Ranger,Monk,Rogue,Ranger - HELPFollow

If you are looking for just damage you would probably want a rogue or a monk. They do the most damage overall.

Rogues get PP to help with repairs, their primary power pool is dex secondary agi. They need Str and dex for damage, agi for power and defense, sta for hp, dont neglect sta on a rogue, a dd is useless if they die too quick.

Monk can heal, and cure poison and disease which gives them more staying power. Primary power pool is dex, secondary sta. They need str/dex for damage, sta for hp and power, and agi doesnt hurt.

if your thinking on making a monk get so ag and try to get a really good ac cause now is a lot of noob tanks and you will get beat down if you cant take some hits

From what I have seen I agree with the Rogue and Monk being the best choices for DD.Bards are still good at it but are far better in a utility roll for the group.Honestly I can not tell you much about rangers.I have never seen one above level 40.I have heard they are decent damage dealers but rogue and monk are still your best bets.

One thing to remember though about getting info from sits and when playing in the game.This is also by no means an insult to anyone either just something I know to be a fact.Everyone will tell you what they think is best about any EQ characters and most of the time most of the answers will all differ.Everyone that is running a high lev toon or has a buddy that is whether it is a tank,DD,healer or anything else really will tell you that those characters are the best.Be careful though when I first started playing I took some bad info to heart and built my toon a certain way and it ended up being bad advice that made me have to delete it.

I am not saying that all of the info you are given is going to bad but just ask around first before you commit.Some people think they know what they are telling you but actualy have no idea.Others will just be giving you there opinion out of love for there character but not really a bias opinion.Then there will be a few others who just tell you something that is totally false just to be jerks.

A good example is from something that happened to me the other night.I was stuck on a level 7 monk quest.My computer was down at the time so I could not check out the info on here.So I scanned group registry for any monks that would be listed.Then I politely messaged them with a tell chat.I asked them where to find the beastie I was hunting for the lev 7 quest.There were many different answers to my question as usual most of them were probably correct considering the beastie was a random area spawn.There was one person I spoke to who was around the 25th lev mark.They told me me that it was a very hard quest and the beastie was extremely diffucult to find.They told me I needed to get a level 60 monk to help me out with it.Ok I knew from the get go that was wacky.A 60th level needed for a lev 7 quest?I laughed out loud when the person told me that.They obviously either had no idea what they were talking about or more than likely were just trying to be deceptive or funny.

Anyway I have ranted enough but I give you one suggestion.When you are logged in on EQ find some level 55 - 60 people that are DD's.Ask them what there opinion is and the do's and dont's of that class.Being that high of a level there have completed there paths and achieved there desired class mastery.They can tell you how things are going for them.

Dark why do you always put down Rogues?

Did one you do you wrong?

I only found these

One

Two

Well ok I only found two.
Guess I just took it personally.
Just seems you hate Rogues.
I was just curious why?

Lets assume some NEVER puts any tp's into Stamina while playing thier Rogue. Yes the can't take a hit for chit. Yes they suck.

And your not factoring the Healer into the picture. If a Rogue does pull aggro, He will get a heal. If a Rogue can't take An Aoe and Quad from a TFG then he needs to Rehab and get some hp's.



Well I have a Rogue, And I outdamage Bards greatly, And I pull aggro and I live. So I guess I'm one of those rare people that think.

it really depends what race of rge you make cause barb rges with bez mc are fking tough cause they do get a heal

Dirges you know Ren doesn't know ****.

So? That doesn't change anything about the MC.

OK I would liek to say a few things. I myself having a 40 bard and a 55 monk know the damage comparison...there is none...I mean Im sure a combat bard with alot of str/dex can hit hard but his attacks are just capped and can not get as high as the monks combos which are modded by stamina and its not liek monks lose out on time while doing a combo you still get the quad damage while doing a combo. PLus they get force and spinning kick which do great damage with a low recast and all the feiry/freezing,frost strikes do more damage than any one of the bards attacks.Bard should be kept as batteries they make up for there low damage in giving power to the group to do long continuos damage.But for the most non stop damage a monk IMO is the best. But Rogues also have high end damage with the pick pocket as someone already said and dont feel like starting the monk/rogue battle.its all what you want to do I chose monk because of the sick combos to keep me entertained on long grinds.....even though im a bear now and cant see em but they are still fun.....Only bad thing about monk is crappy dropped gear and they start in a gay tower away from qeynos n sucks to run back n forth from the coach to the tower for quests and spells

acctually i know of a dam good rge berz on PPO who tanks an awful lota tough mobs...he has alota hp and some good defence on top of 7 off mods...but other then that, im still a monk and i think im better then rges...lol in a duel if u give me a rge with the same amount of points spent, ill kill him easy...idk if its because i have more hp, or because i do more dmg, but because i have 525 sta and 540 dex to a reg mob, i can do 8k dmg in seconds, im usually the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th one to die in raids cuz i keep peelin the tank

my minstrel did 1800ish aoe with a charisma mod



I've seen monks tank sili just gotta make sure healer is paying attention. Monks can peel and hold aggro if they choose so can bards rogues and rangers. But i think rogues have the easiest time of stealing aggro then monks then rangers then bards but having a bard it's easy to hold aggro with the right combo of spells

dirges for teh win.

Peeling is nothing to brag about, most DDs learn basic aggro management by 60.