Convince Me

[Seida]

Hello.

I have been playing Fiesta for a week and a day. *cheers* I have a mage on Teva, and am already convincing other people to join.

I just want people to tell me a few things about the other classes. In this case, fighters.

And NO COMPLETE ADORATION!!! I don't want you rambling on and on about how perfect, wonderful, lovely, blah blah blah, the fighter is. I want:

3 Pros
3 Cons

...and any sidenotes you'd like to add. Please, make it short, and please, don't start side conversations and drift off topic, and please, don't fight.

[Karmacappa]

Pros:
1) They take damage well
2) They can deal damage well in melee range
3) They can draw agro from enemies with special skills

Cons:
1) They don't do ranged damage
2) They need to get good equipment (which means $$$)
3) They have to use potions/stones to heal themselves quickly in absence of a cleric

[Tasuke]

Fighters are good if you want to tank and deal a decent amount of damage. They waste quite a lot of HP/SP stones if they solo, so it will be money consuming.

[violence]

Pros:
1) They take damage well
2) They can deal damage well in melee range
3) They can draw agro from enemies with special skills

Cons:
1) They don't do ranged damage
2) They need to get good equipment (which means $$$)
3) They have to use potions/stones to heal themselves quickly in absence of a cleric

at high lvls fighter get 2 abilities that alter your outlook on this
one lets them attack and deal damage while stealing some of it healing them slightly
two also at higher lvls they gain they ability to long range things not sure how long range it is but one of my fighters in my guild has toldme of it

[NoxNox]

im fairly new but here is my general reply (as a tank fighter)

PRO
1) Easy to find a group
2) You get to be in the face of bosses eating their hits, and keeping the attention of multiple enemies. HIT MEH!
3) Fighter skills are a lot of fun imo. stun, aoe dmg, etc

CON
1) No real way of pulling/luring from a long distance (but hey again crowds of mobs dont scare me!)
2) Where is my dmg?! It takes a longer to kill, thus harder to solo lvls etc
3) lack of cowbell

[Karmacappa]

at high lvls fighter get 2 abilities that alter your outlook on this
one lets them attack and deal damage while stealing some of it healing them slightly
two also at higher lvls they gain they ability to long range things not sure how long range it is but one of my fighters in my guild has toldme of it

Very high levels, as you don't get Vampiric Strike until level 51. That skill also has a 2 minute cooldown. I don't think it would fundamentally change the need for potions/stones/clerics.

[destroz]

I have a lvl 22 mage, and I recently stop playing due to the fact mages die from 1-3 hits, and you can't kill the mobs before they reach you, also you can't tea bag in higher lvl areas due to aggro. after getting fighter to lvl 18 im officialy ditching my mage they are some much better, and they use about the same amount of pots that mage uses, at least i don't have to worry about adds and dying from a couple hits. my con from fighter is no ranged, and skill use cost is a little high for the mana pool you have.

[chaossdragon]

PROS:
End build = mad hp, and defense
25 Spr = extra tank damage in form of crits
Modified Taunt = 5 sp reduction, and 5 cooldown reduction
(thats two taunts for the price of one...)

CONS:
Stone/Pot/Cleric dependant...
Need for good equipment = empty wallet
Required Crafting = potions, scrolls (Alot of farming to be somewhat self suffecient)

Footnotes:
get a friend to be a pocket cleric and you will love the End build. Dont touch Spr till
after you have +25 on end. Put first 10 skill enhancements on Snearing Kick!
Attack Combo... (will consume your limited SP pool but you WILL hold agro.
*taken from guide found on web original author : Cinderally)

Combo:
[1]Snearing Kick (use to pull, tap 's' to prevent movement)
[2]Concussive Charge
[3]Bone Slicer
[4]Fatal Slash
[5]Slice and Dice


Final Note:
Ignore everything anyone says (including me) and do what in the end makes you
happy while playing the game. :)