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dark1knite

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Completely CONFUSED on CLASSES!!

Well I didn't buy the game yet so I am just looking at what it has to offer and if I should purchase it. I was glancing at the quests area and it said that there were 10 classes and 2 new ones, from Factions. Well anyways, I was wondering where to look for the general deion of these classes and they don't have any general stuff for exmaple the "Warrior" class is the most powerful and has the highest defense.....and I don't know which classes do what and what they are good for. I was thinking of becoming ritualist if I bought game, but what is the difference between ritualist and necromancer? Can they both heal themselves, what types of skills do they have? Which has better defense, offense, and skills? So confused, please help!

07/15/08 13:34

Liquide

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You might want to look here or here.

the warrior has the highest defence (along with the paragon from Nightfall) and can do a lot of damage. I think warriors can do the much damage, but you have 8 skills you can use, which make you do more damage.

as for the difference between ritualist and necromancer.

The ritualist can heal, and deal some damage. It can also summon spirits, which cant move (except from the skills you take with you) and do damage, so it's hard to say which profession does the most damage.

The necromancer can steal hp with some of his skills, and has a lot of hex spells which make the enemy do (in example) less damage or slowly draining it's hp.
They are also favourited because they can be "MM's" MM is minion master, necro's can summon minions fron dead bodies which do damage to the enemy.

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omg... you should be the new dalai lama 0.o

Mai Englisch is'nt verry good, so plaese keep taht in you're minds.

07/15/08 13:49

-Leppis

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Starters guide

That might help some.

And here's about all the professions in game. Stuff about them you might wanan check:

CLICK

07/15/08 13:49

dark1knite

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so wait what is a minion? and without all of those summoning creature things by ritualist, ho good is it? Does ritualist need to summon something to fight or can it do it by itself. Which one of those 2 is the better tank?

07/15/08 13:58

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A minion is raised from a fleshy(like person if u will) corpse.

A Ritualist does not have to use spirits(what they can summon) to be effective. They have other attack skills that do damage as well. So it can fight with out spirits.

Neither is a really good tank so to speak. If you wanted a tank, I would pick a different class/profession. They are better suited as a caster (cast skills at a distance) and not a tank. Necromancer do have builds where they do get close and use touch skills.

Edit: Here is a link for exactly what a minion is >CLICK<

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07/15/08 14:04

dark1knite

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Well I know they can't tank but which is umm.....say stronger or better in defense? How long do these spirits last by the ritualists? How do they affect the person, like do they drain half the person's mp to use them and do they fight the monsters on their own, can we help?
Do Ritualists have spells that they can do damage with that stay far away from monster?

07/15/08 14:09

Chrisworld

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Well theres 3 Stand Alone Games.

When you buy one you can make an account, each stand alone can make an account but if you buy more then one you usually make ONE account with one of the games and just add the others. Order and amount of games (up to 3) dosent matter, but its best to make 1 account with one of the titles and add the other 2 titles to that account. Eye of the north is an Expansion and it requires that you have an account with at least one of the games but 2 or all 3 counts too, lol. You can also use the online store to buy more slots, Get the mission bonus pack, or the GW GoTY 2005 weapon pack upgrade and stuff.......

Prophecies (thats the one just called Guildwars): you can only make Warrior, Ranger, Monk, Necromancer, Elementalist, Mesmer. They start in Pre Searing ascalon Tutorial area of that game. You can make these classes in the other 2 Games as well but each game has different starting areas and different looking characters. Factions has Ritualist and Assassin on top of the original 6 professions. Nightfall has Paragon and Dervish also on top of the other 6 profs. Eye of the north doesn't add new professions. Each Profession can obtain a Secondary profession, where you get to use that professions skills. Each profession has its own Profession-Only Attribute line avalable to your MAIN Profession, and your character's Secondary profession will NOT get that Attribute line of that (secondary) Profession because their Secondary isn't their Main Profession. You can also change your secondary professsion after doing some quests. Theres also 2- 15 Point Attribute Quests for each Stand Alone game for characters native to that game.

Hope i didn't make it TOO confusing.

GL.

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07/15/08 14:11

The Guardian of Amp

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a Rit has more healing skills as a primary profession. Your best bet is to check out the links that were listed above. Go through and read about each profession, and check out some of their skills. Here is one of the links that someone listed above.

>CLICK<

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07/15/08 14:12

dark1knite

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Well I knew about which game versions had what I was asking more specifically about the necromancer and ritualist which has a greater defense, offense, and better skills?
Also when is Guild Wars 2 coming out?

07/15/08 14:16

The Guardian of Amp

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Here, check out this link for the skills and decide for your self.

>Skill Listings<

No release date for for GW2. 2009-2010 is the speculation.

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07/15/08 14:19

The Guardian of Amp

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07/15/08 14:19

dark1knite

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which one has better offense and defense? and honestly looking at like 80 skills isn't going to help, lol, just a noob. So if you could help me out it would be great

07/15/08 14:33

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which one has better offense and defense? and honestly looking at like 80 skills isn't going to help, lol, just a noob. So if you could help me out it would be great

Ritualist- More defensive class, though can go offense. Most of the spells are intended to help out the party by increasing damage dealt or decreasing damage received. This involves spirits. The Spirits cause the party to have a higher chance to evade, block, etc. depending on the spirit. Some spirits deal damage.

Necromancer- Necros are generally an offense class. They place hexes on the target which cause an effect to happen such as a lower chance to block, take more damage, etc. Necros can also deal direct damage such as stealing health from a target (known as 'life stealing') or dealing damage through a spell.

In all, they both have the same level of armor, so the damage received would be the same if not affected by spells or spirits.
I would suggest trying out both classes until level 15.

My fav out of the two is the Necromancer.

For a beginner I suggest making a Warrior or an Elementalist.

Goodluck.

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07/15/08 14:42

The Guardian of Amp

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and honestly looking at like 80 skills isn't going to help, lol, just a noo

It would actually help if you looked at them. To get a feel for what type of skills they have, how much energy they use, recharge time, cast time, if they affect whole party, etc etc etc. If you plan on buying the game you are going to have to learn some of them right?

Skittle summed it up well. I prefer Necro as well. Rangers are not a bad class to start out on as well. Good luck.

07/15/08 14:51

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which one has better offense and defense? and honestly looking at like 80 skills isn't going to help, lol, just a noob. So if you could help me out it would be great

In GuildWars, no profession is stronger, but you can tell things about offense and defense.

A necro has almost no defense, the skills he has to defend himself arent great. He IS able to defend his minions very good.

A rit(ualist) doesnt have a good defense either (I dont have a rit, but I dont believe they have a good defense), but it is better than the defense the necro has.

A necro can do much damage with his minions, and can also be very deadly with his hex spells.

A rit can deal some heavy damage in one "hit", and his spirits might also deal quite a bit damage.

there isnt a profession which actually has a better offense they are DIFFERENT.

you could also look up some video's about rit's and necro's.

example rit

example necro

thaskippy:

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omg... you should be the new dalai lama 0.o

Mai Englisch is'nt verry good, so plaese keep taht in you're minds.

07/15/08 14:51

Chrisworld

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which one has better offense and defense? and honestly looking at like 80 skills isn't going to help, lol, just a noob. So if you could help me out it would be great

You can Rt/N MM's!!!!!!!

EDIT: Oh crap thats alot of spirits in that Rit video :O

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07/15/08 14:59

dark1knite

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ok so how long do the miniuns last for necro?
well I get it now, mostly, I think so, I want to be a necro, but I also would like to know which character is the best tank, I mean of course it is probably the warrior but any others? in the first 6 classes?

07/15/08 15:19

Liquide

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the warrior has the most base armor, but the elementalist is also used as a tank very often.

elementalists have skills which give you a lot more armor, but warriors have skills which give you more health.

sometimes warriors are used, and sometimes elementalists are used.

thaskippy:

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omg... you should be the new dalai lama 0.o

Mai Englisch is'nt verry good, so plaese keep taht in you're minds.

07/15/08 15:31

dark1knite

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thanks a lot guys this really helped, I was so confused now I get it. I am going to pick necromancer, hope to see in the game soon.

07/15/08 15:38

Liquide

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thanks a lot guys this really helped, I was so confused now I get it. I am going to pick necromancer, hope to see in the game soon.

glad to hear that :D
and necromancer is a great choice, my main is a necro too :)

thaskippy:

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omg... you should be the new dalai lama 0.o

Mai Englisch is'nt verry good, so plaese keep taht in you're minds.

07/15/08 15:40

The Warrior Of Timi

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Its very Simple actualy.

Warrior
*Higest Armor
*Can tank.
*Melee DPS

Elementalist
*Ranged DPS
*Fire, Earth and Water

Ranger
*Can tame a beast
*Ranged DPS

Necromancer
*Can Summon Minions
*Hexes

Mesmer
*Hexes targets.
*Has the Fast Casting abbility (Decreases Casting time )

Assassin
*Hige spiking damage
*Fast attacks
*Teleport

Ritualist
*Summons Spirits
*Great DPS

Dervish
*Same Has Warrior
*can hit up to 3 targets

Monk
*Healers
*Can deal (Weak) dmg
*Soloers most

Paragon
*Support class
*Chants and athems to give boosts of AP

Well you can call me a noob. But really I ain't and I know that from myself .

07/15/08 15:51

dark1knite

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Ummmm...guys someone just told me that the stuff like skilld and armor and classes in one game like Nightfall won't be available for Eye of North and that every game is different is that true?
If thats true then isn't Nightfall the best game to get instead of Eye of North, if not why is EoN better?

07/15/08 20:19

Chrisworld

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Wow you really are confused.

Because you don't have access to that perticular area of the game, if you did then you travel there and buy that armor or unlock/buy those skills.

Prophicies

Factions

Nightfall

^All stand alone, you can buy ONE, 2 or Even all 3, you use ONE of their codes to make an official account, and add the other 2 keys from the other 2 games to have access to the other games on that same account. EoTN is an Expansion that requires you to have at least one of the games, on an account 2 or even all 3.

Each Game tho DOES have different skills and armors and stuff and unless you have the certain game that has that certain type of armor, then you can't get to the place to craft that armor or get that skill.

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07/15/08 20:32

dark1knite

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so ok this is what I am going to do get prophecies and EoN does that mean that I won't get those other 4 classes that aren't in prophecies? I know I can't pick them but will they be available in EoN?

07/15/08 21:48

Knuckle Swiftblade

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Ok, I was in you situation just a while back after I found out I couldn't get a Dervish without Nightfall. With the original Prophecies you get Fighter,Ranger,Mesmer,Necromancer,Elementalist.

With FActions you can add Ritualist and Assasin to the classes.

Eye of the North didn't give you any new classes at all, but you can use the previous classes with it. Nightfall gives you Two more classes Dervish and Paragon.

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07/15/08 23:18

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Ok, I was in you situation just a while back after I found out I couldn't get a Dervish without Nightfall. With the original Prophecies you get Fighter,Ranger,Mesmer,Necromancer,Elementalist.

MONK HOW COULD YOU FORGET THE MONK... noob :D

but at least you got the mesmer good chap

j/k off course

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07/15/08 23:20

Health_Kill

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so ok this is what I am going to do get prophecies and EoN does that mean that I won't get those other 4 classes that aren't in prophecies? I know I can't pick them but will they be available in EoN?

EoN does not give more classes that other games have. All EoN does is give more quests, and missions to do, more lands to explore, and more items to get. It does add more skills but doesn't give skills from Factions or Night Fall.

EoN does give heroes which are Ritualist, Paragon, ect... But you can't get the secondary profession for your character to use until you get those other games.

Lets just say, if you want things from factions and night fall you have to get those games.

If you question some things in the game I suggest typing it in the search in Guild Wiki.
This is what I got when I did minion...

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Minions (a.k.a "Animated Undead" or "Animated Bones") are undead servants animated by a Necromancer. A necromancer can use specific skills to exploit any nearby corpse, raising from it one or more minions. A Necromancer whose strategy focuses around the raising and maintenance of minions are called minion masters.

Minions are very handy as they follow their master closely and serve as tanks and cannon fodder. At high levels, they become formidable damage dealers in great numbers. Their biggest drawback is their constant health degeneration. Minions are considered a subcategory of summoned creatures.

It also shows some math work and a picture for minion.

Made for another forum I go on, Just felt the need to do something with this sig.

07/15/08 23:48

hambones

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WARRIOR NEEDS MORE COWBELL

you gotta take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you got, and remember what you had.

ign H A M B O N E S

07/16/08 02:37

shawnus1

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ok i havent checked but if any of these links go to wiki then i would reccomend not looking at them!

if i had wiki when i first started playing it would of made it very boring, theres nothing better than just gettin in there :)

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07/16/08 03:47

The Guardian of Amp

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The links are just about professions and what a minion is. I do not think they have checked them any way, asking some questions multiple time.=)

07/16/08 04:32

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