Noob needing a kind word

Prior to endgame, you'll be in high demand.

At endgame, if you're not prepared to cashshop or for whatever reason is unable to merchant efficiently for above average gear etc., you will not be the preferred choice in the more efficient squads for certain instances.

You'll still be wanted in the average squad for most instances.

IMHO if you like the class, it is still worth playing.

No idea how the upcoming expansion is going to affect us.

hihi

first of all BARBS ARE FUN xD

barbs are needed in pretty much everything ( prior to endgame ). but hey in a faction barbs will always be needed. I just play for fun and to help guildies and will never PK O.O ( i dont cash shop aswell ) and im not doing to bad.

so as for your question a barb is worth playing if you are only going to play for fun and help guildies

just my 2c

Kind regards
PaYwil

Krekkie - Dreamweaver wrote: »

New classes, patches, cash shoppers, 5.0 aps, -ints [...] and being a total noob of this kind of games, I actually have no clue what they really meant. I have anyway understood that "our race" is at risk of extinction ...

My question is: You, who got experience with the class, the game, the players, would suggest me to keep leveling my dear barbarian? Or to keep playing the game at all? :'x [please note I have no intention on spending a single euro (or dollar) for playing].

P.s. Be honest! ;p

New classes - People complained when sins and psychics were released in January because they became the highest damage output caster and highest dmg output overall in the game. This was bad for barbs because psychics and sins are very hard to keep aggro from. We now have 2 new classes on the way, one of them looks like a healer, the other looks like a veno/tank class further replacing us a little.

Patches - Patches come out weekly, just little upgrades,fixes, and add-ons to the game.

Cash shoppers - Instead of being good or working hard, you can just pay your way to success. This has always been a problem, just is more notable recently when rank gear, some of the hardest to earn and best gear in the game, became purchasable and very cheap. Now everyone is running with insane gear.

5.0 aps- aps is attacks per second. Fists have an attack speed of 1.43 attacks per second. This means you attack once every .7 seconds (1 sec/1.43aps). - interval gear reduces the seconds per attack until you can attack 5 times a second, doing some insane damage.

-int - the inverse of "attacks per second" is "seconds per attacks." Seconds per attack is what the game uses so when you see your axe speed is .83 aps, it really is using 1.2 second per attack. Minus interval subtracts from that number, so -.05 interval from 1.2 gives you .87 aps. The problem is it exponentially grows, so you get more benefit starting with a faster weapon, namely fist. Now everyone is using fists because the -interval function is somewhat overpowering. For instance .83 axes with -.45 int = 1.33aps (60% increase). 1.43 fist with -.45 int = 4.00 aps (+180% increase)

So, is our class obsolete? I think not. First, most -int gear is 90+ so we are able to tank until then. Second, the super DDing classes leave their vitalities at 5, or reset to 3 to increase their damage and afford the high dex of fists. When they steal aggro they are extra squishy, so having one of us along to give them BKI for an hp boost is one thing that actually allows them to tank. Also, when you are dealing so much damage, the 30% boost from strength of titans is huge. Since the -int only applies to melee, they get the benefits of our devour too. So having a barb in squad for 30% increased weapon attack, -50% phys def debuff, and an hp buff is still very worth it.

As for the status of the game?... Well, alot of the actual players are very angry that their hard work is undone by people with their parents credit cards. When everyone has access to endgame their is no more feeling of accomplishment and the game becomes stagnant. PW is releasing their new flagship game and it almost seems like their trying to suck pwi dry before it dies.

EffThis - Raging Tide wrote: »

Wtf? Veno's are the cheapest class to play and the most money efficient, stop spreading false info b:shutup

If your a "good" veno you've got $500 wrapped up in just 2 pets, some skills cost MILLIONS! plus all the stuff you have to purchase along the way to keep all of your pets alive and what... yeah your right I'm wrong here. Barb still require the more coin to keep up. They kill the slowest, they take the most damage and they level extremely slow, BUT NOTHING compares to : Squad gets wiped and your still alive laughing at them and 300k Armageddons.

As an 88 barb I can say with the gear I have and skills I'm a great meatshield to most and it's great. It took awhile, but with more exploration of your class and reading your skills and what you want to use the class for you will find what works best. At least that's what I did. Keep going with him and I guarantee at 100 in NV squads you'll have plenty of coin and squads to join if you are any good.

EffThis - Raging Tide wrote: »

1. You're not your.

2. Please please please stop talking out of your *** b:bye


Your definition of 'good' seems to be synomous with cash shop.....i can assure you having a baby herc does not make you an AUTO L33T veno....you can still suck and have all the best pets the game has to offer...that simply has nothing to do with skill.


Let me educate YOU good sir on what makes a 'good' veno....NEITHER OF THESE require CS.

1. Amping

2. Knowing how to lure.


There........not hard is it?????? No...so stop making false statements about a class you clearly know nothing about.

Okay so your right, venos are pretty much worthless with a genie now and barbs cost the most play. b:bye I can be a rude *** hole to.

C'mon folks, do we really need to diss each other's classes, and play the "I'm more useful than you at endgame" game? I play both a barb and veno... not very high level at the moment, granted (56 and 59 respectively, atm) and they're both a blast. I say if you have fun playing a class, play it. If you get people dissing you and telling you they don't need you for [insert activity here] find someone else to run with.

Krekkie - Dreamweaver wrote: »

Thanks all for the tips and precious informations.

Guess I'll stick around, eventually as Sakubatou said the game will die before I get anywhere close to 90+ and there, problem solved xd
It looks like in most free to play games all around the net, the only actual free feature is registration... Aaaah, times of finacial crysis.

See you around \o

1.) I don't think the Barbs will be useless, when he reaches lvl90+, even I can't really
play them.
2.) A Venos Job ist to lure, and to debuff the Bosses and somtimes,but its really rare
personally I've done this about 1 or 2 times, to tank.
You don't need a Herc as a Veno a Crystalline Magmite or a Glacial Walker
does ther Job pretty good.The only Pet for whih you will have to pay is
the Kowlin because its one of the dastest pets in the game.

For the New Races, I see them as a possibility for someone who wants to play a Tank but dont like the Barb, the same goes for the Veno.