Ok, so maybe the title was alittle drastic. It had a nice hook though, didnt it?
Anywho! I have a quick question and appreciate it in advance to any replies I may get to it.
I was wondering what race/class combo had the highest damage output. Ive heard that Hawkeyes or Treasure Hunters were my best bet to go if I wanted damage output but wanted to ask here on the forums first. Also if the speed lost was a big deal or a fair trade for the additional damage that humans tend to be known for.
See, I like to solo a lot. In turn, I like to drop mobs as fast as possible. Im all about killing power. I know characters change a lot as they level but havnt gotten much of a taste anything past C Grade and didnt want to waste time leveling a character I would ultimatly be dissapointed with.
Ah, and an additional note to this is that I really would rather stay away from casters.
Well, thanks again in advance to anybody who replies. Very much appreciated.
there are like three threads so far of people asking what class can 1-shot every other class in the game? why would people even assume there was such a class?
I dont want to oneshot mobs, I just want the class with the highest damage potential.
The class descriptions dont give clear details of the class and I am relativly new to the game. I just want to deal damage. Thats my playstyle. I just need alittle help narrowing my choices.
There is a wide array of damage dealers, all with different properties as far as damage dealing is concerned. :/
Your description sounds like an archer or destroyer.
But, one word of warning for the potential soloer: This game is incredibly buff-heavy - more acutely than gear and levels, buffs rule the world. So if you are soloing without so called 'out of party support' (that is, a boxed buffer played by yourself on a second account) you will never be doing the really big damage, regardless of class.
Yeah, Im currently leveling an Elven Scout (level32 at the time) who I was planning to make into a SR for the soul purpose of Clan Rep Points. Im having loads of fun on him but Ive also heard they deal the least amount of damage and have mana management issues compared to the other archers.
In PvE, SRs are pretty much right up there in damage with the other archers, although it's certainly true that they have more MP issues as well (they lack the skill that lets you ransfer HP into MP). However, in solo spots, there are drops of so called 'herbs' which restore your MP, completely eliminating the problem.
They can chose to lower their range in exchange for more DPS (rapid fire), and this, in PvE, puts their damage output before mana management issues before/right up with that of other archer classes.
In most PvP situations, of course, an archer won't want to sacrifice his range in order to do a little more damage though - so it's iffy.
How do Destroyers or Tyrants compare to the DPS an archer can deal out? Are destroyers and Tyrants even comparable when it comes to DPS between THEM two orc classes? Fist appeal to me for some reason :P
Orcs are scary when played right, daggers are scary when they're behind you, and archers are scary no matter what.
Both orc fighters have some pretty **** sick 'emergency' skills which, at least in PvE, they can use to do absolutely incredible damage. They are easily comparable to, if not ahead of, archers and daggers in PvE - in PvP they lag behind archers because they need to close the 900 range distance in order to start doing their damage.
destro is the highest damage consistant class in game
problem is that damage is only really good at melee range and they need 30% hp to activate the needed skills
30% of a destro hp is about 90% of an archers hp though :P
Destroyers are also one of the few classes that can solo with only their own "buff" skills and still have near peak damage output (Rage + Frenzy and GHP using a 2H sword). With SE buffs, Haste2 potions, and polearm the Destroyer is probably the best XP in the game.
HE in particular require at least 3 buffers to achieve scary damage output: PP, SwS, and BD. With just PP buffs the Destroyer would beat the HE for DPS in PvE and also would probably win in PvP. I haven't run into much archer PvP so can't speak from personal experience. With similar buffs the HE could kite the Destroyer but if the Destroyer gets Zealot up he should be able to catch up and stun the HE.
So from what I understand, a destroyer can solo and still put out high damage in PvE whilst on the other hand an archer needs a buffer to surpass that. Do I understand correctly?
From that point of view, it sounds like a destroyer would be my best bet. Playing a big guy with a big sword doesnt sound bad and if I can plow through enemies without too much trouble solo*PvE then it sounds like the class I want to play. A melee fighter would also help since I wouldnt have to kite at higher levels in PvE and Destroyers can take a few many blows from what I also understand.
A melee fighter would also help since I wouldnt have to kite at higher levels in PvE and Destroyers can take a few many blows from what I also understand.
as a melee fighter, when you go to attack a moving target you automatically get teleported back 15 feet from the target as soon as you reach it. so a melee fighter really isnt going to "help" at higher levels since everyone else will be kiting you.