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Then why put zerkers and guardians together in same class (warrior)? Paladins and SK are very very very similar, as are Monks and Bruisers. So why would a zerker be more like brawler and less like a guardian? Also, if what you are saying is true, then why would you play a brawler if you are out damaged by zerkers and out defensed by everyone? Wouldn't you opt for zerker or crusader over brawler everytime? Like I said, I'll get a couple of my guild members to get me some hard data.
There's a post by Moorgard on the official forums where he states that Berserkers are suppose to do a bit more damage than Guardians, but not Brawlers. I'll do a search on that site and see if I can find it.
It makes sense to me that Berserkers and Guardians are both under the warrior tree. They're pretty much the same beast, just different focus on their abilities. As you should note, the Warrior line of subclasses are neutral aligned, whereas the Brawler and Crusader's are polarized (one good, one evil). Each Archetype, I believe, has two align specific classes and one neutral class.
Brawlers do the most damage of the Fighter Archetype, or they're suppose to. Berserkers should come in second because of their offensive buffs. I'm guessing one would choose a Berserker because they want to be able to
take hits as well as give them. Those who choose Brawlers would rather give the hits while
avoiding any repercussions. As for Crusaders, I was led to believe that they do a bit of both, offense and defense. More knowledgeable folk can correct me on them.
I'll look for the post and edit this reply (unless you happen to find it yourself, before I do).
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Hey, their search actually worked! Here's his post and a reply he later posted.
Recent Berserker Changes and
RE: Recent Berserker Changes I didn't see him mention Crusaders, but here's a small snippet:
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In terms of damage output, berserkers are intended to fall behind bruisers and monks. Berserkers should do a bit more damage than a guardian, since they do not tank quite as well as the guardian.
Now, this is what they envision... it may not be in practice as there are bugs they gotta squash. But there it is.
Of course, what started off another debate (read ********* was this part: "Berserkers should do a bit more damage than a guardian, since they do not tank quite as well as the guardian." And rightly so, since they stated from the start that all subclasses should be equal in terms of tanking. He should have said that Berserkers are not as defensive oriented as Guardians. :/
Edited, Fri Feb 11 13:52:11 2005 by ArcosKojin