Help me choose please :-)

[Wucked]

<DIV>Hi All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I want to roll a Fae character and am thinking about a Zerker, so I thought I would pop in here to do a bit of research 1st.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A few questions for you all...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>What are Zerkers? some tell me they are dps class and others say a tanking class.. What do they do best, or is it just a playstyle choice?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do Zerkers fare in solo / group / raid situations, anything there that they arent so good at?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do Zerkers get any heals or do they just rely on huge health pools and lots of mit?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do Zerkers differ from thier counterparts (Monks I think init?), if you were about to start a new character would you still go for a Zerker?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>As a bit of background, the only classes that I have played so far are Fury and Conj so I know next to nothing about this area.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any other info that you fancy shoving in there would also be greatly appreciated... <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>TY and TTFN! :smileyhappy:</DIV>

[ncrawler]

Zerkers are offencive warriors, and there conterpart is Gardiens(sp), that is more defencive. yes they are high DPS but still a tank and as far as I can say its a good one as well in group, and I been in a guild that used a Zerker as MT on raid as well...No heals in the dircet mather, so realy on others for that.I wuld never want to be a gardien becuse I think they are way to slow, a zerker is much faster imo, and exelented group tank becuse of AoE and AoE tunts proc. wild a gardien probley are abit bether in raiding, but its coms down to skill and gear as wellI to have a Fae bersker and I love it, its was realy bad the first 15 lvls becuse Fae natrul low Str and Sta (str for dmg and power and sta for health) so I was haveing a hard time, but afther lvl 15 and whit some gear things got much bether, so if you roll a FAe rember the first lvl gona be hard, and I dont think bersker is the best solo class but then agen I never solo, since my wife play as well and we dou all the time<div></div>

[KFizzle]

<DIV>Wow most of these are asked very often so i normally wouldnt answer (and would let the multitude of other people answer) but one of the questions had my interest...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>What are Zerkers? some tell me they are dps class and others say a tanking class.. What do they do best, or is it just a playstyle choice? Zerkers are tanks, plain and simple. <FONT color=#ff0000>We have the ability to do more DPS than ANY other tank (yes i said any), and we can tank as well or better than any other tank INCLUDING GUardians. They are better defensively, but i challenge ANY guardian to match our agro.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do Zerkers fare in solo / group / raid situations, anything there that they arent so good at? <FONT color=#ff0033>Solo at low-mid levels 'good', group great, raid versitile (more so than Guardians or Brawlers in my opinion). </FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Do Zerkers get any heals or do they just rely on huge health pools and lots of mit? <FONT color=#ff0033>No heals, but we get a couple different health regen things (although cept in solo situations they wont really be 'good' if you ask me). When im soloing its never a 'war of attrition' its always about kill it before it can kill me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>How do Zerkers differ from thier counterparts (Monks I think init?), if you were about to start a new character would you still go for a Zerker? <FONT color=#ff0033>Our counterpart is Guardians. Monks are the counter of Bruisers. We're more offensive than Guardians, and we're also more 'multimob' fight than guardians (be it mobs in ONE group, or mobs NOT grouped). But the second part is the interesting part. I wouldn't go with a Zerker if i was rerolling today. It's not what i intended to play, while I love being the Main Tank and i really 'get off' on it, i wanted to be DPS. It even reflects in how i prefer the MT group set up (dirge, coercer, inquis) because I look at it like the more DPS i do the better i hold agro (and i hold agro like no ones business). But I just never really envisioned tanking raids when i started playing. I mean maybe knowing all i know i would stay Zerk, but I'd probably go Brawler because for like the first 40 levels of my 'life' i was soloing and they are much better soloers and have more 'fun things' (FD, Self heals/healing others, safe fall etc). <BR><BR>Zerks rule though, it's a tough question ... but i don't know, it depends on how you look at it.... like if i know now what i thought then but HAVENT tanked for raids, i probably would pick a Brawler. But knowing what i know, AND having tanked raids, there is no way i'd pick anything but a Zerk. Being a MT on a raid or even being a Zerk is just too much [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] fun.</FONT></DIV></DIV>

[Wolfguard6]

<P>Been a zerker for 2 year now and love it every part of just going nuts on mobs dealing out massive amount of damage is just thrilling to me.  Rolled a guard at 1st friends changed there minds as what they wanted in are liltte group so I opped to change myself to better suit the group. Glad I did just something about walking into a room calling everything in and just laying down the damage is just awsome.  Every group I been with I can hold aggro so yes MT is very possible its a matter of not spaming your Combat arts  and mixing in a Taut in every now and then.  Duel Weild, 1 hand , 2 hand all massive dmg output.</P> <P>Soloing is reasonable for ya if ya go with zerker matter of killing it before it kills u. So then you can spam away all you want no aggro pull to mages. Grouping you can be either a MainTank, or go into dealing out DPS matter not.  Have a good healer you can maintank and still go all out into DPS.</P> <P>Raids same way MT thou your in D-mode or Support in DPS O-mode, and or depending on how well your gear is and what your fighting D-mode</P> <P>If I where to build another tank class I would have to say <FONT color=#ff0000><STRONG>yes,</STRONG></FONT> I would go zerker. Just think the class is very versatile in what you can do as a tank. You can keep the mob off your buddies, or you can just take rip into them when someone else is mt. Just make sure not to get to much aggro otherwise you still end up being main tank with out healer on ya.</P>

[theredraven]

trust this advice. a zerk is the dps, aoe tank. great soloing class for big mobs. good for groups becuz can tank and dps.

[Kerahzey]

<DIV>I can't wait to see a high level Fae Zerker.  I rolled a Warden for my Fae, I've always wanted try it out and I'm having fun,  But can't leave my Zerker alone for too long cause he is awsome.  Try out 2-3 different characters and you'll know before long what you want <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Wucked]

Thanks for the info all! :smileyhappy: