Hi there. I would appreciate any input from ppl that play Zerk,Gunslinger,Deathblade or that know how Lancemaster is like. I am tryimg to decide on my last alt (last roster spot)
I am a brad main (1385) with alts all over the place (ilve wise) and I enjoy playing them (from most enjoyable to least) like so: Shadow hunter, another bard, paladin, gunlancer.
I always played support in any mmos so that is why my roster looks like that.
But I want to try a class that can carry as well, a class that can solo a guardian if I feel like it. Which of these would you reccomend as the most fun and/or “best” in pve/pvp and why? (F2p here, a bit on the tryhard as side, so not a lot of gold for min maxing either-if one of them is crazy expensive to be good for instance)
While we are fun to play, I wasn’t really able to carry until I got tripods and geared up properly with gems and stuff.
Now I do mega damage but it’s also very involved playstyle with weapon swapping and stuff. Also the animation locks are killer so if you mistime things you can end up on the floor a lot and lose out a lot in DPS
So TLDR: Gunslinger is fun, but costly to gear up and has very high APM. Consider Sorc or Zerker as they have a ton of cheap engravings / accessories and do damage right out the gate without the need for gear
GSG, DB and LM can find parties easily unlike zerkers. You can carry with db and lm but it’d be a little bit harder to carry with gsg because how she is glass cannon. Db and lm will be hard to build because they are both popular. But if i have to choose one i’d choose lm because of her self buff and party synergy buff plus her parry skill(you counter literally every skill except wipes). She is mobile, you dont need to auto attack like other fighters. Fun to play.
Berserker mayhem has a low barrier to entry to be effective. DB is pretty easy to execute as well. Those would be good choices for an alt. Gunslinger has more of a learning curve so it depends if you’re up for that.
They’re very good for solo, but Zerkers tend to be a bit on the selfish side because they typically offer very little to the party besides his own damage while benefiting from all the party synergies himself.
Also worth noting that Zerkers are insanely overtuned at lower optimization levels (i.e., legendary accessories, 3333 and lower, unoptimal tripods, lower level gems, etc) which we’re at currently. They tend to get balanced out at higher levels of optimization.
Also note that Mayhem Zerk, GS, and DB are all slated for balance tweaks soon TM. The first batch of changes are going to hit the KR test server this month. This is the first of three or so phases of balance tweaks slated for the year, and these changes are supposed to be fairly big.
I’m deathblade main at late t3 [ in our content ] and what can i say , deathblade is amazing and rly fun to play , it’s fast paced dps and kinda easy to play when u’re going Remaining energy build but if u would like to easly get mvp in early stages of this game surge is a rly good option for that [ since re scales rly hard and need a lot of investment to compete with surge] but u’ll be annoyed everysingle time when your surge won’t crit or u don’t get your back attack , class bases on back attack and engraves like grudge/cursed doll so there’s huge chance that u will have a floor pov [ unless u’ll take your time to master this class]. I did solo velganos at 1385 but yeah it took me alot of time before i learned everything about this boss cause playing with grudge kinda hurts af on this boss.Also count that it’s not the best class for weakpoints and stagger so u have to have granades for that with you
Also i have a gunslinger as an alt but it’s in late t2 so can’t tell u much but it’s kinda fun class to smash your buttons on keyboard with your face. The only thing i hate in this class and makes me to quit this alt is that u have to fully channel/cast your shotgun and sniper skills and u can’t cancel then without using a dodge.
Watch a video on their engravings and play style. All of them can be carry dps when played right and properly.
I get that you wanna be the carry but fun is the most important. I was playing my sorc a long time bevause I was always mvp and she was my highest gear but damage doesn’t beat boring
As already stated, can’t recommend Gunslinger in it’s current form, execpt to have fun with it as an alt (like me):
Take too much investment to be competetive
Not the easiest class to get into due to it’s high APM & gunswapping playstyle, but I wouldn’t take that as a clear negative, i didn’t had any real issues to adapt to it, just takes some time, still worth mentioning imo
Takes tons of boss experience to not fall flat because of the high amount of animation locks (atleast in guardian raids, abyss dungeons didn’t feel as punishing, prolly cause the abilities are easier to read)
Highest threat generation amongst all current classes (at least what I was able to surveil with my ~100 guardian kills on Gunslinger alone) makes the animation lock issue even worse
If you like the high APM playstyle (I do) and you’re really just looking for an alt to have fun with you should’nt be too discouraged by its current state - upcoming balance changes should atleast treat it’s early/midgame lack of dmg + the chaos dungeon clear is amazing imho, think only Scrapper has more consistent aoe clear than Gunslinger.
I Main surge deathblade and i got mvp pretty often but i don’t know how hard nerfs will hit us.
Any way surge deathblade is fun to play cause surge hits millons of damage and crit dobles those millons.
I don’t think she will be easy to pull of in legion raids but seeing those big numbers feels so satisfying.
As for the engravings you need surge lvl 1 (class engraving)
Zerker main here. 1400 ilvl, 3x3 engravings (Grudge, Master’s Tenacity, Mayhem). Completely F2p. Never paid a single IRL money for honing upgrades. I’ve been MVP 8/10 matches. Completely destroying other dps classes in PVE content. You just have to use your skills wisely as they have long cool downs and you gotta make sure your skills hit. Definitely playable as an alt imo. The only time my MVP gets taken away is when a support is really good. shout out to the good supports :). Absolutely a fun class to play. Giving supports anxiety with the Mayhem build
LA is all about experimenting on engravings and skill sets. If it doesn’t work, you change it. Calling me a troll for playing grudge over cursed doll instead of providing a detailed explanation or calculation of cursed doll vs grudge doesn’t help buddy. Who knows? I might be working towards a cursed doll AND grudge build to a 4x4 engraving set. Don’t say anything if you don’t have anything nice to say. We’re all learning here.
Grudge too harsh of penalty on mayhem especially after you change the dmg reduction card set out for dps set. Gonna be 1 mistake = dead sorta deal with legion raids, cursed doll is basically free on mayhem at cost of 2-3% less dmg over grudge but you’ll see what I’m talking about sooner or later
