Back in the game after a year's rest

[Mindari1]

<p>Hello all,</p><p>I would greatly appreciate any help I could get with my question and I thank you in advance for posting.  I am coming back after a break of more than a year.  My question is....Is the swashbuckler just not as wanted in groups as the brigand or is it an exception more than a rule?  I have a 55 Swashie and I love the class but if I am going to find it hard getting groups then I would rather betray now.</p><p>Again I really appreciate any help.  I just want to make the right decision going forward <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.</p><p>Thanks, Min</p>

[NicolasKL]

<p><cite>Mindari1 wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hello all,</p><p>I would greatly appreciate any help I could get with my question and I thank you in advance for posting.  I am coming back after a break of more than a year.  My question is....Is the swashbuckler just not as wanted in groups as the brigand or is it an exception more than a rule?  I have a 55 Swashie and I love the class but if I am going to find it hard getting groups then I would rather betray now.</p><p>Again I really appreciate any help.  I just want to make the right decision going forward <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" />.</p><p>Thanks, Min</p></blockquote><p>I've never had trouble getting a group and I can't imagine a whole lot of pugs (ie, any) saying "no thanks, we're gonna wait and hope we get a brigand."  It just doesn't matter that much.  95% of the time in a pug player gear and skill matter far more than class does.  Not only will any rogue do, any DPS will really do.</p><p>Raiding could be a little bit different.  At the moment it looks like a very real possibility that when (if?) fighters are revamped swashbucklers are going to lose (or at least have <strong>severely</strong> nerfed) their ability to transfer and manage aggro.  Since that's something that swashes are basically #1 at, and there wasn't anything on the table offered to make up for losing it, that possibility has been considered by many to be a pretty hard hit on the class.  That could happen a month from now, or six months from now, or never.</p><p>I could be wrong but it seems like lately Brigs are a dime a dozen, which to me makes them less attractive to play even though I think their total set of abilities is probably a little superior to ours.  There's WAY more brigs than swashes in my guild (like 3 or 4 to 1 ratio), and out of the raid guilds I've seen lately looking for rogues I haven't seen any looking for a brig but I've seen two looking for swashes.  All of that could just be a fluke though.</p>

[BaronVonPitviper]

<p>ditto on the dynamics of grouping now-a-days. you will not get turned down for two reasons: hate transfer and AoE dps.  You will be loved in your TSO groups for sure.  (well for the time being anyways).</p><p>in response to brigands; i find that nearly 98% of them i group with suck at agro mangement and are always ripping. debuffing mitigation is all well and good, but i think tanks (and healers and squishies, and ...) get sick of the constant issue with brigand agro that they'd much rather just get a swashy and enjoy the run <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Sorry rogue brothers and sisters, but you got some lame briggies running around in PUGs on my server.</p><p>aye he is right, you need at least one in the raid to bring your RW parse up. without a briggy, you can see the the lack of melee dps after the night is over and log parsed. </p>