So I wanna roll a new fae scout. Advice?

[Zanshenbushi]

<DIV>When I first started playing assassins interested me most of the scout class.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Right now I play a 40 illusionist, a 48 wizard, and a 51 warlock.  Both sides of the sorcerer coin, and an enchanter.  I'm still possibly interested in trying a summoner, but for now I think i've enough mages.  For healers, I found being a fury to be the best fit for me.  I can solo pretty well, I enjoy my abilities, and I can provide great healing utility in a group.  I've toyed with the others, but being a better healer who is subpar at soloing didn't interest me, nor did the opposite. I also play a 36 monk, which i'm really having fun with, the solo ability, and for regular groups I make a pretty good tank, which makes for a really fun change of pace compared to my mages and healer.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>With the Fae race being available now, I really wanted to try a scout.  I like the idea of bards, but don't really like the idea of mainly being a support class.  What is their solo style like?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Rangers seem interesting.  I wasn't much of a fan of ranged combat, but i've gotten used to it more with my monk.  Are they decent at melee range too though?  I don't want to have to constantly kite.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Swashies I really know the least about, which is why i'm posting here.  What is your hunting style like?  I hear talk about swashies being 'uber', though i'm not sure if that's a joke, or if currently they have a nice advantage.  Are they a melee class, or a 50/50 mix between melee and ranged?  What makes them stand out?  From what I hear, they do well soloing.  Just want more info on the style of hunting play.  What are the pros and cons of being a swashie as opposed to a ranger?<BR><BR>Lastly, I thought the alignment went ranger (good)  assassin evil  ////////////////// Swashie good - brigand evil. But on my char creation screen, under select class, ranger is by itself.  And swashie is on the same row as brigand AND assassins.  Does this mean that a ranger betraying stays a ranger now?  Instead of becoming an assassin?  And a swashie that betrays can choose between brigand or assassin?  Or can a ranger betray to assassin?<BR><BR>I've been up all night, so I apologize if this didn't come out perfectly... but i'd much appreciate any advice to decide which to choose.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Kriki]

<div><blockquote><hr>Zanshenbushi wrote:<div>When I first started playing assassins interested me most of the scout class.</div> <div> </div> <div>Right now I play a 40 illusionist, a 48 wizard, and a 51 warlock.  Both sides of the sorcerer coin, and an enchanter.  I'm still possibly interested in trying a summoner, but for now I think i've enough mages.  For healers, I found being a fury to be the best fit for me.  I can solo pretty well, I enjoy my abilities, and I can provide great healing utility in a group.  I've toyed with the others, but being a better healer who is subpar at soloing didn't interest me, nor did the opposite. I also play a 36 monk, which i'm really having fun with, the solo ability, and for regular groups I make a pretty good tank, which makes for a really fun change of pace compared to my mages and healer.</div> <div> </div> <div>With the Fae race being available now, I really wanted to try a scout.  I like the idea of bards, but don't really like the idea of mainly being a support class.  What is their solo style like?</div> <div> <font color="#cc0000">Bards are pretty good solo'ers.  Not as strong as more dps oriented scouts, but imo easier to solo than Rangers or Assassins.  Good combination of bow attacks, melee attachs and spells and their buffs can't be beat!  If you're going to mainly solo, then I recommend Dirge over Troubidor, but either will really be fine.</font></div> <div>Rangers seem interesting.  I wasn't much of a fan of ranged combat, but i've gotten used to it more with my monk.  Are they decent at melee range too though?  I don't want to have to constantly kite. <font color="#cc0000">I had trouble soloing with my Ranger - too many bow shots and very little to snare the mob with.  You will end up kiting a lot.  In a tank/Ranger duo or group setting though, it's a fun class since you can go ranged and melee when you want and crank out the damage.</font> </div> <div> </div> <div>Swashies I really know the least about, which is why i'm posting here.  What is your hunting style like?  I hear talk about swashies being 'uber', though i'm not sure if that's a joke, or if currently they have a nice advantage.  Are they a melee class, or a 50/50 mix between melee and ranged?  What makes them stand out?  From what I hear, they do well soloing.  Just want more info on the style of hunting play.  What are the pros and cons of being a swashie as opposed to a ranger?<font color="#cc0000">Swashy's are mostly melee with 2 ranged CA's (they use thrown weapons, not a bow).  The majority of our CA's are castable from the front of a mob, only 3 rear attacks which makes soloing a bit easier.  Our dps is better than Brigands due to our haste proc buffs and temp dps/haste buffs, but brigands get many more stuns and have some very unique CA's that make playing a Brigand fun and a bit different.  Swashy's debuff the amount of damage that a mob can do to the tank, while Brigands debuff mitigation and increase the overall damage of the group/raid.  </font>Lastly, I thought the alignment went ranger (good)  assassin evil  ////////////////// Swashie good - brigand evil. But on my char creation screen, under select class, ranger is by itself.  And swashie is on the same row as brigand AND assassins.  Does this mean that a ranger betraying stays a ranger now?  Instead of becoming an assassin?  And a swashie that betrays can choose between brigand or assassin?  Or can a ranger betray to assassin?<font color="#cc0000">Good only Swashy betrays to Evil only Brigand and Good only Ranger betrays to evil only Assassin.  They changed the categorization for new players who may classically associate Assassins with a rogue class as opposed to a Ranger class.</font>I've been up all night, so I apologize if this didn't come out perfectly... but i'd much appreciate any advice to decide which to choose.</div> <div> </div> <div> </div><hr></blockquote></div>

[ArivenGemini]

<div><blockquote><hr>Zanshenbushi wrote: <div>Swashies I really know the least about, which is why i'm posting here.  What is your hunting style like?  I hear talk about swashies being 'uber', though i'm not sure if that's a joke, or if currently they have a nice advantage.  Are they a melee class, or a 50/50 mix between melee and ranged?  What makes them stand out?  From what I hear, they do well soloing.  Just want more info on the style of hunting play.  What are the pros and cons of being a swashie as opposed to a ranger? </div><hr></blockquote>My solo hunting style is pretty much stealth up to the mob, start with a stealth/stun, hit it with another rear attack, cheapshot it to stun it again and get another one or two rear attacks in before they turn on me..  normally I get a mob to at least 50% health if not lower before they are able to hit me at all.  I solo almost exclusively in offensive stance.My group style is very similar, but I get to be lazy and let the tank bring the mob to me..  I am lucky in that I am usually grouped with a good tank and can go pretty much full bore dps/debuff on stuff so I dont have to worry too much about pacing myself back.. and when the tank is a pally and I can get them to amends me.. I never worry at all.   My group role I tend to gravitate to is DPS/Offtank..  if a healer or squishy class gets aggro I swap to the mob on them and try to taunt/pull the mob off of them, and barring that I try to burn it down quick.To me, Swashy is one of the most adaptable classes out there.. we can DPS, we can debuff, we can make everyone else do better dps, we can offtank, we can tank in a pinch.. and we do it all with style and panache.<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>