Bruiser a good solo class?

[axxa]

can bruiser solo named mobs?? how are bruiser vs monk when it comes to soloing?

[TheSpin]

<p>They are a great solo class for surviveability due to feign death.  A well equipped bruiser can solo a lot of stuff, but I think root/nukers will be able to solo a lot of things a bruiser can't.</p><p>Bruisers are generally considered more solo oriented than monks as they can heal themselves better and I believe have a little better dps.</p>

[axxa]

but if the bruisers CA are on a "much" longer reuse/CD then the monks ca whil that not even it out? not defending monk here, but whanna decide what to roll<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> hate to wait for CD before attacking. and i allready decided to roll brawler, so please keep clothi out of this:p

[TheSpin]

<p>Well I know the bruiser heal is on a much shorter cooldown and heals for quite a bit more.  I'm not exactly sure of the details on the cooldowns for bruisers, but I know that on my brigand even though I have a lot of pretty long cooldowns I just spread them out between different fights and I always have one or two handy for any given fight.</p><p>You won't be soloing the toughest possible thing you can manage most of the time, but instead you'll solo a lot of stuff that's fairly easy and then occasionally test your skills on the tough stuff.  That being the case if you have to wait for a cooldown or two on those rare occasions you really stretch your ability against a single encounter you probably won't mind waiting for the cooldowns....especially if it means you'll be doing more damage, taking less damage, and healing yourself for more damage as a bruiser.</p>

[axxa]

<cite>TheSpin wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Well I know the bruiser heal is on a much shorter cooldown and heals for quite a bit more.  I'm not exactly sure of the details on the cooldowns for bruisers, but I know that on my brigand even though I have a lot of pretty long cooldowns I just spread them out between different fights and I always have one or two handy for any given fight.</p><p>You won't be soloing the toughest possible thing you can manage most of the time, but instead you'll solo a lot of stuff that's fairly easy and then occasionally test your skills on the tough stuff.  That being the case if you have to wait for a cooldown or two on those rare occasions you really stretch your ability against a single encounter you probably won't mind waiting for the cooldowns....especially if it means you'll be doing more damage, taking less damage, and healing yourself for more damage as a bruiser.</p></blockquote>tnx for the answer. have you seen a bruiser and a monk in action? if yes, what did YOU like best? who have the best moves ? im a person that focus on looking good.. if i get my hand on a Gi i whil use it to i get another/bether Gi. even if i get bether leather armor. i do not whanna use armor i dont like to wear. all in all, i think this is the most importen thing for me, the looks.Edit: just found out that monks get invis, do bruiser get this, if not. what do "we" get instead?should realy have a skill list:/

[TheSpin]

<p>skill list</p><p><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~eq2gamedata/main.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://home.comcast.net/~eq2gamedata/main.html</a></p><p>As for the looks....they have mostly the same emotes for the different attacks. </p><p>As for invis I'm not really sure what bruisers have to offset it, but I hear monk invis is not that great and can be easily compensated for with totems and with feign death.</p><p>For 'fun spells' I think the bruiser has the cooler looking ones, you'll have to check the skill list for that.</p>

[Novusod]

<cite>axxara wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite></cite>tnx for the answer. have you seen a bruiser and a monk in action? if yes, what did YOU like best? who have the best moves ?<span style="color: #cc0000;"> im a person that focus on looking good.. if i get my hand on a Gi i whil use it to i get another/bether Gi. even if i get bether leather armor. i do not whanna use armor i dont like to wear. </span>all in all, i think this is the most importen thing for me, the looks.Edit: just found out that monks get invis, do bruiser get this, if not. what do "we" get instead?should realy have a skill list:/</blockquote>Bruisers get a nice starter Gi so don't throw it away because at level 20 you will be able to wear it over top of regular leather armors.

[axxa]

tnx again for great reply's.. i whil start study the CA list now. one last ting, are the kick emotes the same? love the round swing kick type.. kinda hard to explane:/<span class="name"><b>Novusod:</b> whanna explane how i can manage that?Tnx again for the help, the monk forum is like a ghost town.. </span>

[FahlenCryptwalk]

Bruisers are an excellent solo class. Monks solo great as well, but they're a bit more group friendly - they can use their heal on others and eventually they get a group FD which has saved more than a few groups I've been in. The Monk invis is handy for scouting, but with our feign death Brawlers don't generally have too much trouble avoiding a painful death while looking around.Bruisers have a bigger heal with a much faster recast time (90 seconds), but it's self only. With the right achievements, a Bruiser can get it down to 82 seconds. Monk heal recast is 3 minutes, I'm not sure how much they can improve that with achievement. Funny, the spell my Bruiser has that generates the most envious tells from Monks is Sonic Fists. It's a long range attack that teleports you to the target and then a couple seconds later teleports you back to where you started. It's a fun spell to pull with <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Both Brawler classes are a blast to play. I think the most amusing race to watch do the Kung Fu is the Gnome. I love my Iksar Bruiser though, and with his Blood Hide Gi, he finally gets to show off his colors!