by Cromagnon » Wed May 13, 2009 2:40 pm
Ok alot of good comments in here, and just thought i'd throw in my 2cp....
First off I'd have to say for my pick for what you are trying to accomplish, as others have said would be a Shadowknight. The clear defining factor as to why I say SK is that even though the Cleric would have an easier time surviving most of the old raid encounters, the SK will be able to get to them the quickest, and deal with the mobs solo more than likely, while with a cleric clearing through trash is going to be a nightmare.
Two scenarios to demonstrate, lets just say you wanted to do Temple of Veeshan and both toons are KOS to the denizens there.
Cleric zones in, has to begeins clearing the annoying as all hell trash mobs just to get to the wing they want. This is going to take time, buffs (yay dispellers), and make it quite a long and obnoxious trip.
SK zones in, and trains to where he wants to go, Feign Deaths, clears agro then begins killing what he's there to kill. If he's bringing friends along, he can drag/call their corpse to where he wants to go, and if able to in the zone pop out his merc and rez said friend.
So while the cleric/mage might have an easier time either clearing the trash, or soloing said raid mob, the SK avoids the clear, and still with lifetaps, ac, clicks and AAs will be able to do almost as well as said cleric on the same mob, with a bit lower survivability (though you can always FD which in and of itself is quite key in surviving i'd say).
Just my 2 cents in as straight forward fashion as i can manage while at work, any questions feel free to ask
- Crom
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