Most fun class to play as?

[Justin_760]

So far, the combat doesnt seem terribly fun. I love the game, but cant get over the somewhat mediocre gameplay in combat.

What is the most enjoyable class to play as in your opinion? I chose warrior and fighting has devolved into spamming the attack button and periodically using the adrenaline special attack. Is magic any more engaging? Or the other of the 3 options, cant remember its name.

[Bastila Shan]

Magic allows me to do short teleports as dodges. Some enemies take more magic damage and others take more blade damage as far as i can see making neither type all powerful. I find the combat ok, not as good as the witcher 3 of course but its ok.

[TripSin]

magic is pretty simplistic, although it probably has a little more depth than what you described. it is pretty satisfying to run into a large group of enemies and spam the personal AoE spell though to kill everything (though it's not the smartest or safest strat). in addition to M1 and fury attack, you stasis stuff with 2 spells, can heal, can shield, get the AoE attack, and can magically dart around like crazy.

[Alik]

Technical is fun. You can slash, shoot and use traps from the very start. One-handed swords reach full potential after investing only 2 points, and two-handed swords are hardly worth it in early game. 6 more points and you can throw bombs which is good against crowds. Firearms and elemental bombs and traps are good against armor. 3-4 stasis coatings allow to deal with bosses with ease (7 more points in the firearm tree). It's pretty diverse and fun gameplay.

[ρоѕιтяои_]

I agree with technical. It's very rewarding to take out an enemy in close melee combat then turn around and fire your gun to annihilate and enemy across the battlefield attacking one of your companions.

[Quacksalber]

I played technical in my first game and am now doing magic. I found technical better. Switching between melee and guns/bombs was fun. Magic users get blunt weapons for some reason - which I can't get into, and I want to invest in the magic skills, not strength. I'm constantly out of mana, and if I switch to melee, I can't use my magic anymore, and I also die lmao, hence I tend to port around the battlefield until the enemy is distracted enough for me to imbibe a potion. My companions die more often than with the other build too, because I'm doing less damage. You also have to spam the attack button so much, it gets unpleasant. It may improve with level, but that's my current experience. OFC it's all down to personal taste.

Also the fighting sucks in general if you're using an older controller, and the arrow pad, whatever it's called, at least mine, is totally rubbish and does nothing or the wrong thing at least half of the time. Being able to change the controller setup would be a vast improvement.

[Alik]

Originally posted by EH!:

Magic users get blunt weapons for some reason - which I can't get into, and I want to invest in the magic skills, not strength.

It's for the one particular build with blunt weapons and stasis. All strenght and endurance because you do not need magic rings at all. Stasis has nice upgrades which cause enemies to take more damage and even to lose armor. Heal and shield spells are good too. Very strong against solo enemies (bosses included) but not so much against crowds. And no upgraded evasion until mid game.

[JimmysTheBestCop]

As a magic user I almost never used my melee weapon {non ring}. Just chug potions. They are pretty unlimited.

You find +1 crafting gloves early game. Just never get rid of them. It allows you to install +1 science on any armor. So you can make a science armor that you basically only use for potions.

Level 1 science for potions is all you need. I never had a need to drink a level 3 potion because of the sheer quantity of level 1 potions.

[Quacksalber]

Originally posted by Alik:

Originally posted by EH!:

Magic users get blunt weapons for some reason - which I can't get into, and I want to invest in the magic skills, not strength.

It's for the one particular build with blunt weapons and stasis. All strenght and endurance because you do not need magic rings at all. Stasis has nice upgrades which cause enemies to take more damage and even to lose armor. Heal and shield spells are good too. Very strong against solo enemies (bosses included) but not so much against crowds. And no upgraded evasion until mid game.

Ah thanks.

[Winterson]

For me, technical is fun to play (didn´t try the other classes). Traps can help you in a sticky situation and you can use gun, sword, gadgets. So well-rounded class.

[JimmysTheBestCop]

As a full magic user you don't even need armor. You can wear a shirt the entire game.

I never pumped strength or endurance. It's wasted for magic users.

Honestly 0 endurance outfits aren't much worse then 2 endurance ones. To see a bump you need to dump at least 3 points. And that's a waste.

You will fight/teleport around like nightcrawler and never be hit in combat. Unless it's a player accident. Which usually occurs because the boss fights are long.

I could get hit because I was trying to defeat the boss as fast as possible.

[JimmysTheBestCop]

But honestly no matter what combat you pick once you are pass the early game it's really plays out the same way. With the player performing the same actions just the on screen animations changing.

Club, sword, gun, trap, magic it soon plays exactly the same. Maybe magic is slightly more different since you can stun lock all of the enemies indefinitely.

[Alik]

Originally posted by JimmysTheBestCop:

But honestly no matter what combat you pick once you are pass the early game it's really plays out the same way. With the player performing the same actions just the on screen animations changing.

Club, sword, gun, trap, magic it soon plays exactly the same. Maybe magic is slightly more different since you can stun lock all of the enemies indefinitely.

Isn't it true for most action RPG games? Hence the memory crystals.

[JimmysTheBestCop]

Originally posted by Alik:

Originally posted by JimmysTheBestCop:

But honestly no matter what combat you pick once you are pass the early game it's really plays out the same way. With the player performing the same actions just the on screen animations changing.

Club, sword, gun, trap, magic it soon plays exactly the same. Maybe magic is slightly more different since you can stun lock all of the enemies indefinitely.

Isn't it true for most action RPG games? Hence the memory crystals.

I would hesitate to call it an action rpg. That's more Diablo and torch light type of games.

To me it plays like assassin creed, tomb raider, GTA.

Some action RPG do have different combat feels and yeah a lot feel similar.

[Luckyleol]

combine guns and magic like stasis(upgraded to do 50% more damage your next attack), and a sword to conserve ammo, like that you''l be going through their armor like its nothing. also the fun guns are the guns that have multiple shots which makes it really easy to spam it at everyone and just killing everything like a mad man with an automatic gun.

[Bamsmacked]

Starting as a mage you get fast access to the "battlemage" play style because you get Blunt, and Stasis.

After 5 points into Hammers you get access to two-handed hammers and healing magic. Throw in stasis and self-buffs you literally smash ♥♥♥♥ into smithereens.

Plus when you do the quests for the Naut Admiral you get a nasty two-handed heavy weapon that requires 5 strength and it looks like a weird no-dachi polearm thing.

EDIT - I don't like firearms because in all honesty they are broken AF. You can literally spam firearms and kite and destroy any boss in the game even on the highest difficulty.