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nico0las -> RE: Class by Honour (12/29/2011 16:34:20)
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^We're talking about in-game. Everything else is irrelevant, however it's true, it's odd we're talking about honour in a video game...
Honour is not earned by the class, but it is earned by the individual player. A great example would be Jay Hawk, who has achieved more in the war than I ever though possible (there are others higher ranked, but they're all varium).
Honour has a convoluted and uncertain meaning, but judging from what I understood from your description, I'll do my best.
I find the most honourable classes to be the Tech Mage and Cyber Hunter. It takes the most still to use properly, and countless have sat through hours of trial and error, improving and perfecting their builds. TMs and CHs have also proven to be the most
honourable players by not all copying the same build. TM and CH requires one's own special style, and even though many may use (or have used) builds such as support mage,dexterity mage, 5 focus or Strength Hunter+high massacre, none of the builds are identical, or close-to.
Although they do, often enough, hide behind layers of defenses (defense matrix, most importantly), they use them properly and know what the they're worth, unlike the more common Hybrid armor, which one simply maxes out out of fear.
Finally, I think TMs and CHs are the ones who understand fair play and personal sacrifice the best. It's impossible to learn how to use the class without dying many times. Unlike Bounty Hunters or Tactical mercenaries, and even some
Blood mage builds, which you can just pick up and start off doing very well, Tech mage and Cyber Hunter deserve respect simply for trying to play, because until you understand how the classes work, you are going to get pummeled quite a bit.
Bounty hunter deserves a shout out as well because we don't hide behind armors, effects, or whatever else. It is, like TM and CH, pure skill. Some builds are very common, such as dexterity and strength. We get very lucky as well, but
it's not a class like the two mercenaries, that are simply a "hack n slash" class with little strategy. BH holds the most all-time leaders because, even though we have around 30 defense and 30 resistance, while our opponents have 35+, usually, we still come out on top.
Finally, I think Mercenary is honourable, but only for those who still play as one (for example G00ny). It takes persistence to play as one, seeing as they are the easily beaten, what with all the nerfs and whatnot. It was, in it's time, quite the class.
I have nothing to say about Blood Mage. It's fun to use, fast, and generally a good class. It's in the middle. It relies on damage and little else, but takes skill as well.
Tactical is not a class I enjoy. It copies classes, hides behind defenses, and takes no skill to use. I don't think the class is OP. I honestly don't care that much for it, I just find it isn't very honourable.
If you have any objections, this is only my personal opinion. I've played as every class, and this is more or less what I felt.
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