What melee?

[Kutsumo]

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

Swarming, dot kiting, fear kiting, charm kiting...

True, all things that rogues are good at doing solo. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Juevento]

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

Rogue is pretty satisfying to play with the big numbers and generally low responsibility role... but if you're like me, you will get tired of being so inept outside of the DPS role. Hide/sneak and picking locks can be fun, don't get me wrong. I just dislike not being able to duo with a healer effectively like the other melee classes and having no soloing ability unless it's low enough to land instill doubt.

Time for some rogue lovin... I like to think of rogues as being battlefield generals. You have the ability to go just about anywhere. So it should be incumbent on you to take advantage of that and provide scouting/direction for the raid force. Sure I can hang back and do nothing but DPS, but why limit myself when I can basically walk up to many dragons undetected and run the show.

Don't forget that rogues are excellent pullers and can work very well with FD classes to get the mob in to camp.

[Spyder73]

I have a monk and bard....monk is better for main, bard for twink

[zanderklocke]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I have a monk and bard....monk is better for main, bard for twink

I would think that Monk would notice benefits of being a twink much more than a bard.

[iruinedyourday]

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

I would think that Monk would notice benefits of being a twink much more than a bard.

Yea, you can wear virtualy nothing but player crafted resist gear and be a fine bard all the way to 60.. right? I mean obviously if you were decked out it would be a WHOLE different experiance.

I imagine a bard with 100 HP item in every slot, could basically ruin any zone in EQ and farm all the things.. right? Seems like it would be something you could just stand there singing aoe songs to camp most 5k+ items while you watch HBO heh.

[Spyder73]

Monk and Bard could both probably level to 50 naked, lets be real...With that said, there are SEVERAL reason why maining a monk is a better idea than maining a bard.

1) its easier getting a group as a monk...its not really even up for debate. Melee DPS is always in demand. Lots of hybrid hate on the server, and Bard is not a min/max group class where Monk is. Advantage monk.

2) Epic! If this is your first character, you want an Epic. Monk epic is almost completely solo-able, you might need a group for a couple of the fights at the end, but they are mainly triggered events and its generally a very easy/satisfying epic to complete. Bard epic is full of bottle necks, rare drops, raid mobs, its literally one of the hardest to do. Advantage Monk.

3) Monk twink items are super expensive, and you don't really need them - Cloak of Flames, Tranquil Staff, Tranix Crown, Fungi, Ect - But the bard items are less expensive and more fun. Eye of Zomm helm, Illusion Masks, Class Armor clickies, BoH, Lute of the Howler....i just generally feel like Bards get more utility items that are fun "twink" items that dont cost 75k a pop. I have a really nice geared Bard that I twinked with probably 30k - a much more reasonable number to get for twink gear.

46+ your going to be getting planar/raid/velious no drop gear anyways, so sub 50 is all we are really talking about,

I have 100% grouped from lvl 1-50 on my bard, and twinking him is so much more fun than twinking a monk fun.