise warrior vs sk/pal tanks

depending on the context you could also do well swapping an enchanter and one rogue for a necro and a monk

I think some people are grossly underestimating just how ridiculously powerful enchanter charmed pets are or how powerful the class itself is in Kunark.

Here's the sad thing: If enchanters didn't have haste, clarity, or mez, they would still be worth inviting to exp groups.