Return of Reckoning

BIGXz wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:24 pm Hello everyone.

I hope this is the correct place to ask questions like this.

Basically I recently started playing RoR, and enjoying it so far. I have a 21 Shaman which I use in Scenarios for healing.
Instead of switching to dps specs and collecting two sets of gear when I wanna deal damage. I plan to make a dps char as well, when I feel the need to bring the pain.

My question is as the title states, which would you guys that play in the "endgame" recommend? I have been searching all over google and these forums quite a bit, and all I have gotten from that, is that either class is in a great spot at the moment.
Is that true? I know recently the Marauder got a change to a morale drain/AP spec that people were apparently playing, which has upset some people. But at the same time, many abilities buffed with more damage. I would prefer not to play as a morale drain/AP debuffer anyways, so personally the damage buffs sound good to me. Question is; is it now viable as a class used for dealing damage, killing healers, casters and such? Or should I pick the Witch Elf for that role?

Any feedback would be highly appreciated, as I am jumping back and forth between the two classes, my Witch Elf is 19 I believe, and my Marauder 17 or 18.

Before you say, play the class you enjoy the most. Problem is I enjoy both haha. So getting some information from people actually playing at endgame, would help me in my decision making.

Thanks in advance guys.

Foofmonger wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:30 pm

BIGXz wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:24 pm Hello everyone.

I hope this is the correct place to ask questions like this.

Basically I recently started playing RoR, and enjoying it so far. I have a 21 Shaman which I use in Scenarios for healing.
Instead of switching to dps specs and collecting two sets of gear when I wanna deal damage. I plan to make a dps char as well, when I feel the need to bring the pain.

My question is as the title states, which would you guys that play in the "endgame" recommend? I have been searching all over google and these forums quite a bit, and all I have gotten from that, is that either class is in a great spot at the moment.
Is that true? I know recently the Marauder got a change to a morale drain/AP spec that people were apparently playing, which has upset some people. But at the same time, many abilities buffed with more damage. I would prefer not to play as a morale drain/AP debuffer anyways, so personally the damage buffs sound good to me. Question is; is it now viable as a class used for dealing damage, killing healers, casters and such? Or should I pick the Witch Elf for that role?

Any feedback would be highly appreciated, as I am jumping back and forth between the two classes, my Witch Elf is 19 I believe, and my Marauder 17 or 18.

Before you say, play the class you enjoy the most. Problem is I enjoy both haha. So getting some information from people actually playing at endgame, would help me in my decision making.

Thanks in advance guys.

Right now it's a fairly easy choice, as the WE/WH aren't very viable in large scale end-game content at the moment. That being said, they do, a bunch more damage then a Marauder (to a single target).

That may of course change in the future, but generally speaking Marauder would be the better choice for now until the WE/WH gets some balance changes.

BIGXz wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:57 pm

Foofmonger wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:30 pm

BIGXz wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 2:24 pm Hello everyone.

I hope this is the correct place to ask questions like this.

Basically I recently started playing RoR, and enjoying it so far. I have a 21 Shaman which I use in Scenarios for healing.
Instead of switching to dps specs and collecting two sets of gear when I wanna deal damage. I plan to make a dps char as well, when I feel the need to bring the pain.

My question is as the title states, which would you guys that play in the "endgame" recommend? I have been searching all over google and these forums quite a bit, and all I have gotten from that, is that either class is in a great spot at the moment.
Is that true? I know recently the Marauder got a change to a morale drain/AP spec that people were apparently playing, which has upset some people. But at the same time, many abilities buffed with more damage. I would prefer not to play as a morale drain/AP debuffer anyways, so personally the damage buffs sound good to me. Question is; is it now viable as a class used for dealing damage, killing healers, casters and such? Or should I pick the Witch Elf for that role?

Any feedback would be highly appreciated, as I am jumping back and forth between the two classes, my Witch Elf is 19 I believe, and my Marauder 17 or 18.

Before you say, play the class you enjoy the most. Problem is I enjoy both haha. So getting some information from people actually playing at endgame, would help me in my decision making.

Thanks in advance guys.

Right now it's a fairly easy choice, as the WE/WH aren't very viable in large scale end-game content at the moment. That being said, they do, a bunch more damage then a Marauder (to a single target).

That may of course change in the future, but generally speaking Marauder would be the better choice for now until the WE/WH gets some balance changes.

Thats a pity, poor Witch Elves lol. But thanks for your input. I do like a pure dps burn someone down playstyle. Is that possible to achieve with a Marauder? Or will I just be a debuff utility machine?

Starx wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:47 pm I never played mara after the nerfs, but to say that WE does significantly more single target damage than mara the nerfs must have been pretty brutal (haha get it?).

WE is also boring to play OP, it's a literal handful of buttons ape class most of the time. Mara has so much more going on to stimulate your brain and increase the skill ceiling bc of pulls, m1 plays, stance switching, debuff prioties etc...

sighy wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 4:36 pm

Starx wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:47 pm I never played mara after the nerfs, but to say that WE does significantly more single target damage than mara the nerfs must have been pretty brutal (haha get it?).

WE is also boring to play OP, it's a literal handful of buttons ape class most of the time. Mara has so much more going on to stimulate your brain and increase the skill ceiling bc of pulls, m1 plays, stance switching, debuff prioties etc...

Ironically mara was broadly buffed like two weeks ago and does very solid damage, while WE has basically nothing going for it outside of morale pump/drain. So it's basically like a monstro mara used to be, except it has next to no aoe damage, no aoe KD, ok single target and is squishy as ****.

Starx wrote: Thu Apr 09, 2020 3:47 pm I never played mara after the nerfs, but to say that WE does significantly more single target damage than mara the nerfs must have been pretty brutal (haha get it?).

WE is also boring to play OP, it's a literal handful of buttons ape class most of the time. Mara has so much more going on to stimulate your brain and increase the skill ceiling bc of pulls, m1 plays, stance switching, debuff prioties etc...