Why chooose SM over Sorc?

[Tsavo]

It seems like a sorc can do everything an sm can do just doing it even better and they do not have to rely on a pet (which face it pets have been HORRIBLE in every single mmo released to date due to them not scaling with gear etc...)


So why would anyone choose SM?

[PetaZetha]

Hmmm

* Easier way killing enemies, since the pet takes de aggro.

* Easier way playing, since your pet will do the work soon or later...

* No so much mana management troubles, instead the sorc will have to drink mana pots.

* It is very good for selfsteem playing a low played class, it makes you feel "unique".

* SM can debuffs and give partys nice decent support debuffing/buffing, but sorcs will just do dmg (both do CC, so no comments there)

Overall, i play a Sorc because I love being the glass cannon class being always in the edge between alive-death, but that is my personal taste...

I would suggest this: Player adapt to the class, no Class adapt to the player, since then you will not taking the best of the class... It means that you should play a class that you know you can play.

Cheers.

[MrTwilliger]

Fear? Just putting it out there.

[Wisemage]

because some people want to play a pet class and not a nuke class?

[Daeva]

Because SMs will usually win against Sorcs in PvP.

[Tiresias]

Some people like playing pet classes. SM is the only choice at the moment.

SMs will be a lot better next patch, and the pet is already pretty damn hard to kill.

[Poem]

Sorceror is a DD class. In group pve they are very welcome because they can cc and burn down mobs fast. In pvp they shine at solo play and it's about getting the jump.

SM is a DOT class. They are very efficient at solo pve at mid levels. In group pvp they take on the "control" role primarily. They strip buffs off opponents, disarm, silence, fear, fear, fear. In solo pvp they can survive a jump and win the match if played well. DOTs do a lot of damage if allowed to tick through their full duration.

[Biscuit]

Originally Posted by PetaZetha

Hmmm

* Easier way killing enemies, since the pet takes de aggro.

* Easier way playing, since your pet will do the work soon or later...

* No so much mana management troubles, instead the sorc will have to drink mana pots.

* It is very good for selfsteem playing a low played class, it makes you feel "unique".

* SM can debuffs and give partys nice decent support debuffing/buffing, but sorcs will just do dmg (both do CC, so no comments there)

Overall, i play a Sorc because I love being the glass cannon class being always in the edge between alive-death, but that is my personal taste...

I would suggest this: Player adapt to the class, no Class adapt to the player, since then you will not taking the best of the class... It means that you should play a class that you know you can play.

Cheers.

It amazes me that people this stupid really exist.

1. Good luck getting your pet to take "aggro" in PvP.

2. Pets do crap damage in endgame PvP. They also can't take part in aerial fights (ie, every other fight you will get into). As for PvE... every spiritmaster's grinding style varies, too. Some kite around mobs while having the water spirit DPS on the target, while others rip through mobs one by one with the fire spirit, and still others take on 2 or 3 with their earth spirit. Either way, the pet is definitely not doing the work, considering to heal it, you have to sacrifice your own HP.

3. HAHAHAHAHA. Sorcs get far more mana management skills than we do. Even if, say, your skills cost more per cast than ours, you have the tools available to you to make up most of that loss. Spiritmasters do not. In the end, we burn through far more Odella treatments or pots than the average sorcerer.

4. We're going to be FoTM once pets fly.

5. Spiritmasters' CC and Sorcs' CC are very different. Each is better in different scenarios.

[Madvil]

Because I want to make Templars cry by dispelling their fat cd's.

Because I want to lockdown healers with silences/fears just the moment they try to heal someone that has 50% HP left...REJECTED!

Because I want to assist my teammates by debuffing their target.

Because burst DPS is not the alpha and the omega but works wonders if you FRAPS a movie so you can FAP later on (whatever tickles your pickles).

Because having area awareness with tools to outsmart your opponent is cool.

Because I don't have to stand still a whooping 2 seconds while I wear cloth to cast something (yes, it's a whooping when your opponent has 30%+ running speed, which will be quite common).

[Theory]

Spiritmasters are terrible. You should choose sorc instead. This is not a calculated smear campaign designed to keep the dot stacking issue to a minimum by keeping our numbers low, I swear..

[Seric]

SMs are terrible? I hear more people whining that SMs are more OP than Sorcs. Pets can do massive damage in combination with our buffs for them and our skills for them. Not only that, there is also a stigma you can use to heal your pet 100%, and all the normal spells that sacrifice hp only sacrifice a FRACTION of your own to heal the pet. Plus we get an aoe fear that makes everyone within 15m of the target useless for 15 seconds. We get a plethora of dots that do MASSIVE damage over time when you get them all on. We also silence, we also debuff. We also grind faster than anyone else solo. And have any of you so much as SEEN a magma spirit? Really. Flying pets are coming soon, and stacking dots should be around the corner as well.

[Theory]

Shhhhhh, don't tell them, they'll all roll SM and our books will be even more expensive.

[ZNICK]

Oh well... you tried at least. Theory.

Z

[CrashB111]

Cursecloud I - Skills - Aion
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Fear Shriek I - Skills - Aion
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Dead Elyos group amirite

[razor39999]

Because you get fear and a pet.