Roo Stercogburn said:Pffft. Not heard one decent argument or case made yet
There is no competition for this one. Norse Dark SM. Accept no substitutes.
Aesthetically, SMs looks so damned good in epic armour. They have by far the best looking epic armour of any realm that I've seen. You can't out-voodoo an SM in his ceremonial gear. Its both threatening and classy at the same time. Christopher Lee in his old Hammer days as Dracula has nothing on an SM.
Dark SMs have the most varied bag of tricks out of any class or subclass in Mid. Played properly they are the wildcard of any group with more tools to get a team out of trouble than anyone else. None of this casting icky poisons or diseases or having to condescend to hitting something. You control your immediate environment using finesse and subtlety: a suitable debuff for most occasions or a lifetap, root, mez as appropriate. Depending on secondary spec you can heal your realm mates or have a hard as nails pet to either interupt enemy support or protect you from melee and the ability to rez in emergencies.
Dark SMs are a threat to any other class in the game 1v1 except perhaps minstrels and even then the mincer has to tackle them with care. Nobody gets evade/parry/block based styles off after a Dark SM has said hello to them. Stand there and take your punishment.
In PvE you can tell a good Dark SM because they are at full hitpoints at the end of a fight while everyone else is sitting down nursing their wounds. Seers rarely have to worry about a Dark SM.
(The reason I don't include Sup or Summ SMs in this is because they have to spec so highly in a single line which hugely limits their general utility).
Shaeffer said:Title says it all...What class has the most class? Purely in terms of style and aesthetics
Smurflord said:<points above and laughs at roo>
chretien said:Avalonian Paladins. Ethereal, but hard as nails holy warriors. What's not to like?
Roo Stercogburn said:Aesthetically, SMs looks so damned good in epic armour. They have by far the best looking epic armour of any realm that I've seen. You can't out-voodoo an SM in his ceremonial gear. Its both threatening and classy at the same time. Christopher Lee in his old Hammer days as Dracula has nothing on an SM.