Poll for Worst Class for 3.0 or 3.5

[mmu1]

3.0

Bards - Least favorite, because of their uselesness. The only unique abilities they get are Bardic Lore and their silly music, in every other area they'll be trumped by a well designed rogue/wizard. The fact that their only dump stat is WIS doesn't make them more playable in most campaigns either.

Rangers - Probably most boring. Don't care for the front-loading, don't care for the flavor.

Monks - Like someone already said, get them the hell out of my D&D and into OA. That, and a class that needs good STR, DEX, CON and WIS is unplayable when you have characters in the 25 point range.

Sorcerers - Shafted compared to Wizards, the ultimate reason to take PrC levels...

3.5

Not enough information, really, but...

I still don't like the Ranger (Ooh, they took the most common Ranger house rule out there and incorporated it into the new edition. I'm so impressed, in three years they came up with something people were doing three weeks after the game was out.)

And the Monk, of course, for the same reasons as above.

 

[Marimmar]

I voted Monk this time. Last time someone asked for worst class I answered Bard but since then I've taken a closer look at the class and reconsidered my opinion.

The Monk is something of an anathema for me. First of all it doesn't fit in a normal campaign, second: his reliance on physical weapons makes him poor at hitting something unless someone puts some spells on him, third: his inability to use armor just makes him a too likely target.

~Marimmar

 

[Grishnak]

Now people have had a bit of time, have their views changed at all on the worst class or is still the bard, monk & ranger that get the majority of votes??

 

[Chris_Nightwing]

Tous les classes RULE!

I want to play a Ranger again. I feeling I have missed since just before 3.0 came out, and then it came out, and then the Ranger sucked.

Bards too, great fun. I think the changes are wonderful. Even a sorceror is more than just spell flinging now IMO.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

3.0/3.5 - The Sorcerer.

Magic in D&D is the slot based, memorization style, "Vancian" style IMO, it's one of the quirks of the setting that make it different from the generic mana or whatever based cast what you want system. I like the way the magic user has always been.

 

[ForceUser]

There is no worst class, and there's no option for "none," so I didn't vote. I just posted to let it be known that all the classes rock in their own way, 3.0 or 3.5.

 

[Hackenslash]

3.5 classes are all cool now...

I think that WoTC has done a great job of listening to all the feedback it's got over the last 3 years and has done it's best to publish a very near perfect definitive version of the core Player Character Classes. Yes, maybe some need a very small tweak here and there, but overall they are now all very playable, unlike the Pants Ranger and Bard from 3.5. Cheers Dude...see ya next week. ZAL.

 

[JRRNeiklot]

Worst class: 3.5 ranger
2nd worst: 3.0 ranger

 

[EtherHulkRending]

I'd have to say Bard because I've yet to see anyone who could play one and do it justice. I've seen people attempt to play a Bard though.

~D

I have, 3 of them actually. They all play them differently and the guys that play them make the group have a lot of fun. My props to

Vren

Don Bardo

and Gaheris of Quaalsten




I mean...who DOESN'T like being inspired to greatness?????

 

[der_kluge]

I think a lot of people are getting confused on this poll. Some people are reading it as "what is the worst class", and some are reading it as "what is your least favorite class", but I think the intention of the poll is "what is the class that you have the most trouble playing". At least, that's the way I responded to it.

I voted for Ranger. I could just never get into the Ranger, but after I voted, I thought about the Bard, because the Bard is, and has always been, to me, the single hardest class to really role-play well.