I need opinions...
Jayson_fall - Heavens Tear
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Maybe this belongs in class discussion, but it isn't about any one class, so I'll put it here. Apologies in advance if it's the wrong place.
My main (my ava) is a Barb. He's 50+, and it's taken me forever to get him there. My alt, a veno, just hit 40. It took me less then 1/2 the time to get the Veno to the 40's as it did the barb. And I have about 200k more gold to show for my effort.
I'm ONLY interested in PvE. As much as I love my barb, I'll be returning to work soon (God willing), and will have maybe 2-3 hours a day to play. If that much. While I'm not concerned with becoming an uber PvE god, I would like to get as high level as I can.
Long story short: I like my veno too. Should I shelf the barb, sell his stuff and transfer the profit to the veno? She just seems so much...easier. PvE wise, any how. And I simply won't have the time to commit to getting my barb much higher.
PLEASE, don't turn this into a "OMGzORS Venos r so OP..." thread. Yes, they rock at solo PvE. And that's what I do. Should I make her my main, or will leveling get easier on Mr. Fall?
Opinions, plz. Not flames. I know if I were a 'better player', this might not be an issue. Well, I'm not. And I want to make the most out of what I can do / have the time for.
Thx in advance, Jayson_Fall/_Sharess_.
My main (my ava) is a Barb. He's 50+, and it's taken me forever to get him there. My alt, a veno, just hit 40. It took me less then 1/2 the time to get the Veno to the 40's as it did the barb. And I have about 200k more gold to show for my effort.
I'm ONLY interested in PvE. As much as I love my barb, I'll be returning to work soon (God willing), and will have maybe 2-3 hours a day to play. If that much. While I'm not concerned with becoming an uber PvE god, I would like to get as high level as I can.
Long story short: I like my veno too. Should I shelf the barb, sell his stuff and transfer the profit to the veno? She just seems so much...easier. PvE wise, any how. And I simply won't have the time to commit to getting my barb much higher.
PLEASE, don't turn this into a "OMGzORS Venos r so OP..." thread. Yes, they rock at solo PvE. And that's what I do. Should I make her my main, or will leveling get easier on Mr. Fall?
Opinions, plz. Not flames. I know if I were a 'better player', this might not be an issue. Well, I'm not. And I want to make the most out of what I can do / have the time for.
Thx in advance, Jayson_Fall/_Sharess_.
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well look at it this way, barbs are the slowest leveling class in game, they arent much for PVE. venos are the opposite, quite quick, and destroy monsters.
you can also consider archers, and axe BMs, theyre plenty good PVE too. either way, getting barb to 70+ reaps rewards, and you can use the veno to get the barb gear via TT or farming0 -
Venos are the fastest leveling class till 60 but when other classes get their TT weapons they catch up. Unfortunatly barbs are considered as the slowest leveling class since they deal less damage then all the others, but at lvl 60 you can start zhenning for relatively less coins and easily keep up with other classes.0
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Leveling is a lot easier the second time around no matter what your first and second classes are.0
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Polyhymnia - Heavens Tear wrote: »Leveling is a lot easier the second time around no matter what your first and second classes are.
I know, but by the time I made these two, I knew the quests through the mid 30's like the back of my hand, lol. Actually, nothing suprised me until about FB51. Then I became a tad clueless.0 -
i'd keep with the veno. solo grinding is not as profitable with the barb as it is for the veno. barbs are needed for instance runs (fb, tt); later on, that may be the bulk of what you're doing as a barb, but that takes time, like hours at a time. the veno is also great in instance runs, but they can choose not to do that and play well solo. say you just have 1 hour a day to play, daily, grind a little, and that's it, the veno would definitely get a lot more done in that hour than a barb
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Play with whatever you have the most fun playing. If you have a lvl 80 veno but have more fun with a 50 barb, play the damn barb, even if it's gonna take you 100x longer to lvl.
Obviously venos are gonna lvl faster than barbs, but imo venos are boring as sh** (sorry).Why do you play a game? To have fun, not to be uber. And if being uber is the only way you're gonna have fun, be a veno.NoQuarter: Friendly, helpful, and Mature. Recruiting players any level on Dreamweaver.0 -
Well, I guess I'll just play the Veno for a while. ^^ See what she's like at higher levels. But I'm not going to take anything of the barb like I originally planned. I'll just let it all collect dust for a while.0
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Xaikus - Dreamweaver wrote: »Play with whatever you have the most fun playing. If you have a lvl 80 veno but have more fun with a 50 barb, play the damn barb, even if it's gonna take you 100x longer to lvl.
Obviously venos are gonna lvl faster than barbs, but imo venos are boring as sh** (sorry).Why do you play a game? To have fun, not to be uber. And if being uber is the only way you're gonna have fun, be a veno.0 -
Play the veno, level the barb using crazy stones---use the veno as a sugar momma.0
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Tearvalerin - Sanctuary wrote: »how is a barb any better its just spamming flesh ream, and timing when to alacrity >_>. theyre slow as dirt and useless
Im not saying barbs are better. You're missing the point. Im saying if it's more fun then play it. I dont like either class honestly, but I do think that everyone should play the class that they have the most fun with and not one that will get them uber godly the fastest.NoQuarter: Friendly, helpful, and Mature. Recruiting players any level on Dreamweaver.0 -
@Xaikus
you do realize the OP said, he'd like to get as high a level as he can. we're assuming he wants to level reasonably fast with what limited time each day he has to play0 -
mbrunestud wrote: »@Xaikus
you do realize the OP said, he'd like to get as high a level as he can. we're assuming he wants to level reasonably fast with what limited time each day he has to play
Well like I said, if he wants to level fast then he should go with venomancer.
I was just addressing the point that, if he's having more fun with his slow barb thatn with his fast veno he should play his barb. But Im not inside his head so I dont know which he's having fun with more.
Just putting the plate on the table.NoQuarter: Friendly, helpful, and Mature. Recruiting players any level on Dreamweaver.0 -
Actually, I'd say I have about the same ammount of fun with either class. I've tried them all (to some extent, granted my cleric and wiz only to to level 20 before I gave up), and they all have their good points. But Veno and Barb were the only two that really appealed to me.
The Barb is fun, but frustrating at the same time. My build isn't a 'classic tank', I've added a bit more to dex for killing power. But I can only take enemies my level (maybe 1 or 2 higher), I'm potting like mad, and in the end my repair bills are damn near half what I made grinding/questing. I love being right in the middle of the fight but, as a solo player, there's way too many situations that I'm in over my head before I can blink.
I also love the Veno. I'm your cut-n-paste mag build. I use a Magmite, a Goldwing emp, and an Undine enchantress. You don't get more 'generic veno' than me.b:laugh But it's fun. Nuking away while trying to make sure my pet is safe and healthy, running my **** off when I goof up, luring one or two baddies out of a pack... And in the end, my repair bills are squat.
So yes, I like them both. I get almost equal fun out of them both. So I'll take the advice of leveling the barb with CS daily for now, and play the veno too see how high I can get her.
Assuming I get back to work. Otherwise I'll give 'em each four hours a day.b:surrender0 -
_Sharess_ - Heavens Tear wrote: »So I'll take the advice of leveling the barb with CS daily for now
That is the best advice I can give. Play whichever one you want, but make sure they both do the crazy stone quest each and every day. When you get to 70 you will probably want to make them both do world quest every day as well (it may be time consuming, but since you can go afk while you fly to each location I find it easy to fit into my daily routine while I at home, but not playing on the computer). Just doing those quests will allow you to gain 1 level every 1 to 2 weeks until the mid-80's (at which point it starts to take longer than two weeks). You can spend a few months playing your veno and come back to a barbarian that is 20 levels higher and has a ton of quests to catch up on (which is always fun).0 -
Is leveling your Venomancer more quickly than your Barbarian giving you a feeling of accomplishment? If so, they you may enjoy playing a Venomancer ... There aren't too many people who enjoy extra long grinds but beware, leveling wil become slow regardless of the class you play at end-game, if you plan on taking your characters that far.
As for PvE, I use a Veno alt and am considering using an Archer alt as well for the challenge of the class (though slow levelers at first).Batista (85 Cleric) {Semi-Retired Character}
Venom (55 Venomancer) {Main Character - On Vacation}
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