some classes in this game totally suck

[Buzzerker]

not to mention, they are basically all the same in terms of abilities. the best class is the sorceress and the next one after that is the Merc. , the barbarian is trash.

[Pervy]

barbarian is not out yet, but its not the warrior that sucks, but more or less the 1 handed mace not been that great.

[Fluffy Bunny of Despair]

The merc ... now that is a class you don't hear a lot about. Why would you play merc if there is a deadeye available? :D

Warrior also has strong builds. Totems are not bad from what i can see so far. Corrupting Cry is also nice. Bit slow boss damage but insane aoe clear.

[Drake]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Fluffy Bunny of Despair:

The merc ... now that is a class you don't hear a lot about. Why would you play merc if there is a deadeye available? :D

Warrior also has strong builds. Totems are not bad from what i can see so far. Corrupting Cry is also nice. Bit slow boss damage but insane aoe clear.

You can't really play mace with a deadeye, unless you play molten blast since it's the only projectile attack of the mace kit.

Mercenary on the other hand has 2 versatile ascendancies that will work with mostly any build. Including melee (I don't understand why people are all going warrior for dual wield, when merc clearly has a stronger start for it).

Gemling legionnaire is very good for totem builds (minion builds too) and witch hunter is pretty much the best culler, so it's the most viable MF char to make for parties.

People just need to understand that you can switch gear, classes are not locked, it's not diablo.

I'm playing a mace/shield fire infernalist and I don't have issues with my build, and I'm playing with a shield and full armour.

The main issue is that a lot of people haven't played poe 1 before so they are not used to the skill tree yet and don't know how to theorycraft outside of the basic builds hinted by the devs.

[Djozar]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Drake:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Fluffy Bunny of Despair:

The merc ... now that is a class you don't hear a lot about. Why would you play merc if there is a deadeye available? :D

Warrior also has strong builds. Totems are not bad from what i can see so far. Corrupting Cry is also nice. Bit slow boss damage but insane aoe clear.

You can't really play mace with a deadeye, unless you play molten blast since it's the only projectile attack of the mace kit.

Mercenary on the other hand has 2 versatile ascendancies that will work with mostly any build. Including melee (I don't understand why people are all going warrior for dual wield, when merc clearly has a stronger start for it).

Gemling legionnaire is very good for totem builds (minion builds too) and witch hunter is pretty much the best culler, so it's the most viable MF char to make for parties.

People just need to understand that you can switch gear, classes are not locked, it's not diablo.

I'm playing a mace/shield fire infernalist and I don't have issues with my build, and I'm playing with a shield and full armour.

The main issue is that a lot of people haven't played poe 1 before so they are not used to the skill tree yet and don't know how to theorycraft outside of the basic builds hinted by the devs.

Yeah, I've been seeing more players realizing the Gemling's potential as well. I never thought to use Tempest Flurry/Bell on a Merc. Now, I'm looking at the passive tree to see what all my options to build around are. Some interesting combinations out there for those who can think outside of the box a little. Not too far though...

[Caparino]

How about 2h Barrier Quarterstaff with 15% Blockchance. Use the Double Blockchance Node and use some +%Blockchance Nodes. MAybe it can be used to give you a 2 defense layer without Armor. As Withchunter Evasion/Block and Witchhunter Shield looks possible.

[TACTICAL D-0GGY]

The only thing I feel lacking as a warrior is my defenses against random spikes of damage, but my damage output is very high. Dual wielding 2 handed maces and focusing on bleed, a single attack can take out rares and bosses.

[SiFi]

Tried doing witch. Spreading dots and using minions to help spread dots is a bog standard arch-type in ARPGs.

Its one of the single lowest damage builds in the game. And its not even like its only somewhat the worst. Its the worst as in you cant even clear the end game content with it. Its even hard to just clear the story with it unless you use one specific skill (arsonist) that the devs are going to nerf sometime soon™

[😎Astran😾]

Don't you worry, having useless classes is normal. For example, Blizzard has created a whole throw-away dual-gender Druid class in Diablo IV that nobody is buying cosmetics for - just to support their agenda I'm glad to see Tencent is following their example having half of the classes useless in POE2

[Retsubty]

TBH mercenary is way too easy in the endgame. It's just a run and gun game.

I feel like warrior might actually make the game fun.

[Fluffy Bunny of Despair]

Opprinnelig skrevet av 😎𝔸𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕒𝕟😾:

Don't you worry, having useless classes is normal. For example, Blizzard has created a whole throw-away dual-gender Druid class in Diablo IV that nobody is buying cosmetics for - just to support their agenda I'm glad to see Tencent is following their example having half of the classes useless in POE2 :lunar2019crylaughingpig:

Half of them?
Well thats a selfreport in "i have no ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idea how to make a proper build" if i have ever seen one xD

[Rasiel]

rn u can properly play on warrior as totemmaster, cause armor rn is broken, and u can even with 20000 armor and 2400 health catch an oneshot on tier 14+ maps

[Drake]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Rasiel:

rn u can properly play on warrior as totemmaster, cause armor rn is broken, and u can even with 20000 armor and 2400 health catch an oneshot on tier 14+ maps

Armour is not broken, that's how armour works in poe. It's the same in poe 1. Armour formula is made to not reduce the damage of oneshots. It's a defence that is made to mitigate regular hits, not big damage skills.

You are supposed to pair armour with a very high pool of life and either block and high life regen, or life leech or energy shield.

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Fluffy Bunny of Despair:

The merc ... now that is a class you don't hear a lot about. Why would you play merc if there is a deadeye available? :D

Warrior also has strong builds. Totems are not bad from what i can see so far. Corrupting Cry is also nice. Bit slow boss damage but insane aoe clear.

Gemling is very solid, so many will play Merc just for that.

[Fluffy Bunny of Despair]

Opprinnelig skrevet av xXBulletJusticeXx:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Fluffy Bunny of Despair:

The merc ... now that is a class you don't hear a lot about. Why would you play merc if there is a deadeye available? :D

Warrior also has strong builds. Totems are not bad from what i can see so far. Corrupting Cry is also nice. Bit slow boss damage but insane aoe clear.

Gemling is very solid, so many will play Merc just for that.

Sure if you do stat stacking and such. Just feels merc is for its "intented"purpose with crossbows and such wastly outperformed by the deadeye.

But i probs only hate on him that much because deadeye can still go evasion ES while merc is just .. "welp enjoy life stacking and armour"

[xXBulletJusticeXx]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Fluffy Bunny of Despair:

Opprinnelig skrevet av xXBulletJusticeXx:

Gemling is very solid, so many will play Merc just for that.

Sure if you do stat stacking and such. Just feels merc is for its "intented"purpose with crossbows and such wastly outperformed by the deadeye.

But i probs only hate on him that much because deadeye can still go evasion ES while merc is just .. "welp enjoy life stacking and armour"

Merc can use any weapon, same as all other classes. Don't lock your creativity to the starting weapon handed out on the beach.

For example, you CAN use Merc for an "Essence Drain" build.

https://www.pathofexile.com/forum/view-thread/3592550

EDIT: specifically for the Gemling tree, but it's just one option out of many