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Which PHB2 classes do you not find interesting

Which PHB2 classes do you not like?

  • All classes rock, what on earth are you talking about?

    Votes: 41 35.0%
  • I find the Avenger boring – I mean, who wants to hit all the time?

    Votes: 12 10.3%
  • Barbarian? Pfft, who cares about being a hard-hitter that can’t die?

    Votes: 14 12.0%
  • Bard?!? Seriously, I want to be useless in combat…

    Votes: 13 11.1%
  • Druid – If I can’t be the best at everything, why should I play a tree-hugger?

    Votes: 10 8.5%
  • Invoker? What’s that, like a divine wizard with no cantrips?

    Votes: 26 22.2%
  • Shaman – Did one of the designers play EQ?

    Votes: 36 30.8%
  • Sorcerer – Didn’t we already have the warlock as arcane striker?

    Votes: 15 12.8%
  • Warden – I do not even know what that is…

    Votes: 24 20.5%
  • I hate them all

    Votes: 3 2.6%

  • Poll closed .

Jack99

Adventurer
This poll is meant for those who actually play 4e. Funnily enough, it has little interest if a Warden doesn't appeal to someone who plays OD&D ;)

Having had the PHB2 for some days, I have become quite enamored with the new classes. I have been playing two of them for a while (Druid, Barbarian) but as it turns out, I want to play all of them. This also happened to me with the PHB1, which is a problem, considering I only get to be a player around 5-10% of my overall playtime. One the other hand, it is probably also a sign that 4e is the edition for me - in every previous edition, there was at most a couple or perhaps three classes I really wanted to play.

Anyway, am I all alone in my fanboi-ism, or are some of you also drooling to try out multiple classes from the PHB2?
 

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While I don't hate any of the classes, I put Invoker and Barbarian. Simply because well I don't have any real urge to play them right now compared to the other PHB2 classes. I can see myself multi-classing into them (especially Barbarian).
 


I really could have done with out the commentary in the poll answers.

Sorry if I offended you. That was definitely not the intention. I am a huge fan, so it was merely an ironic angle (loosely based on things that have been said about the classes) in order to spice up the poll.

Cheers
 


I put Warden, although I'll fess up that I'll know more when I have the book tomorrow and actually read them. :)

But from the preview information (DDI and last week's reviews), Warden is drawing me in the least, but maybe that's just because the concept isn't quite forming clearly in my mind yet. On the flip side, however, I can't wait to dig more into the sorcerer, and the invoker and avengers both look to be fun at least from the conceptual side of things.

Lastly, I appreciated the extra commentary in the poll. Of course, my general opinion is that internet polls are supposed to be fun.
 

The only class I'm not getting a good feel for is the Warden. The Warden and Shaman are offshoots from the Druid, but the Shaman at least has a distinct feel.
 

I voted for the Sorcerer. I don't like random effects at all. The dragon sorcerer also looks like a hodgepodge of effects stapled onto the class. It doesn't do anything for me.

The Shaman I'm iffy on. I had high hopes for it, and the preview didn't impress me.

Although I am curious about Jack's commentary on the barbarian. What makes you think the barb can't die? Honestly, any time I've seen a Barb in a game, they are prone to getting obliterated.
 
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The only class I'm not getting a good feel for is the Warden. The Warden and Shaman are offshoots from the Druid, but the Shaman at least has a distinct feel.
Yeah, this is pretty much my sentiment.
I kind of wish they'd just gave the "I turn into different animals!" shtick to one class, instead of dilluting it over several. Warden right now just seems like: "It's the Druid, except he's now a Defender, for some reason." The name isn't particularly evocative, either.
Still, I haven't seen the whole class. And the other PHB 2 classes seem to be made of liquid awesome. So I'm excited.
 
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Voted Shaman myself. I'll have to think about it more when I actually have the book in my hands. I just wasn't hooked by it anywhere near like I was with some of the other classes.
 

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