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[rad843]

Which would be the best for soloing/with partner and leveling?I will also always have a Priest with me if that makes a diffrence.

Edited by rad843, 05 May 2013 - 06:21 AM.

[KarilynKare]

Both are very equal in that regard. Whether you're using Grand Cross or Brandish Storm, you'll be grabbing 2-3 mobs, while your priest uses Holy Light to pull another 3-4 mobs for you so that you don't leash the mobs you're tanking, then AOE them all down.

I do not feel there is any meaningful difference between a knight and a warrior in this regard.

Having leveled as both, the only difference I noticed is that Knight's spamming Grand Cross blow through mana faster than Warriors spamming Brandish Storm, because Grand Cross's spell animation is a shorter duration than Brandish Storm (and somewhat lower damage, but the more frequent casting of it seems to produce similar total DPS). I think Brandish Storm might have a slightly larger AOE range, but I'm not positive if this is simply the spell's animation or not.

Warrior might be slightly superior in terms of AOE size (not positive on this), and slightly higher AOE DPS, and slightly better mana conservation. On the other hand, Knights can handle incoming damage better while leveling than Warriors can, and thus Knights can handle slightly bigger AOE packs.

Edited by KarilynKare, 06 May 2013 - 01:45 AM.

[Chocs]

For leveling, it's pretty much a wash... just choose one you'd like to play as during end-game. Knights are generally tougher, while Warriors are more versatile.

On the other hand, Knights can handle incoming damage better while leveling than Warriors can, and thus Knights can handle slightly bigger AOE packs.

Since the OP will have a priest around, I think that mitigates that advantage. Besides, Warriors have AoE knockdown and can self heal while Knights will have to make do with 10s pot delay if things go bad. I myself leveled using Brandish with a Priest and can handle 6+ mobs (the point where AoE damage is weakened...) perfectly well.

[KarilynKare]

Since the OP will have a priest around, I think that mitigates that advantage. Besides, Warriors have AoE knockdown and can self heal while Knights will have to make do with 10s pot delay if things go bad. I myself leveled using Brandish with a Priest and can handle 6+ mobs (the point where AoE damage is weakened...) perfectly well.

Having leveled both, it doesn't mitigate that advantage. Even with a priest, there's been times where we've gotten over-confident and I've died because the incoming damage was more than my priest could handle (usually around 8 mobs). And I can only reach around 6 on my warrior before I keel over dead. It's not a big difference, and most of the time you don't encounter mobs close enough together to get such a large pull, but it is enough to be noticed when you can.

The point about the knockdown and the heal is legitimate though.

Edited by KarilynKare, 06 May 2013 - 03:10 PM.