What do we think so far?

[Lunarfrost]

Even though we don't have that much information available to us concerning the Chanter class, I'm wondering what everyone thinks of the class so far based on what we DO know. Is there something you would like to see added to the class? Do you think the class is missing something? Anything you can think of would be very informative Thanks in advance.

[Karnage]

I think that the Chanter should fall into a roll kinda like the druids from WoW; a jack of all trades. If it isn't already geared that way(no clue what skills they added in the new beta), it would be easy to make it so. They already have an uber form buff(temporary tank), just make it to where they can do different forms of that one. Like a buff that drastically increases evasion and crits to represent a scout class, or some other kinds of skills like that.

[Lunarfrost]

I like that idea Karnage, however I have to ask... Don't you think people will start whining that the Chanter class is overpowered and yada yada yada? I'm playing devil's advocate here as I really like the idea of being a Jack-of-all-Trades, but I want us to think of everything that could possibly come up and burst our bubble.

[TheSaintACE]

People surprised me when they came out and said that Chanters were UNDERpowered. When I saw them I was like..."OMFG BATTLE MAGE DO WANT!!" I thought they looked rather OVERpowered, and I was digging that actually. I -think- they might turn out to be far more balanced than people think they are going to be. I'm practically giddy wanting to get in and try it out for myself. ^_^

[Karnage]

Well if you look at the Chanter, you'll notice that it's got some of the elements of all the classes in it already. It's got a few decent hitting spells(mage class), a decent hitting weapon with offensive buffs that can power it up to probably a weak scouts power if you use them right, and buffs that are designed for survivability(like a tank). Not to mention the fact that they can heal. I may sound like I'm repeating myself, but if they have that much power in the first closed beta and no one complained, I don't think that anyone is going to.

[Blazze889]

Well the thing is, I think NCsoft has pulled the right move and made all the classes overpowered. Chanters are my favorite looking class at the moment, one thing I would love to see done is make it where you can specialize skills to be a support/melee or a support/DD caster

[Midgarsormr]

Actually, the Chanters in the new Classes video impressed the crap out of me. Then again, every class impressed the crap out of me. But then again, I used to hate Chanters and it's name... I still hate the name...

[Karnage]

That would be a good thing too. The thing that is really going to bother me is the self assigning stats. Are they going to leave enough strength to make the staff usable or is the chanter just going to be one of those classes that has a power but can't use it. Sure you can get the attribute increasers and those cool enchantment stones, but if they make them too weak then it won't be worth the effort.

edit:@ Blazze

[Lunarfrost]

I actually like the whole self assigning stat system, I think it gives you more choices on how you want your character. Granted I'm sure soon after the game comes out people will start posting builds to make the Uber-whatever-chanter, but since I like to experiment and come up with my own build that won't really be an issue for me. I think having a self assigning stat system gives the game more depth and diversity since even though 2 people are playing the same class they won't play the same way.

[Karnage]

The self assigning stat system does not mean that you assign them; they assign themselves based on your class.

[Lunarfrost]

Originally Posted by Karnage

The self assigning stat system does not mean that you assign them; they assign themselves based on your class.

I stand corrected then.. I don't like that system at all, everyone will be a carbon copy of each other. I hope they change that before the game comes out.

[TheSaintACE]

I think Lunar was talking about Stigma System, Karnage. In that you can assign stats that others might not use/have/want to utilize.

[Azza]

Originally Posted by Midgarsormr

Actually, the Chanters in the new Classes video impressed the crap out of me. Then again, every class impressed the crap out of me. But then again, I used to hate Chanters and it's name... I still hate the name...

Same mate it really looked awsome to me. Who knows what kind of buffs the chanter will gain, but ill also be going cooking profession so im pretty much all out buffer for guild. I think this class will be unvalued by most and I dont want to fall short.

God knows how funny it looks seeing 20+ dps classes waiting for a party because they dont have a tank or healer.

[N0rdic Ninja]

I've always played Jack of all Trade type classes, and I'm hoping I'll be able to get that out of the Chanter. ^_^ And gotta love AoE buffing, Chanters will be the neighborhood **** for parties.

[businesscats]

I have a feeling that Chanters will be slightly underpopulated and be subject to a reroll flavor of the month once people start hitting high levels.