Witch, wizard or sorceress?

[Huntlol]

Hey guys im pretty new (bought the game 2 days ago) and i tried playing ranger but her playstyle didn't really suit me, i want to play a spell caster.

What are the differences between them and which one is most fun and recommended for new players?

thanks

[Ame]

Impossible to say as I don´t know you. Why? For example I like witch and main it while others exclaim how boring that class is. For beginners I recommend wizard or witch, both are really good at grinding (pve) and siege pvp. For pve they need less gear than other classes to be efficient. Still, better work harder & longer on your gear than be bored out of your mind grinding. Believe me.

If you want to know play all 3 classes to lv 56 and do the awakening quests (makes playstyle vastly different with a different skill set). I recommend leveling 1-2 alts to 56 anyways as you will want them for world bosses.

Witch: lightning & earth (frontal block & more range than wiz)
Wizard: fire & water (better black spirit rage skill & rumor is slightly better solo pvp utility than witch cause he can grab instead of block)
sorc: dunno never played

[L-laine]

Tiddies.....It's always the answer

[DCid]

Sorceress is only for elite, veteran players.

[AoEnwyr]

I have a Level 58 Sorceress and she is by far my favourite although probably more difficult to level to start. They are a very agile and combination based class so for me the moves flow well together, they are very effective at trash-mob clearing and have some good knockback abilities. There are probably stronger classes if you are looking for elite pvp. For Boss fights they can certainly hold their own with the right gear

I find the playstyle of Witch can be a little stilted in comparison but both Witch and Wizard have a very useful healing ability that is useful for party-based play and guild activities. Prior to Awakening, witch and wizard are the same class. I would say that post awakening, Wizard is more Battlemage style and Witch more Ranged Mage style.

Witches however are noisy as ♥♥♥♥ and you will likely be driven insane by all the squeaking, squealing and vocalisations. Unfortunately if you try to turn he stupid noise volume down, you end up turning all dialog down. This is the main drawback to witch for me. Also they look like idots when the run but that is a matter of personal preference.

As far as other classes go, I have both a 56 Ninja and Mystic. Both are very fun and have good combos. They play much like you'd expect although Ninja probably requires a slightly higher skill level over Mystic at this point to get the most out of the class.

Hope this helps

[Pain]

A lot of people like Witch / Wizards and i can see why, they are the only true ranged class post level 56, also they are probably the easiest / simplest class to play as all there abilities are pretty separate and they have no true combo's ( all while being absolute beasts at PvE and group PvP.

In comparison even though they are technically "spellcasters" Sorceress's are mostly melee ( and almost entirely melee post 56), also as they have no grabs and weak cc they get murdered by most other melee in the game ( unless you are one of the top 1% with them, then you can post a whole bunch of videos online of you wrecking ppl because with great gear and perfect combo's they have one of the highest burst damages in the game).

[Gervleth]

Play witch, you will love it !