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<blockquote data-quote="firesnakearies" data-source="post: 5182623" data-attributes="member: 71334">I love controllers.&nbsp; They're the most tactically interesting class, in my opinion.&nbsp; As Aulirophile said above though, that makes them most appealing to the rarer players with a high degree of &quot;tactical acumen&quot;, or just players who enjoy that &quot;chessmaster&quot; play style.The thing about controllers is, they really only shine super brightly when the rest of the party cooperates with them and plays to best take advantage of the controller.&nbsp; Herding enemies into groups and through chokepoints, staying out of optimal AoE and wall areas, moving around to force the enemies to move where the controller wants them.&nbsp; If the rest of the group is willing to do what the controller wants them to, and you have a tactically-minded &quot;chessmaster&quot; type of player running the controller, then they suddenly become stupidly awesome.&nbsp; When all of the rest of the team is just running around randomly on their own doing whatever they want, the controller seems a lot less cool.I personally just like melee characters with weapons the most, thematically.&nbsp; So I tend to play melee leaders and defenders the most.&nbsp; If we ever get a melee-based, weapon-using controller class, I'll be all over it.&nbsp; I'd love to see some kind of martial controller using a super long reach polearm or chain kind of concept to do all of the control stuff at close range.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="firesnakearies, post: 5182623, member: 71334"] I love controllers. They're the most tactically interesting class, in my opinion. As Aulirophile said above though, that makes them most appealing to the rarer players with a high degree of "tactical acumen", or just players who enjoy that "chessmaster" play style. The thing about controllers is, they really only shine super brightly when the rest of the party cooperates with them and plays to best take advantage of the controller. Herding enemies into groups and through chokepoints, staying out of optimal AoE and wall areas, moving around to force the enemies to move where the controller wants them. If the rest of the group is willing to do what the controller wants them to, and you have a tactically-minded "chessmaster" type of player running the controller, then they suddenly become stupidly awesome. When all of the rest of the team is just running around randomly on their own doing whatever they want, the controller seems a lot less cool. I personally just like melee characters with weapons the most, thematically. So I tend to play melee leaders and defenders the most. If we ever get a melee-based, weapon-using controller class, I'll be all over it. I'd love to see some kind of martial controller using a super long reach polearm or chain kind of concept to do all of the control stuff at close range. [/QUOTE]

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