Monk v.s. Warrior

[PatChapp]

I did alot of solo 50+ on my warrior,fun isn't thr right word. It's very tedious even heavily geared. Monk would fit the fun factor better

[Solist]

How is soloing a twinked melee 'fun' though. It's a race to be in the bottom 1000 worst geared 60 monks on the server. Maybe people don't realise how futile that is and everyone needs to experience it for themselves?

I don't talk from a position of not having done it, with plenty of gear, having delevelled on multiple classes multiple times. Watched near BiS monks/rangers/warriors etc delevel etc.
There is no reward in auto attacking a mob slightly more efficiently than auto attacking that same mob on a different class with more or less gear, and it certainly aint fun. So knowing it isn't fun, the aim is to do it for the least amount of time possible.

I admit I was wrong to state warrior not having read the question. He did say solo. My bad.

You're a moron for soloing either class, but a monk will take less time doing the mundane boring shitty task of soloing a monk or warrior to 60.

Play an enchanter or necro, go do fun dangerous solo things.

[Keebz]

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

There is no reward in auto attacking a mob slightly more efficiently than auto attacking that same mob on a different class with more or less gear, and it certainly aint fun.

There's a visceral satisfaction I get with trading blows that I just don't get watching my frog kill the other frog.

The thing that sucks imho is the gearing. Parking my alt in ToV for a month while I wait for the gear I want to drop is super lame. Casters can at least camp most of their gear themselves / derive most of their power from spells / levels which is much more pleasant a progression on the whole.

[Jimjam]

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

Which class is more fun to level up solo 1-60?

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

And berserker/crits is not a thing.

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

Yes it is. Any good group that's just doing safe grinding should keep the Warrior in berserk mode when possible, and similarly for soloing the goal should be staying in berserk while fighting low-blue cons 1 at a time.

With the nerf to battle bandaging, lets say level 52, I’d rather start at 100% and evasive up to solo a sonic bat than start at 44% hp and try my luck

But that is in untwinked build - say sky rot or schw haste (22%?),armour somewhere around black alloy to crystal chitin, maybe rampage sword or venemous axe/frostbringer. ie stuff you could reasonably pick up solo/rot or in a group between soloing. Heal pots for spikes.

[Duik]

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

With the nerf to battle bandaging, lets say level 52, I’d rather start at 100% and evasive up to solo a sonic bat than start at 44% hp and try my luck.

+ more about weapons and haste...
Wort pots for the damage spikes. Etc

I'd want big arse damage numbers to offset any damage spikes/rng to make remaining in berserk a worthwhile venture.
I like jimjams idea best. Live on the edge only when it's unavoidable.

[Solist]

Zuranthium spewing nonsense again.

Go parse the difference berserk makes.

Report back.

[Zuranthium]

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

Zuranthium spewing nonsense again.

Go parse the difference berserk makes.

Report back.

Solist spawning nonsense like usual. It doesn't matter that the DPS difference isn't huge, it still matters, and it causes stuns too. There's no reason not to use it when possible. You get more performance out of your character and people find it fun to see the big damage numbers popping up.

[cd288]

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

Solist spawning nonsense like usual. It doesn't matter that the DPS difference isn't huge, it still matters, and it causes stuns too. There's no reason not to use it when possible. You get more performance out of your character and people find it fun to see the big damage numbers popping up.

You're generally correct but I would posit that this is more relevant for higher level content where mobs take longer to kill. In lower levels (on a mudflated server where alts are geared) there's almost no point since the group's DPS will melt the mobs so fast that it's more of an annoyance managing the warrior's HP to a specific level.

[Snaggles]

Prior to nerfing wooly nets a gnome warrior would be as if not more fun.
These days, any add you get is a run to the zone. It’s basically a melee mage.

Level one if you want one (the one you want in the end). I wouldn’t understate the effort it takes to solo any melee to 60. Low blues, single spawns, clock in and clock out. I’ve done it a lot but more out of compulsion than “fun”.

[magnetaress]

Warrior with a weighted axe and a big bow