Not sure which class to pick -- Looking for guidance

[Sage Truthbearer]

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

It's great that paladins/rangers/SK's have all these tools, but if you use them a lot you're gonna have to sit and med (without an enc.)

Flash of Light costs 12 mana. I think Disease Cloud costs 10?

Originally Posted by Troxx

You'd be surprised just how well monks do tank if you bothered to parse it... What they don't have is reliable aggro

So, what they don't have is one of the primary jobs of a tank?

Originally Posted by RDawg816

I regularly group with a monk. He pulls, tanks, and does dps well. In terms of healing, he doesn't need much. Mend helps a lot, as does his iksar regen. He holds aggro well enough, and if not, root isn't much mana.

Most people on P99 are not playing this game in a static duo or group like the one you are describing. Most people are joining pick-up groups filled with random strangers of varying abilities who come and go every 30 minutes - 1 hour, who may or may not know how to manage their aggro correctly. Snap aggro is very useful for letting these groups run and continue to run efficiently.

[RDawg816]

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

Most people on P99 are not playing this game in a static duo or group like the one you are describing. Most people are joining pick-up groups filled with random strangers of varying abilities who come and go every 30 minutes - 1 hour, who may or may not know how to manage their aggro correctly. Snap aggro is very useful for letting these groups run and continue to run efficiently.

That's very true. I've grouped with many types in PuGs. Some are great, some are horrible. I'm not recommending monks tank in every PuG. I'm not suggesting every rogue can pull/tank effectively. I'm merely stating the differences I've noticed with competent players of different classes in the same role.