[Chosen/Marauder] New Player

[Breidr]

I've started leveling two characters and I'm happy with them both. The chosen has a more hands off mechanic, but I'm a bit overwhelmed by the tanking aspect and guard management.

For sheer coolness I like the marauder and mutations more, but stance dancing has always been tricky for me and I feel like that's where I'm going to end up.

Are there any resources on how these classes play at max level? I find myself doing scenarios more than RvR If that makes a difference.

Unrelated question: what is the marauder's mirror? Chosen and knight were obvious, but I can't seem to figure this one out. I plan to play both sides and if I only have to really "learn" one class that'd be great.

[ragafury]

You will find marauders stance dancing on sw, most abilities are mirrored to white lion.

Both strong classes.

[Breidr]

Could I as for a little clarification? What do you mean by sw?

[ragafury]

Shadow Warrior = SW

[Breidr]

Ah, I see, so two classes share mechanics in some way, no exactly a direct mirror per se.

[Breidr]

How much is a marauder required to stance dance?
How many abilities are under each stance?

My hope is that since stances contain different abilities I can overlap keybindings in the different stances, resulting in fewer keys.

My one concern is how much swapping I will have to do and how on the ball I'll have to be. This is pretty much the deciding factor between this and Chosen. Do I want to dance or tank.

[anarchypark]

How much is a marauder required to stance dance?
How many abilities are under each stance?

My hope is that since stances contain different abilities I can overlap keybindings in the different stances, resulting in fewer keys.

My one concern is how much swapping I will have to do and how on the ball I'll have to be. This is pretty much the deciding factor between this and Chosen. Do I want to dance or tank.

you can stay on 1 stance and be mediocre.
or dance like crazy and be awesome.
same goes for chosen.
performance is proportional to efforts.

[Breidr]

I will say that checking the online list there were a lot more chosen than marauders. Surprised me to see so many tanks over dps, especially given the PvP burst nature of the game.

[ahorts]

A sav/brut build on mara is still the best with a good group, it's a bit hard in the beggining to keep switching stances, but you'll get used to it. You can also try staying at savagery only (using scything talons) or monstro only (using hulking brute and only for wbs).