new player here, help me to choose a class

[SilverWF]

Mara owns everyone in 1 vs 1 without much effort due to ability to heal himself and ignore armor penetration.

Yeah, but it doesn't help too much against mages, specially against AM: they already has slow pool and kb, but Maras still didnt have pull ability

[maulkin]

He said that he played WITH ap regen aura...[snip]

I have the lesser ones atm at my current level, To Glory and Stay Focused. Mostly one of them active all the time but i dont recognise any difference with them or without them since its 24 ap per 5 sec and my cheapest ability cost 30ish.
It's great they get better version of it in higher levels, definitely needed.

And @Uchoo, ty for this amazing post, it helped a lot! Ironbreakers seems great and it fits my playstyle. Much like Dragonknights in ESO, the aoe cc, good damage, good tankage, buffs and self heal(!) all looks great. But the other part of me is still with the orcs because they are so fabulous for being orcs lol.
The warrior priest on the other side looks fun, I may also try that after IB and Borc. But IB will be first. Thanks again.

[Nishka]

I've dueled a lot against maras. Unlike choppas, who are easy to kill even if you unequip your weapon and shield, maras can't be killed by a tank - no enough dps to get through heal and parry while they have that cheat skill which reduces wounds. Due to game mechanic, it works as morale damage - simply removes a chunk of your hp from you ignoring any mitigation.
I still could survive against a mara but only because of sovereign self-heal+2nd healing morale.