what do you thick is the better class?
and why do you thinck its better then the other one?
Its very importan 4 me.
Ty a lot^^
the classes are nothing alike, only the duels...
Bladedancer is good for partys and such.
Gladiators are very good i PvE; people will say that having a gladiator is a waste of time... but i like mine.
Gladiators have empty blue bars when they fully exploit there sonics...they have nice animations, and are good DD's. Not a very common class, and maybe just because of that extra interesting, a bit underestimated
Bladedancer is more common, has probably the most impressive artistic animation on server (Poison Blade Dance), is a good DD, very wanted in groups.
I'd say Gladiator if you find a good clan and want to have fun, BD if you rely on pick up groups and random catacomb party's.
bd is great in party, but you can dual with an se and rip massive damage, and glads can pull and tank in high lvl areas, both are great dmg dealers, so despite what you hear bds can actually do damage instead of just being an assist buffer
bd is great in party, but you can dual with an se and rip massive damage, and glads can pull and tank in high lvl areas, both are great dmg dealers, so despite what you hear bds can actually do damage instead of just being an assist buffer
/agreed
find an SE and duo you butt off. my advice party in the cats/necros get sealstones and use them for greater haste pots. Oh, and the SE will love you because how fast she will lvl.
Oh yea, I almost forgot. If you want to take it easy party with a nuker. Do the mystic and concentration dances and watch the mobs fall. If you can find a SH or Necro even better your dances with curse death link will do insane damage.
I've tanked with my BD in bug room of IT and about every other place... and my dd isn't high lvl... of course that was pre-sleep nerf, so I don't know now for sure...
ty 4 the many answers.
The most from you thinck a BD is the better choice.
But why not the Gladi?
ok, BD haves dances but need groups, and gladi needs groups to but he can also play alone.
Against a gladiator,a BD will have to kite the glad to win. He can rarely go toe to toe with a glad. Gladiators are slow so catching a mage/archer will be hard to get in close and inflict massive damage. Their longest skill range is 600, but with C5 they now crit. The changes in charge skills we changed and improved imo.
Gladiators do have alot more CP and HP than a BD but the m.def is pretty weak. It might be a bit hard to get a group as a glad so I just solo'd with heal pots& alacrity pots till 52 then joined up with clan members from there. But each glad/bd compliment each other nicely
bladedancer definately, they will have roughly the same dd potential but gladiator will have much better pdef. The buffs are really what puts the bd on top by leaps and bounds.
1vs1 it would be a good fight. Personally i always keep bsbps on me so hex and power break land often and can definately turn the fight for your advantage. Plus having arrest will give you several seconds to recharge a bit if needed.
Self buffed a bd would win everytime.
Can you tell i'm a bd?
edit: mdef is weak? I am not sure, bd has a skill called magic resistance that you get like 40 levels in. I think the mdef will be a bit lower but not much than a glad.
It depends a bit of what you really want...in the end they are both assisting fighters. A Gladiator (in light or heavy) can tank certain zones, where a Bladedancer can't, they simply lack the P Def for that as most Bladedancers even lower their CON for more STR and DEX.
A Bladedancer really needs groups to shine, and then every party member loves him or her, cause the dances really make a significant difference in damage and speed output.
A Gladiator can solo and find himself assisting party's with the sonics. Despite some rare examples, Gladiators use the same weapons a BD does.
Personally I think the Gladiator is the safer and more interesting road, cause they have a bit of everything and you can always play them.
I like my Glad. Without buffs I can go with little to no downtime solo on green mobs. (+6 Focus Duals & +3 FP Set) With prophet buffs I can solo white's with little to no downtime.
Totally different than my BH who can't kill a fly without using 1k GHP's :)
pvp: Since the release of C5 gladys have the upper advantage over bd's in 1v1 since charges have been reduced per skill use. Bd's that try to kite will now be ranged attacked very easily and those gladdy skills have a nice chance to crit unlike bd's magic skills. For group pvp u want a bd more than a gladdy. reasons r obviouse. Bd's have dances, debuffs (slow, para, root, hex, powerbreak...ect)
PvE: cant really tell ya how gladdys do in pve since my sub is only 5x and doing aoe only but i can tell u that bds can tank and do deal good damage. at 74 u get vr dance which stacks with the vr buff so tanking is extremely easy. bd's damage output is good enough to keep our health stable with vr. our p def is nice considering we stoped getting heavy armor masteries in our 30's. M def is very nice due to our m def passives.
pros: Glads have much higher hp and cp than bd's which allows better use of tatoos. bd's get debuffs to cripple the enemy and party buffs to help all classes in ur party.
cons: Glads do have trouble with ranged classes because they r a rather slow class which allows for classes to kite. Bd's have low con and r rather easy pickings for nuckers and c5 backstabs :( (especially if u go -con)
in my eyes the bd is a much versitile and wanted class than glad.
my 2 cents.
I prefer a BD for PvP and PvE. To the best of my knowledge, glads don't get UD. Also, they lack the dark elf race skills like hex and power break. Because a glad's mdef sucks, you can consistently land hex and power break on them. Furthermore, you can also land demon blade dance on them pretty effectively. With comparable levels and gear, my money is on the BD.
yeah, no UD for glads :( But they are pretty much DDs and mostly rely on their skills. Thats where the fun lies :) But if your not gonna lvl the glad to 78 I say pick the BD. Gladiators dont get good till the later levels. Cant wait for sonic rage :)
I prefer a BD for PvP and PvE. To the best of my knowledge, glads don't get UD. Also, they lack the dark elf race skills like hex and power break. Because a glad's mdef sucks, you can consistently land hex and power break on them. Furthermore, you can also land demon blade dance on them pretty effectively. With comparable levels and gear, my money is on the BD.
I'd second this.
BD > glad.
I oved the atk speed that BD gets, gets arrest, deamon blade, poison blade, medusa(para), hex, and dances that makes his ability and his parties far greatter.
BD is very versatile, can go with only meely or only nukers. can solo very well(with a out side buffers).
while I think that glad is a great class to play in C5, and their dmg/ps is quite fast and hard. they lack the versatillty of the BD.