anyone know what skilsl the chanter class has?

[casey hardin]

Im having the hardest time deciding between a ranger and a chanter im sorta wondering if anyone has any idea on the chanter skills?

[VendorTrash]

well
what you're deciding between is 2 classes that are completely diffrent in every way.

what do you think you would liek doing more?

Range damage dealing

or

Buffing?

Ranger = Ranged Damage Dealing Class (i guess you get some trapping/crowd control skills as well like hunters from WoW)
Chanter = Buffer/Support class (much like the prophet in linage2 if you've played that)

so, do you like being more viable in groups as a support class or do you prefer doing damage?

easy to decide imo, i could see you're question being tough if you were deciding between like a rogue or ranger or some classes that were more similar. buffing or damage hmmmm? theres no wrong decision, i suggest waiting for us/euro beta to come out so you can see more info on the classes before deciding this early..

[Hellriser]

Go Shugo!
Heh, leaving the joking aside, as VendorTrash said, you are oscillating between 2 very different classes.
But to respond strictly to your question, the level of information about classes skills is very low, so one can't make an idea about the style of the class and if it suits him/her. So you will just have to wait a little, at least 'till the English Aion sites are updated.

[casey hardin]

what skills does the chanter have i mean though i cant find it anywere are they able to do good dmg or not good dmg i mean can they heal decent or bad what kidna stuff do they do beside "Buff"

[Fleiva]

looks like they have some kind of crystal that deals damage, im not sure if that was chanter though, and atm theyve shown some of those killing mobs with ease and pvping decently.

[VendorTrash]

Originally Posted by Hellriser

Go Shugo!
But to respond strictly to your question, the level of information about classes skills is very low, so one can't make an idea about the style of the class and if it suits him/her. So you will just have to wait a little, at least 'till the English Aion sites are updated.

did you even read that post?

[Aggelos]

Chanter in Aion is quite different from other MMOs. Besides buffing, Chanter has attack skills (L2 prophet hasn't any). From what I've seen you can use shield, blunt, spear and you can solo very well. Even Priest has attack skills (some of them massive).

So ... If you like to assist your party but you still want to do damage, choose Chanter.
But if you want to do large amounts of damage and you want others to assist you, choose Ranger.

Anyway, both can solo, this isn't L2. And with "solo" I mean they have attack skills, you can say a Prophet with heavy armor and a DD weapon can solo, but Prophets don't have any damage skill. And in pvp, skills is the only thing you use, nobody attacks with normal hits.


Here some chanter vids where you can clearly see they can solo:

YouTube - Aion - Chanter (short)
YouTube - Aion - Chanter

[Yakuzan]

In my opinion Chanter's are the Hybrid class of Aion. They seem to have melee skills/healing magic and some offensive magic abilities. I might lean the Chanter way. Using the Stigma system a Chanter could use various weapons and heavy armor. I'd look good

[casey hardin]

im purty big into pvp so im wondering with my pvp group which one would be the best to lean towrd i like to pvp with group and solo and i also enjoy the solo side of a mmo alot.

[Koji]

Chanters just looks like D&D clerics. Which is pretty much a WoW Paladin more intent on healing than melee combat. So they have a happy medium i think. Good for a jack of all trades, hybrid class.

Rangers will most likely be a ranged damage class. I think they may have some kiting abilities and there have been words of minor heals too.

[Ipmia]

Originally Posted by Koji

Chanters just looks like D&D clerics. Which is pretty much a WoW Paladin more intent on healing than melee combat. So they have a happy medium i think. Good for a jack of all trades, hybrid class.

Rangers will most likely be a ranged damage class. I think they may have some kiting abilities and there have been words of minor heals too.

It does look like a Bard to me from the very few we know

[shulei]

If I read it correctly the stigma system seems to indicate you can always learn other classes' skills (at some price)? So you can learn some attack skills aside from chanters' buffs.

Imo in this case it may come down to your stats really, eg if you learn another class's skills, but your stats aren't the same, the damage / crits / healing power you deal won't be as effective as the original class. Eg if you are a ranger you can learn heals but because you have less int than a priest, priest will still heal for more hp / faster than you.

[Unforsaken87]

Originally Posted by shulei

If I read it correctly the stigma system seems to indicate you can always learn other classes' skills (at some price)? So you can learn some attack skills aside from chanters' buffs.

Imo in this case it may come down to your stats really, eg if you learn another class's skills, but your stats aren't the same, the damage / crits / healing power you deal won't be as effective as the original class. Eg if you are a ranger you can learn heals but because you have less int than a priest, priest will still heal for more hp / faster than you.

Ya, like how if a mage learned a melee based skill. I guess it wouldnt be too great. If Aion has hybrid classes and classes that greatly different from one another in terms of mages and fighters ( which they will ), and the stigma system works that way, Hybrid classes will benefit the most from the system. We dont know much about the system though, IE: what skills can be learned and what the limits are.

Interesting, but yes those are certainly very different classes.
Lol. Going to start off Aion with more than one account. How sad. :/

I bet we all cant wait to see the class tree and the skill trees. Wonder how different the two factions will be in terms of magics/skills.

gonna be bald before this game comes out....

[Aggelos]

Originally Posted by shulei

If I read it correctly the stigma system seems to indicate you can always learn other classes' skills (at some price)? So you can learn some attack skills aside from chanters' buffs.

Chanter already has attack skills by his own, no stigma needed.