SK's are fun?

[Clailmebe]

<DIV>Hey all, im thinking of making a shadowknight, cause im tired of always being the mt on my guardian in every group i get into.</DIV> <DIV>I like to tank, but occasionally id like to just dps which is why i turned to the shadowknight.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So my question is, are shadowknights fun and a good choice if i wanna go for 60++?</DIV> <DIV>I want to be useful and wanted in groups, either as mt or dps, but i also want to be able to solo blues/whites/greens fairly good, and i want to have some fun skills to throw around in a fight.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>any info/advice/comments are appreciated =)</DIV>

[Humuhumunukunukuapua]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Clailmebe wrote:<BR> <DIV>Hey all, im thinking of making a shadowknight, cause im tired of always being the mt on my guardian in every group i get into.</DIV> <DIV>I like to tank, but occasionally id like to just dps which is why i turned to the shadowknight.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>So my question is, are shadowknights fun and a good choice if i wanna go for 60++?</DIV> <DIV>I want to be useful and wanted in groups, either as mt or dps, but i also want to be able to solo blues/whites/greens fairly good, and i want to have some fun skills to throw around in a fight.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>any info/advice/comments are appreciated =)</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Yes, SK's can throw out respectable DPS, but we shouldn't be able to consistently out DPS wizzie's/assassin's that are actually trying.  No other tank class should be expected to do the same either.  So in terms of outside perception, if a group was looking for one more and saw an SK and tier 1 DPS with a lfg flag up, guess which they would pick.</P> <P>If you are going to keep and level your guardian at the same time, just roll a tier 1 dps class and play that whenever you get tired of tanking.</P> <P>If you only want to keep one toon, then an SK can MT just fine, as well as dps adequately if not tanking.  Our DPS will shine on group mobs, so keep that in mind if your group runs parses on single mob pulls and gives you crap for not carrying your weight.  In some ways, our DPS is inreased relative to other dps classes because we have less fear of pulling aggro.  If we do, we've got the mit/heals to keep us up until taunted off (or FD ourselves) - instead of going down like a wizzie in a gown.  So we are a little more fearless when letting lose as compared to some DPS classes in pick up groups.  It's important to remember, however, that being able to DPS and being perceived as DPS are 2 entirely different things.  Groups will not actively seek out SKs if they have a DPS slot open, but will take them if no DPS class is around, and may even be pleasantly surprised.</P> <P>In terms of soloing, we can reliably solo single yellow con (no modifier) mobs and can solo non-heroic yellow group mobs.  But when soloing, it's actually better xp (and more fun) to take on multi-mob groups and really let your AOE's and lifeaps go to work on the mobs.  By the time you drop the first mob, the remainig mobs are at less than 50%.  Lifetaps help a lot, and if you are losing a fight, pop off Harm Touch to skew things back into your favor.  I say we can "reliably" solo, because other DPS classes can solo faster (2-3 spells and encounter over), but mistakes made by those classes are less forgiven (2-3 hits by the mob and encounter over), and some DPS classes tend to have difficulty with multiplue mob encounters due to interrupts and rate of damage taken.</P>

[Agamemno]

Well you'll be the tank in PVP groups too, but you might find the variation of skills more to your liking. For example I stuck a ward on a brigand today in a pvp fight and saved his butt. Our healer had left us for a 15 min break and he actually noticed and asked if i healed him. I also don't think people realize one of our group buffs can proc a handy lil lifetap (among other nifty lil things we have)Try it! you might like it!Just for the love of all that is uber don't drink the forum kool-aid and listen to all the people who talk bad about the SK. I did that, and had to do some real thinking and talking with the happy SKs on the board to get my head screwed on straight.<div></div>

[Ramglob]

My numbers continue to get better the more I learn the class.  I do get envious of the soloability of some of the classes, but SK's are very fun to play.  I have close to 1900 kills and only 135 deaths and I will hopefully hit Master tomorrow with one or two more kills (God willing I see some green infamy lol).  I am starting to figure out PVP and grow in knowledge each day.  If you play your class smart and group effectively you will find that the SK can be absolute killing machines in PVP.  Your job is take down titles and cloth wearers in a hurry then keep yourself alive while using taunts to keep opponents from killing your healers and DPS.  That is it.  Its very simple and if you know your part in a PVP group you can own!!!!!  2 VS 2 with a SK can be absolutly devestating to the opposing side.  If you communicate right you can take out a Q within 1-2 seconds leaving his partner standing there without having cast a spell yet.  My partner and I can duo a 2 VS 2 situation 4 levels higher than us with relative ease.  SK's can be devestating because our survivability is greater than most classes.  Learn this and you will become better at PVP.  Understand that you can't stop runners...........group with a class that can ( I suggest a Brig)  They are made to be an SK duo partner.  We can slow down runners and have lots of nasty dots that can effect them if our partners can't catch.