Current player counts by class: some actual data

[radbeard]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

*Ahem* sorry stroked out there. Hi guys. What's going on in this thread?

rogue is the most boring class to play in the game. Agreed?

[Cecily]

Rogues are mana-free walking DoTs, yes. This game isn't fun. It's a communal gambling addiction simulator. An AoL chat room with goblin killing features, until you run out of goblins, and then you have to join a virtual labor organization to kill "dragons."

[Veleria]

The reason I don't play green is I like hybrids and I don't want 3 years for XP penalties and still be worse than other classes just because I like a playstyle. Classic had some major flaws.No wonder rangers are nearly extinct.

[DisbeAsos]

I can promise you Wiz numbers are skewed a little by /anon more than other classes, other than maybe Dru, Ench and Clr. Wiz at 40+ usually stay anon so we don't get port tells all the time.

[Izmael]

Not sure how many MAIN rogues there are on P99. I suspect, not too many.

I mained rogue on live and can confirm it's a very straightforward class to play. The only real moments you may actually have decisions to make are during CRs in Hate or something like that. Rest of the time, it's pretty much /assist the tank and press backstab every few seconds.

HOWEVER - due to this precise nature of the class, it's a great class to main if you're an active officer, raid leader or guild leader and/or spend a lot of time in tells and generally dealing with stuff other than killing mobs.

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Izmael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure how many MAIN rogues there are on P99. I suspect, not too many.

I mained rogue on live and can confirm it's a very straightforward class to play. The only real moments you may actually have decisions to make are during CRs in Hate or something like that. Rest of the time, it's pretty much /assist the tank and press backstab every few seconds.

HOWEVER - due to this precise nature of the class, it's a great class to main if you're an active officer, raid leader or guild leader and/or spend a lot of time in tells and generally dealing with stuff other than killing mobs.

My first 60 and the most enjoyable character to raid with. A good team of rogues who have a kill participation of 90%+ can speed a raid up significantly.

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[Vizax_Xaziv]

Originally Posted by Izmael [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not sure how many MAIN rogues there are on P99. I suspect, not too many.

I mained rogue on live and can confirm it's a very straightforward class to play. The only real moments you may actually have decisions to make are during CRs in Hate or something like that. Rest of the time, it's pretty much /assist the tank and press backstab every few seconds.

HOWEVER - due to this precise nature of the class, it's a great class to main if you're an active officer, raid leader or guild leader and/or spend a lot of time in tells and generally dealing with stuff other than killing mobs.

Lots of ppl will switch to Rogue mains when Kunark opens for sure.

Warriors as well (and of course there will be a FLOOD of Iksar Monks)

[Enshadowed]

Wizards have a bad reputation in groups. Particularly on Blue, because of the ease of access to so many high end items for melee, the dps of a wizard absolutely pales in comparison to virtually everyone else. Unless you have a few specific items, mainly a nuke clicky via robe, there just isn't much you can do about this.

Green is a different story, with some of your utility spells playing a much bigger role in vanilla, especially since itemization for melees kind of sucks in this era. However, a lot of players still carry the mentality of Blue with them into Green, and will pass on a wizard for virtually anybody else. Until you make some friends, or have proved you're not a "Netflix and Nuke" type Wizard, you're going to spend a great deal of time in the game by yourself.

Rogues, on the other hand, don't have much trouble finding groups at all. You don't carry the hybrid penalty with you that most other melee suffer from, which is a major plus. The problem really lies in when you can't find a group, since your options are pretty limited on things you can kill by yourself.

[oldmanwithers]

Originally Posted by Enshadowed [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Wizards have a bad reputation in groups. Particularly on Blue, because of the ease of access to so many high end items for melee, the dps of a wizard absolutely pales in comparison to virtually everyone else. Unless you have a few specific items, mainly a nuke clicky via robe, there just isn't much you can do about this.

Green is a different story, with some of your utility spells playing a much bigger role in vanilla, especially since itemization for melees kind of sucks in this era. However, a lot of players still carry the mentality of Blue with them into Green, and will pass on a wizard for virtually anybody else. Until you make some friends, or have proved you're not a "Netflix and Nuke" type Wizard, you're going to spend a great deal of time in the game by yourself.

Rogues, on the other hand, don't have much trouble finding groups at all. You don't carry the hybrid penalty with you that most other melee suffer from, which is a major plus. The problem really lies in when you can't find a group, since your options are pretty limited on things you can kill by yourself.

Holy geez, ok... It felt so much different to me way back in the day, when I played my wizard. I mean, back then I did pay attention to my class and would argue that I'm still not a "Netflix and Nuke" style player either. Yet if the bad reputation, and mediocre damage still looms in the air...well, that's just a big bummer to me.

Regardless, I probably will still take up the challenge and see how it goes. I appreciate your input, thank you.

[magnetaress]

*half elf warrioress of Beautoxxulous (1)