thinking of coming back... fresh-ish.

[Mundane]

So. I'm considering coming back to the game. I don't have much kinah and I'd like to be able to catch up relatively "fast".

With that in mind I came up with the following criteria to chose a class:
1. Easiest to find groups;
2. Needs the least amount of gear to start having fun.

Pretty simple, huh?

All that considered I came up with 3 classes: Chanter (Support to start), Sorcerer and Ranger.

This is my read of the classes overall (it might be completely wrong, and it's fine if you correct me): I don't really like casters all that much, but if Sorcerer makes it easier for me to find groups and get some gear going, then I can handle it. I also think that Chanter is very underated. I've seen some videos of good ones and boy oh boy! And Ranger has to be much more carefull than a Sorc due to the [more] limited defensive skills. But I find that all of those can be fun.

Favourite class has always been Easyator, sorry, Gladiator, but it requires DC grind, multiple weapons for PVP and PVE, etc, to even start doing stuff. So that's a nono for me right now.

Thoughts? (I don't really care for the state of the game, I figure it's bad because it was already bad 3~~ months ago).

[Cyfur]

There is a new patch today version 2.5 so many things about objectives and groups may change today.

I suggest start playing and observe the new trends which start to happen tomorrow.

 

[Shirene-DN]

Server is dead and 90% of the characters are bots, no point.

[Cyfur]

1 hour ago, Shirene-DN said:

Server is dead and 90% of the characters are bots, no point.

Dead is the point of view of a pessimist.

Many people are happy playing the way it is, that's why they continue.

 

[Mundane]

2 hours ago, Cyfur said:

There is a new patch today version 2.5 so many things about objectives and groups may change today.

I suggest start playing and observe the new trends which start to happen tomorrow.

 

Honestly I don't think that the new patch will change how classes get gear. And even if it does change, certain classes will still be easier to get started. That is not something that concerns me as I want an overall perspective.

 

2 hours ago, Shirene-DN said:

Server is dead and 90% of the characters are bots, no point.

As I said in my thread, I do not care. I have fun playing Aion from time to time. The thing is this time I have less time to play weekly and would rather focus on a class that requires less gear to start becoming fun and that it wouldn't be so hard to get into groups for content.

[Jake-DN]

Do you want to PvE, or PvP? 
Do you want to play melee, or ranged? 

Sorc and SM are the least gear dependent classes, however Sorc will probably be more fun to play. 

Ranger is not as gear reliant as well, and is one of the most broken classes for PvP in the current patch (may change come 2.5, we will see). 

Sorc, SM and Ranger are all 3 top tier PvP classes, arent gear reliant. Youll probably get a group quicker as a sorc out of the 3 for PvE.
 

Chanter doesnt need gear for PvE, is very gear reliant for PvP, but is super fun to play. Everyone always wants a chanter to a group. 

[Mundane]

2 hours ago, Jake-DN said:

Do you want to PvE, or PvP? 
Do you want to play melee, or ranged? 

Sorc and SM are the least gear dependent classes, however Sorc will probably be more fun to play. 

Ranger is not as gear reliant as well, and is one of the most broken classes for PvP in the current patch (may change come 2.5, we will see). 

Sorc, SM and Ranger are all 3 top tier PvP classes, arent gear reliant. Youll probably get a group quicker as a sorc out of the 3 for PvE.
 

Chanter doesnt need gear for PvE, is very gear reliant for PvP, but is super fun to play. Everyone always wants a chanter to a group. 

Thank you, Jake. This is very helpfull. I didn't know that Ranger was so broken. I knew they were strong.

Honestly I've been watching some Chanter videos and it indeed seems fun AF and strong in PVP when you get at least 2 sets of gear (support/MR and offensive/atk crit). I'm pretty sure getting a group would be the fastest too.

Sorcerer would be the ideal pick of the 3 I'd say, but I would miss the self healing and it's more often than not the first or second target in PVP lol. DPing groups might be fun tho hahahha.

I don't mind melee or ranged and I've never played both classes! Sorcerer or Chanter... Wish we had some kind of training area to try some 55s and see what you like the most lol.