Posted by The Arcane(VIP) on October 12, 2000 at 03:01:09:
In Reply to: Your thoughts on ranking and classes. posted by Daishan(VIP) on October 12, 2000 at 02:43:41:
I disagree with a few things here. A fire AP with bloodlust and big axes ccan deal more damage than most warriors. Just don't count on him to tank. If I've already got an arial sword spec or something, I'd prefer an AP to another warrior third, unless the warrior third is a heavy offensive spec. Shamans and druids aren't great groupmates. I'd put them below healers. They're mediocre tanks, and poor at damage dealing. I'm not sure why you say that healers' only good point is tanking. A good healer can let a group kill mobs that they'd have no prayer of killing otherwise, and keep the group moving with little/no rest time involved. Necromancers aren't that bad at 35+. Vamp lets them sort of tank, and summon can be useful. I've been in a trannie/necro/necro ranking group in the low 40s, and it sucked less than you might think. I'd still put a really competent conjurer at the top of the list, tied with transmuters and superior to them in a few cases. A conjurer who uses magical items can duplicate a transmuter's contribution, and then some, for example. The best ranking I've ever had in my life was two conjurers and a water major muter... went from 45 in a 35k hole to 51 in about 90 minutes. That's pretty insane if you think about it.