Class that requires the most skill

[Sickle]

Chanter, Handling noobs in groups or raids breaking MEZ. Then you end up dead for their mistakes.

[Mardur]

Well played shaman don't get enough credit (especially considering most shaman are terrible). Once you get Torpor, canni becomes more efficient than meditate, which means it doesn't make sense to ever stop casting spells indefinitely. Shit can get busier than barding (although this is especially evident in Luclin, considering the length of fights like Seru. I've topped dps charts while simultaneously refreshing slow every couple minutes and RGCing the proc / spot healing etc).

[Mardur]

Shit, if this server was guaranteed to go to PoP I'd donate $100 and start a shaman right now. Class gets exponentially out of control OP every expansion until GoD.

[jarshale]

bard

[SearyxTZ]

None of the classes in EQ require much "skill", or this game wouldn't be such a stoner magnet

Bard/Enchanter are tops, but playing either doesn't really even compare to half-assing in a RTS game (Starcraft or whatever)

Pulling with a monk requires you to actually pay attention - as opposed to everyone else on the raid who is sitting down staring at the scenery. I would not put Monk near Bard/Enchanter though.

Warrior, Magician, and any group DPS are the ezmode

[Kevlar]

Bards are a simple class to play, you can cast on the run so you don't really have to time anything, and hitting 11221122 isn't very challenging.

It is much more difficult for a wizard or druid to quad kite than it is a bard to swarm kite. The wiz/dru actually have to avoid adds.

[Baa]

Wizards - Honestly the skill level needed to stay awake playing this class is amazing

[Vohl]

I played a monk on live through 80 starting shortly after release. I've now played an enchanter through 40 on p1999. Both can keep your attention well. Looking at the staggering combination of songs available, though, I'd have to say bards are the class that would take the most skill to master.

Twisting through a combination of songs while running around seems like quite a stunt. Knowing all the options the class grants and how best to combine them looks to be a larger challenge than monk pulling and enchanter CC.

[Teflon]

Bard, hands down.

In a group, a fantastic bard brings incredible utility to the group.

And just for that guy saying wizard quad kiting is harder than swarm kiting... In an average swarm kite of 50 mobs, a bard has to press keys probably 1 - 2 thousand times non-stop for 10-50 minutes, if you press any of these keys out of sequence or at bad timing once, or accidentally hit S instead of A or D, you die INSTANTLY. Granted I haven't quad-kited with a wiz (only a druid), I doubt its anywhere near that intensity.

[SearyxTZ]

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

Bards are a simple class to play, you can cast on the run so you don't really have to time anything, and hitting 11221122 isn't very challenging.

It is much more difficult for a wizard or druid to quad kite than it is a bard to swarm kite. The wiz/dru actually have to avoid adds.

I've done both, and no it isn't. Quad kiting is a fucking cakewalk compared to Bard AoE kiting. I find myself wishing it was as easy as quading on a druid.

On a Bard I fuck up once or get the timing even slightly wrong, I get one-rounded for 70% of my hp (or killed outright). When considering that you have to get just a hair outside of melee range to hit your tiny DoT songs + that you're twisting all throughout it, this is probably the hardest thing in EQ to do for extended periods of time.