Comments on: Set up for drama

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:58:30 +0000

In my opinion SKs are the coolest concept and looking class in the game. Too bad the actual playability doesn’t live up to the image. I have a blast playing an SK and wish there were more reasons to include them in the end game raiding scene.

By: Silouette

Silouette — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:35:41 +0000

I recently betrayed to a paladin and then cancalled my account due to some of the reasons expressed in this column. I played a kerra sk on the kithicor server, and before that , on the neriak server, for 3 1/2 years, and i finally gave up a few weeks ago at the idea of the shadowknight class being viable in raids, and some top end instances. As a pally, i had 500 more hp, 10 percent more avoidence, and over 450 more power, in exactly the same gear than my sk. and before people say , your gear sucks, i had legendary and fabled gear with over 11k hp as an sk, with everything adep 3 or master before i betrayed. I wish other sk’s well becuase clearly the class needs a huge overhaul

By: Senki

Senki — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:10:45 +0000

He’s being modest, he’s a damn find SK and now that ROK is out he’s a hot commodity for groups!!

I do agree with him about the raids, some guilds will not take tanks anymore, heck, I’ve even been asked to betray from a defiler to a mystic to get into a good raiding guild. I guess if boils down to how important is raiding to you.

Ask him about his troubadour and what kind of offers he’s been getting…there’s a lot of love for the right class.

By: stargrace

stargrace — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:35:23 +0000

My husband plays a Shadowknight in a VP flagged 6-raids-a-week raid guild, so I know the trials and tribulations well. I on the other hand, played an end game templar, illusionist, coercer, troubador, and other random characters that were more ‘needed’ on raids.

We both worked really hard to not have him ‘let into raids’ because of the character I was playing. I wanted them to want HIM not want him because of me. Made me feel badly other wise. We found it best to play in separate guilds for this exact reason.

Now that I’ve switched games completely, and his guild runs with 1 guardian 1 bruiser 1 shadowknight 1 zerker, things are going much nicer. I don’t feel like I “got him in” to any raiding guilds on my coat tails, and they know his worth as a player.

By: Kuarlos

Kuarlos — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:24:33 +0000

This sounds like a way bigger issue in EQ than it is in World of Warcraft. As guild leader of a “hardcore” raiding guild, I find that we have to leave a few people out of raids but we still award dkp to them. Usually the way invites go, is it’s first come, first serve with a but of switching around depending on the encounter and how many healers/tanks we have. Generally though, people are usually willing to step out for someone who needs the loot from the boss.

For example, the other night we went into Mt. Hyjal and I stepped out for our newer Protection Paladin so he could get the experience in tanking there. I needed some loot, but I figured I’ll be back in there again and again anyway. No rush.