sum advice plssss

Do yourself a favor. Don't download this game. No matter which character you play, no matter what you do, there is no "winning" on this game without paying absolute boatloads of cash to a greedy company who hasn't fixed bugs in longer than some of us can remember. This game is completely oriented around you spending as much money as you can, leveling as quickly as your wallet can allow you, spending cash on badges and Rank 9 so you can sit in Archosaur a month later bored to tears.

Just stop the download. Buy a P2P game. You will not only get more joy, you will spend less money, and be with more a happier community.

People will say I'm trolling--like they've said everybody else who is telling people this has. But you have to wonder with so many people repeating the same thing...how many people does it take until it's right?

On topic--find yourself a better place to be- you'll regret it if you don't. This game isn't dead...but it's dying.

This topic comes up like 4 times a week, please start searching for them instead of making a new thread. There's actually one floating around here telling everyone the pros n cons of each class.
Beginner's section should help you out.
As for help with your class that you choose, the class subforums will help you out. They're located on the main page of the forum.


Okay a brief rundown on the classes, I guess.

Archer: Obviously uses bows, just a regular damage dealer for the game, kind of obselete in endgame content except for territory wars since they can't have bloodpaint and are nerfed so much when they use fist weapons.

Cleric: Main healers of the game, use magic weapons and deal a fair amount of damage, but normally just heal squadmates/revive them/everyone's little *****. It's actually a fun class if you have the patience for it.

Wizard: Another damage dealer, very high dmg especially if you get a crit, but the channeling time is slow and they are really good at endgame if you have the funds to get rank 8/9 with atleast +10 refines. Very squishy. :c

Blademaster: One of the more popular classes, they can weild 4 different weapon types, but most people use them for fists to get 5aps (attacks per second) which is currently ruling the game. Another damage dealer but they can tank on certain occassion.

Barbarian: The main tank of the game, atleast until 5aps comes into play. (Normally lvl 99-100 so you have a long time to be a tank). They can go 5aps but it's kind of lolworthy if they do... Can have very high hp if you build them right.

Venomancer: Not too many of these around anymore. They used to be very useful before 5aps if they had a herc pet, (very expensive cashshop pet) but their damage is average and your funds/time might be spent playing another class, like mystic.

Assassin: The most popular class out there, I wouldn't suggest rolling it just because it's hard to find squads as a sin in bounty hunter and etc. They can reach 5aps and are just so overpowered in general that it's not even funny.

Psychic: There's not that many that I see running around. I've never made one to say much about them. They are a damage dealer with fairly good damage. Channeling time seems to be fairly fast, too.

Seeker: Another damage dealer. Because they can only use swords and claymores, you won't see them reaching 5aps. They are a mix of melee and magic damage. Everyone loves their aoe skill, vortex.

Mystic: A mixture of cleric and veno. They can heal, but not as well as a cleric, and they damage deal along with using pets, like a veno. They can't tame their own tho, and they have a different pet system than venos. Personally, this could be the best class to roll for a first timer, since they can solo pretty well with a pet and self heals. Plus they get a nice revive buff that will help out a LOT.

Btw this game isn't dead yet. It's obviously not as lively as it was in 2008, but there's still plenty of people playing it.... I still love it the same as the day I signed up almost 3 years ago. If you happen to roll Harshlands server I'd be glad to help you out with bosses and your call to duty quests.

Mystic_Man - Harshlands wrote: »

Do yourself a favor. Don't download this game. No matter which character you play, no matter what you do, there is no "winning" on this game without paying absolute boatloads of cash to a greedy company who hasn't fixed bugs in longer than some of us can remember. This game is completely oriented around you spending as much money as you can, leveling as quickly as your wallet can allow you, spending cash on badges and Rank 9 so you can sit in Archosaur a month later bored to tears.

these words should be in pwi website main page

Don't listen to the people telling you not to download it, just try it for yourself and if you like it you will stay. If the game was so bad there wouldn't be so many people playing it still.

Oh and best melee dps would be assassin.

im not sure what you mean by he is trolling, how is asking for the best melee dps trolling?

Mystic_Man - Harshlands wrote: »

Do yourself a favor. Don't download this game. No matter which character you play, no matter what you do, there is no "winning" on this game without paying absolute boatloads of cash to a greedy company who hasn't fixed bugs in longer than some of us can remember. This game is completely oriented around you spending as much money as you can, leveling as quickly as your wallet can allow you, spending cash on badges and Rank 9 so you can sit in Archosaur a month later bored to tears.

Just stop the download. Buy a P2P game. You will not only get more joy, you will spend less money, and be with more a happier community.

People will say I'm trolling--like they've said everybody else who is telling people this has. But you have to wonder with so many people repeating the same thing...how many people does it take until it's right?

On topic--find yourself a better place to be- you'll regret it if you don't. This game isn't dead...but it's dying.

^Do this.

Hopefully the OP took the advice of the first person to respond and basically just fly away *couth*, sure this game is "fun" when you first start out, not as much as before due to the dead low level abundance, but still, when you get higher into the game, you then slowly realize just how screwed this game actually is with its pay to win method, even for end game PvE.

flyaway21 wrote: »

so i am currently downloading the game and can sum1 like tell me exactly wat race class is best if i wanna be a melee dps also if they cud gimme a link or two to sum good beginner guide

I recommend that you choose to be a blademaster. It has good defenses, good solo capabilites as well as squad, is not squishy, and is versatile, and wanted in squads. It can deal good melee dps, and since it's heavy armor, it can take a hit, and is the second best melee dps in the game. (The top spot is assasin, but they lack the defenses of a blademaster.) Since this sounds like your first class, and you want a good melee dps class, then I recommend giving blademaster (bm) a try. Also, check others and experiment. Who knows, another class may suit you better.

Hope this helps and enjoy the game.

Oh, and as far as links, just look for it on PWI wiki or google it. Its not really hard to find.