Newbie Guide: Class Roles

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Edit: Mardur's list below is admittedly better than the one I had. For the sake of all newbies, I am pasting it below:

*** All credit goes to original poster of this list, Mardur ***

Priest

Cleric
Major Roles: Healing, Buffing
Minor Roles: Undead DPS, Crowd Control (Pacify, Root, Stun)

Shaman
Major Roles: Debuffing, Buffing
Minor Roles: DPS, Healing

Druid
Major Roles: Healing, Buffing, DPS
Minor Roles: Teleportation, Crowd Control (Snare/Root/Outdoor Pacify)

Pure Caster

Wizard
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Teleportation, Crowd Control

Magician
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Buffing, Debuffing

Enchanter
Major Roles: Crowd Control, Buffing
Minor Roles: DPS (via Charm), Debuffing

Necromancer
Major Roles: DPS, Life/Mana transfer
Minor Roles: Crowd Control

Pure Melee

Warrior
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: DPS

Monk
Major Roles: Pulling, DPS
Minor Roles: Tank

Rogue
Major Roles: DPS
Minor Roles: Pulling, Scouting, Corpse Recovery

Hybrid Melee

Paladin
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: Healing, Buffing, Crowd Control, DPS

Shadow Knight
Major Roles: Tank
Minor Roles: Pulling, DPS

Ranger
Major Roles: DPS, Scouting
Minor Roles: Crowd Control, Healing, Buffing, Pulling

Bard
Major Roles: Crowd Control, Pulling, Buffing
Minor Roles: Debuffing, DPS
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