POLL: What souls will you focus on?Follow

Me I am both ranged dps, ranged nuke, melee dps, and melee nuke

Im a support tanks and a Tanking caster :P

I'll probably go Healer, they're so awesomely versatile in rift! now the real hard part, which souls to choose! lol :)

i always rolled ranged dps, but this time i'll make an exception and also make melee-healer !! ViVa le Cleric

sadly even tho it is a class poll would prolly get more views in the general forums

Most likely start with a Range DPS as in Mage/Spellcaster class. I've played those class mainly but are willing to try new ones as well.

Depending on the soul trees not sure yet...TBD!!

The justicar looks like a provocative calling. I love the direct combat, indirect support aspect of the class. Other than that, Blade Dancer looks like a good back-up too. I'm kind of suprised there isn't a "monk" like character. A calling that has natural protections and minor buffs but uses hand to hand combat.

will try a bard ..prolly pure bard since is a very focused class and you need be usseful with a full tree and you dont have time for cast another thing what your own skills

haha with sooo mny soul combo's its going to b hard to really "focus" on souls haha you know ppl will come up with some wierd combo's of souls haha cant wait!! wish game was out alrdy >< dieing here haha

focusing on a specific soul combo will really be difficult begore getting really accustomed with the game since there are so many combinations, but from what i have seen so far riftblade/champion combo is preety sweet

My main will more than likely be heals. I've always had a main healer then one dps/damage class.

Tank all the way. Granted, sometimes I get bored with that and enjoy me some good rogue/assassin action, lol. Guess I'll decide if/when I get to play the beta.

I love playing tanks but I will probably also have a healer because they are always in short supply

shaman-justicar = tank :)

Edited, Dec 15th 2010 7:38am by G0thicTheDark

Melee DPS.. Assassin FTW or something of that sort.

I tend to play as a tank and rdps although i am happy to play every class to get a feel for the mechanics of each and every class to get a feel for gameplay.

Ive always played melee dps , but with so much versatility and variations i may try a few different types , healer caster dps, tank ect. ill prolly spend hours mixing and matching different souls to try and make unique character traits , it all sounds too good to be true, someone pinch me? lmao

After hearing a friend of mine talk about the cleric soul Justicar, and it's amazing tanking abilities, I'll most likely play this. Why I would take it over a warrior tank? Since I like the option that I can switch to a healer if needed, so I can cover two roles in parties if needed.

I will focus on complete knowledge of the game, obviously!

^_^ nah kidding, actually it depends on what my bros want to play! I've rarely played tanks in other mmos, so i will probably try this. I've mastered healers everywhere, and i think i'll skip being priest for once.

But the class i tried during beta was ranger/sharpshooter (upped almost only ranger) and i must admit it was sweet, but it is probably more for solo leveling purposes. If you manage to control your pet decently, he can easily tank 2 mobs with a low energy cost HoT, while you tank/kite another and shooting death with your bow/shotgun. (Obviously shotgun for me, as i was playing a dwarf. C'mon, a dwarf with a bow?)

Maybe viable as an offtank I have been beat on by mobs in the first instance the healers without cc can barely keep the Reaver up... Besides that you have 3 to 4 mob pulls some of which hit like a truck not to mention trying to tank 3 boss at once not going to go like you would think.. I was being spammed healed with no one else having aggro and still healer struggled... So it will make you a good off tank and a back-up healer at best..(depending on how you spend points of course) Its a cool thought but even if you can pull it off early on chances are.. tanks "as they should" will be the only way to role endgame... I am not against hybirds but I just don't think that is going to role the way your thinking it will.. Group make up in this game is key to success in a dungeon.. This isn't a flame either everyone should play what they enjoy... Now if you went all heals once spec and all tank the other and bounced between them that would go either way but I still "think" if you want to tank endgame roll warrior type

Edited, Dec 23rd 2010 7:48pm by LazorusComefourth

I'm thinking Archon, it looks really interesting

I am thinking melee and ranged, and healer that can heal, with a soul to dps would be cool too. So this combo will be my 1st 2 toons.

The Bard's support. Because I'm not as crucial as a tank or healer, but still nice to have around.

druid/warden/justicar for some cleric face poundage but like everyone else i'm gonna do a lot of playing around with the classes and callings when i get a chance

Here's the build im going with.

<a href="http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=1MiTM.Vhx.xVRcEzxk0M.0AM0x0b">Nightblade (13) / Saboteur (36) / Assassin (17)</a>

I like this build because you can planer shift behind your target or charge it, stun, disarm, interrupt, reduce target movement speed is by 50%, increase your Dodge chance by 50%, increase your Armor Value by 30%, incapacitate the enemy for 45 seconds, reduce the Attack Power and Spell Power to 10 near by enemies by 7 for 15 seconds, stun, sprint, shift forward, decease dmg you take by 80%, and a few other things that increase your ap, crit, dodge, im sure im missing some lol. I tried this build, well some of it in beta and loved it. let me know what you guys think. Oh and if you dont know you can shift in stealth mode.

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MpVi.Vcbco.tMdVzsRR0dz.V0tMG0Mo



And I also did a crazy build i call "shift behind target and crit yourself silly, then get the heck out of dodge".

http://rift.zam.com/en/stc.html?t=0MpMV.Vcbco.MARftofkdbo.VV0cz