Some of you might have seen some of Kate's realm participation reports. She wrote a VB app that downloads all the XML files and shows which characters in which realms have RPs in the last week.
I asked her to look at Iseult for each class to see who's actually RvRing and who isn't. Here's the report (ain't pretty but hey) of level 40-50.
note especially our CC class (sorc, 7) vs. mids (healers, 61)
Class Name Character Count RvR Count Realm Points Percent Participation
Armsman/Armswoman 111 45 2919603 40.54
Cabalist 7 3 220157 42.86
Cleric 132 58 3970457 43.94
Friar 22 9 1088451 40.91
Infiltrator 28 21 1820810 75
Mercenary 34 19 1128846 55.88
Minstrel 28 16 1108042 57.14
Paladin 128 50 2858801 39.06
Scout 57 35 3230023 61.4
Sorcerer/Sorceress 19 7 1413339 36.84
Theurgist 52 25 2318455 48.08
Wizard 43 27 1345548 62.79
Bard 70 33 2203310 47.14
Blademaster 37 14 686401 37.84
Champion 40 18 899727 45
Druid 109 51 2764475 46.79
Eldritch 56 29 1480243 51.79
Enchanter/Enchantress 34 15 1190684 44.12
Hero/Heroine 81 41 2082008 50.62
Mentalist 20 11 772342 55
Nightshade 40 26 1814006 65
Ranger 99 58 6036793 58.59
Warden 66 35 1398665 53.03
Berserker 62 34 2734988 54.84
Healer 114 61 5144107 53.51
Hunter/Huntress 75 42 4449506 56
Runemaster 37 26 2837153 70.27
Shadowblade 38 27 3352765 71.05
Shaman 61 35 2128264 57.38
Skald 97 72 7029123 74.23
Spiritmaster 9 4 127242 44.44
Thane 135 63 4356557 46.67
Warrior 76 43 3906498 56.58
Albion Total 661 315 23422532 47.66
Hibernia Total 652 331 21328654 50.77
Midgard Total 704 407 36066203 57.81
(Edited by Axecleaver at 4:09 pm on May 7, 2002)
Wouldn't a cleric be a closer match to a healer ? and as far as sorc goes we only have 19 lvl 40+ out of which 7 participated.
Interesting stuff. I, for one, haven't really been participating in RvR much because (for tanks) it's all about getting into the "right" groups if you want RP's. Plus, my mentality as a tank has never been to function as a support class for casters, which is what RvR seems to turn into most of the time. Maybe it'll become more fun as I progress a little more level-wise, but I think the realm ability system is just going to turn this into another scheme where the rich get richer. Maybe they should let us duel each other (within guilds) so that we can farm craploads of RP's like everyone else. How many RP's does Dynl have, anyway?
Clerics aren't at all like healers. Sorcerers are the only albion class with a mezz that matters- the 60 second, long range, targettable AoE mezz. The cleric mezz is helpful in certain circumstances, but the healer mezz will beat it every time.
Healers are the primary CC class; sorc's are our primary CC class. All RvR is ruled by CC. The new realm skills won't help this dramatic imbalance, it'll make it worse.
The two huge things that jump out at me confirm what I deduced after the major raids of two weekends ago:
Sorcs 7, healers 61
Minstrels 16, skalds 72
So about 9x as many Mid groups have the big AoE mez, and about 4.5x as many Mid groups have big speed. And I'm also willing to bet that a good chunk of those 16 minstrels are solo artists, either because they're selfish, or like me, are tired of being mezzed in a big group and want to do their speed/stealth thing.
Alb needs sorcs, or mez needs the ability to be broken.
I read today that Mids have an average of just over one extra relic per server. Realm balance my bum.
yea, i too havn't been doping RvR lately. In fact, i havn't even been playing recently. I will be on more often once the school drama production is over. (im too involved in everything o_0) well anyways, you will all get sick of me this summer when i have nothing else to do than play daoc
Hey Axe!! My mezz counts...
/em removes dagger from back...
It counts, but your range is too low. Against a healer (or bard, though you don't see many these days) you're as mezzed as the rest of us.
And Amber is a drama queen.
hehe, amber is a drag-queen :p
Hmm....Never thought about the range issue. True I guess Axe. I always wondered why I got mezzed even after I used quickcast on my mezz...
It's still worth trying, Darith gets a few off now and then. But your roots are just as good or better for catching people who run. Mezz rocks for those surprise encounters when the other side doesn't have it though... like a group of all green and blue tanks wandering around.
Oh yeah, like that happens. Please! But we can dream...
LOL, like that time we caught that green/grey group when we were doing my epic. That is the perfect time for my mezz. LOL, I actually meleed that elf, hehe.
hehehe, I hope that elf is hiding in shame somewhere. He's probably sitting right now in his BSBAC Anonymous meetings.
p.s. (that's Bitch-Slapped By A Caster)
One time i logged at the Emain m1 gate, when i logged back in, in my pallie stealth corner (way over on the extreme edge of the gate, nobody bothers looking there) I saw a red enchanter running around. He went up top of the gate and I stealthily crept up the stairs.
He didn't have his pet so I figured I had a shot at pwnzoring him... if he jumped, he'd lose more "red" hp than i'd lose "blue" I figured.
So i got a few hits in, then he rooted me, medded, nuked, and meleed. During the melee i got my one and only parry in RvR, ever. I was really excited. Then he killed me melee. Jumped on me a few times. But it was worth it for the parry.
Pally parry in RvR is TOTALLY AWESOME, and you looked sweet doing it. I bet he was so enthralled by the sight of your parry prowess that he didn't notice the rivers of his own blood running off your armor.
Pally parry in RvR is TOTALLY AWESOME, and you looked sweet doing it. I bet he was so enthralled by the sight of your parry prowess that he didn't notice the rivers of his own blood running off your armor.
Yeah, now i need parry #2. Only been waiting like 4 months for it, lol...