Decline of the Elfs
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2015 5:32 pm
Is it true that High Elves are just the worst order race to choose?
Firstly I am not talking about mirrors or even “mirrors”. What I am referring to is the answer to the question:
“Why would I want a [High Elf Class] when I could have a [Any Other Empire Race Class]”
It seems every other race has classes that do what the high elf classes do but much better. Good grief the Dwarfs made off with the store on this one. They have the best healers, most damaging tanks, Engineers. Talk about an embarrassment of riches. Humans get the Bright Wizards, the Knights of the Burning Sun oh yeah and Witch Hunters, whatever.
Poor Shadow Warriors, forever in the shadow of the Bright Wizard and never to shine themselves. Sword Masters, such an amazing potential never realized and ever the inferior to Knights.*
Yes, the Archmage comes on strong, but I hear they fall away in T3 and Rune Priests heal just as well and seem tougher without some quiescent leveling period. (citation needed)
I don't know much about White Lions except that they melt like snow in a frying pan. I am assured that higher tiers make some allowance for that in armor or some such.
This is not to say that some PLAYERS have not made these classes seem much better than they are. But that's like saying someone can make a warped ukulele sound amazing. Imagine what he could do with a Fender. Pound for pound, High Elves seem like a poorly realized afterthought tacked on for the sake of completeness.
There is really no point to this but to cry out into the void. The devs have much better things to do than examine the meta within Order and I do not begrudge them that unenviable task. I should really just make some Empire characters and have done with it. I am far too vain and shallow to play dwarfs which is a shame because that's where its at really.
I am so sorry High Elves, you should have been better. You should have been an alternative to the other races.
Firstly I am not talking about mirrors or even “mirrors”. What I am referring to is the answer to the question:
“Why would I want a [High Elf Class] when I could have a [Any Other Empire Race Class]”
It seems every other race has classes that do what the high elf classes do but much better. Good grief the Dwarfs made off with the store on this one. They have the best healers, most damaging tanks, Engineers. Talk about an embarrassment of riches. Humans get the Bright Wizards, the Knights of the Burning Sun oh yeah and Witch Hunters, whatever.
Poor Shadow Warriors, forever in the shadow of the Bright Wizard and never to shine themselves. Sword Masters, such an amazing potential never realized and ever the inferior to Knights.*
Yes, the Archmage comes on strong, but I hear they fall away in T3 and Rune Priests heal just as well and seem tougher without some quiescent leveling period. (citation needed)
I don't know much about White Lions except that they melt like snow in a frying pan. I am assured that higher tiers make some allowance for that in armor or some such.
This is not to say that some PLAYERS have not made these classes seem much better than they are. But that's like saying someone can make a warped ukulele sound amazing. Imagine what he could do with a Fender. Pound for pound, High Elves seem like a poorly realized afterthought tacked on for the sake of completeness.
There is really no point to this but to cry out into the void. The devs have much better things to do than examine the meta within Order and I do not begrudge them that unenviable task. I should really just make some Empire characters and have done with it. I am far too vain and shallow to play dwarfs which is a shame because that's where its at really.
I am so sorry High Elves, you should have been better. You should have been an alternative to the other races.