Reaction to the BETA Testers?

[Perforine]

Originally Posted by Vanna Kjyshy

AE Kiting half of Plane of Valor anyone? for mega exp gain?

Oh yeah ! It was so nice Ae kite mobs in Plane of Fear for me.... during 15minz et then Ding AA*X !!!
If only chanter could be as fun as bard in EQ I .

[Icingdeath]

i dunno, its a bit too early to tell. Remember overlords in L2? they were not the best healers but man at end game sieges, their clan wide buffs were insane

aion doesnt have that big a diversity in terms of classes so im guessing a chanter will most likely end up being something like a cross between a prophet/overlord (l2) or a shaman/druid(wow)

[Otium]

Originally Posted by Icingdeath

chanter will most likely end up being something like a cross between a prophet/overlord (l2)

Yeah, that's actually a good comparison.

[Flagros]

Originally Posted by Otium

Yeah, that's actually a good comparison.

As long as people don't use bots instead of real players.^^
Unfortunately many players use bots for the Buff-class, because they buff them and dont do other things for the next 30 minutes.^^
I hope the CBT3 will tell us what role the chanter plays in PvP.

[Kaey]

To me, it looks like what's happening to Guild Wars' Mesmers. They keep nerfing Mesmers because their debuff/preventions seem too strong for PvP. Maybe they don't want chanters to be too strong buff wise. I think people think debuffs/buffs are too strong because they watch a match where one side doesn't have that same "advantage" (if you will) so they claim it's overpowered, when it's just those skills being used correctly =/

Yea - thats what it seems like to me too. If theres any talent behind the avatar - and they know how to play they're class well, theres always going to be complaints about OP-ness

[bonflowers24]

Yeah, but as we've seen just recently in the CBT3 info that's surfacing. They're attempting to have the damage/effects be different to an actual player as opposed to a mob. I think that'll make for a totally new pvp experience.

[Tareith]

Ya, I read that and thought, 'How much of a pain in the butt, yet such a good idea.'

[Myth]

would be nice to be able to solo mobs but not be op in pvp or even pve like tos in AoC

[Flagros]

Seems like the chanter is very popular in CBT3.
In this screen there isn't a cleric but a chanter : D

[Destero]

What hypes me the most in this screen is the number of skills presented on these three bars at the central bottom of the screen. It looks... promising . Especially when You take into account that this dude's chanter is only lvl 28. Who know how many other skills he'll get until lvl 50?

And "yes" I realise that not all of those are skills but compared to other screens their number is still impressive .

[Kazuhiro]

Chanters remind me of a hybrid of Prophet/SwordSinger/BladeDancer from L2. And from a CBT3 PvE video it looks like it has the "fun-ness" of a bladedancer. *Skills, Somewhat DPS* I love SwordSinger/BladeDancer but it just gets old when you want to kill things but you really can't until properly geared. But that is the definition of a buffer/support class. ASSIST/DISABLE?/BUFF. But with the stigma system and extra stats/abilities on weapons i'll find a way to make a BATTLE CHANTER! =)

[Karnage]

That's my plan too. Battle Chanters FTW!!

[poorbuggers]

I hate to make an analogy to WoW... but I feel these will be the Shaman. Like on the first page... Jack of all trades, master of none, skilled at all. However, I bet once they are "up to par," there will be a way to exploit them to become a very powerful force. Once again, just like the Shaman in WoW (before the nerfage and total rearrangement of classes).

[Karnage]

Wow, that's a rez. Anyway, we hashed this out on another thread, too tired to look right now. I think we generally agreed that the chanter didn't have enough straight up power to be on shaman level. The chanter is not really as diverse of a class as the shaman, but if a chanter had enough patience and the right amount of planning, along with a few stigmas, they might be comparable to a mid-level shaman. A shaman could be spec'ed out to be a mage killer/dpser, while a chanter is mostly buff with some mid-level melee dps and spells.