Velious FoTM?

[eisley]

Very good point about Clerics actually. I agree completely. Also, the class becomes hella fun.

[Pint]

The current monk infestation will explode and we'll have a full on epidemic

[webrunner5]

Even in normal groups, not even raids, you are Going to NEED a Cleric in a lot of zones, and I really doubt anyone is going to turn down having a Warrior join also. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

DPS is going to be a lot bigger deal than it is now. I don't see people rushing to invite a Wizard that is afk, OOM, no more than they will want a AFK, one song wonder Bard in a group either in Velious. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

A lot of groups in Velious are going to be a hell of a lot more serious and picky members wise. There will be lists on who is worth a crap and who is not for sure. Terrible pullers, crappy CC'ers, afk'ers will be weeded out in a hurry. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Velious will be hard mode, not easy mode like now. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And like it or not, a Ranger with their track, is going to be a NEEDED addition in a group to see what named mobs are up and where. You want good gear and loot a Ranger is the one to make that happen a lot more than not.

[eisley]

I disagree, afk wizards and bards will continue to be highly sought after

[slowpoke68]

Wow, what interesting reading that was! Thanks all for your insight.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Shamans, the best class at most everything, become even more god like in velious with slightly less shittier buffing (yay focus). Definitely see people actually maining their shamans. Raids are actually long enough to need buffing mid raid and pre slowing shaman suicide is real. Definitely more shamans actually playing their shamans in high game.

edit: Clerics more needed, but having done this a few times, raiding cleric burnout is insane in the CH mandatory era of velious through pop. That guy's wife who kinda plays a cleric because he needed a healer doesn't like getting the guild's hate focused like a pinpoint because she missed her CH by 2 seconds and now we're waiting on discs for another vyemm shot.

[Danth]

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

That guy's wife who kinda plays a cleric because he needed a healer doesn't like getting the guild's hate focused like a pinpoint because she missed her CH by 2 seconds

Hah, truth there. That's why the wifey has refused for more than a decade now to play her own cleric in a raid setting.

Every guild needs clerics, and with no boxing, not every guild will have enough of them. Some guilds will implode because of that problem. That's just due to complete heal, though, and as always the Cleric will remain the class that some folks grudgingly pick just to ensure themselves a raid spot.

If you want raw power, pick a Monk or Shaman, as others have said. That doesn't really change from Kunark. If you pick a Shaman, have fun dealing with the other bunch of Shamans who have dreams of solo'ing the same things you want to.

Danth

[eisley]

there are plenty of annoying sides to playing a shaman that make them undesirable to play for certain types of players.

[Kender]

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

Monks gain more gear, are already very OP, get triple attack late Velious. Pulling is a bit more important in Velious and monks are leading that charge. I don't expect a huge boom in monks cause they already are dirt common.

the patch that brought monks triple attack was basically the last patch before luclin

if they include this patch they will also need to add stonebrunt mountains as that was patched in 2 months before triple attack for monks

[Laugher]

Interesting, I would not have thought of clr/wiz being two of the classes that pick up in pop for velious, would have thought hybrids (if not for any other reason then still for that tradeable dragon claw 1hs) and monks because monk pants and easier haste hehe