Best 3 classes for a beginer?

[-Armageddon-]

So i just bought this game, none of my friends play it so ill probably play with random people or alone and was wondering which classes are good from the start, i know all classes serve a purpose but there must be some "meta" classes that are a bit better, i was thinking of starting with gunslinger since it seems pretty straight forward but would like to hear your opinions

[-Armageddon-]

Escrito originalmente por Ritchey:

I have 35 days of playtime over on Epic with lvl 999 and all classes (except for vanguard) prestiged to at least prestige 5: In my opinion gunslinger, hellraiser, exterminator are the strongest in killing massive amounts of zombies, but each of those classes only really shines, when they are leveled up. Unleveled each class is pretty much the same.

Gunslinger is strong for the team at lvl 30, because of a teamwide damage buff. Other than that he is the easiest and most precise shooter, because no downside to moving while shooting. Also all fixed Machinegun stations have more ammo. In my opinion this is the strongest class, especially when combined with an ammo fixer.

Hellraiser is nice because of all the stuff he can use to make things go boom. Useful for team later on, because all explosives can kill more zombies and because mortars have more shells.

Exterminator can play with molotovs to literally block certain spots from zombies going through for a VERY long time. Meaning whenever you have to defend a certain spot, but zombies keep harassing the team from a different location and to reach that location, they pass through some tight spot, just throw the molotov at that tight spot and all zombies for the next ~30-40 seconds running through there will die. Helps the team focus at certain directions. Other than that he has a perk, that autoreloads your gun, if you kill a certain amount of zomvbies in a certain time frame. With some guns that can mean, that you NEVER stop shooting, because no reloads are needed (special sniper rifle, light machine gun, tier 2 shotgun if done right).

Slasher is strong too, but requires a lot of leveling to be effective and is kind of dependand on the map. Tight spaces with swamrs are is domain. Paired with an upgraded chainsaw he can hardly be killed at all. Moscow 3 is a lot of fun with him. Most people don't know how to play him though and he is hard to master.

Fixer is good for the team, but not very fun to play in my opinion. With the perk, that increases penetration with semi-auto-guns and with the ammobag for the team he has some serious kill-potential though.

Dronemaster is 100% trash. Anything he can do can be done 100% better by some other class. I think it was implemented for console players, who cannot aim.

Vanguard no clue, but to me he looks like he is not very strong. Looks like whatever he does could be done by slasher too, but slasher can do it better.

Medic.... 90% of the players playing him have no clue about him. His job is to constantly stim/pre-stim the team and use medkits whenever somebody is low. Most players keep the medkits for themselves and only stim themselves. Would not recommend playing that class, unless you really want to play support. Other than that he does not have a lot of kill-potential, so there is no point in playing him, if you don't want to support the team. If you don't want to support and just want to shoot stuff, go play gunslinger instead.

Very good post, helped me a lot! Will start playing gunslinger first than maybe exterminator and after that we will see, how do i pin this post as an answer to my topic?

[Jargous]

I usually play the supporting role and it seems a good amount of posts are focused on the damage dealers. Here's my opinions on the supports (Medic, Vanguard, Fixer, Dronemaster)

Medic: While things look simple with upkeeping health, if you are going to main Medic as support, the learning curve becomes really steep once you jump into Extreme difficulty. You will no longer see player names. You have to know which character a player is actually playing. So your difficulty spike changes from health maintenance to memorization. Kill potential is at the end of the tree where you can stim yourself to have a 50% damage boost. Better spent on your damage dealers, but it doesn't hurt for you to join in the fun when you need to be on the attack rather than feeling 'sidelined'

Vanguard: Major bonus points if you have buddy that sticks close to you for shield block. Closing off a potential point of infestation is a vanguard's strongest point. They may not possess much firepower, but their ability to funnel or stagger zombies gives the team breathing room to clean up or open up a path to safety while you hold down an area.

Fixer: The damage support of the team. You can go the method of explosive ammo, but the up to 14 seconds of stealth is pretty broken when you coordinate with the entire team. Ammo fixer is great for when the team constantly splits up as it basically gives them a nice temporary ammo crate and firepower bonus.

Dronemaster: If your team is very prone to friendly fire, this class is your best friend in the late levels. Get the perk that basically reduces friendly fire damage by 100% and you don't have to worry about misplaced shots. The prestige bonuses are very useful in that they not only increase damage, it also reduces the damage taken. Its support bonuses are heavily underestimated in Extreme difficulty given that when your perks carry through to whomever you send the drone to provided you learnt sharing is caring.

[H-Foundry PIXIV]

Escrito originalmente por Jargous:

Dronemaster: If your team is very prone to friendly fire, this class is your best friend in the late levels. Get the perk that basically reduces friendly fire damage by 100% and you don't have to worry about misplaced shots. The prestige bonuses are very useful in that they not only increase damage, it also reduces the damage taken. Its support bonuses are heavily underestimated in Extreme difficulty given that when your perks carry through to whomever you send the drone to provided you learnt sharing is caring.

It is a very underrated class and provides good passives. I never play it since prestige 5, but I see how much it carries lesser players in extreme from rookie mistakes.

[to0tyfruity]

I played all classes to max (minus vanguard) and the best classes for a long time has been fixer,medic and gunslinger.

spec fixer for ammo crates, spec medic for invisible stim and spec gunslinger for fast reload + damage boost after reload

currently this patch I think hellraiser (due to increased horde sizes on new levels)and slasher (melee changes) might be up there

I see vanguard as potential best class for speed runners although the class lacks synergy.

also best weapon to deal with rats as of now pre patch would be heavy weapons in this order from strongest to weakest, rocket, lmg, and then payload rifle. I played all night yesterday and the rats did not get me once even when it comes underneath with horde. speaking playing on 4+star

[cpwarrior88]

Escrito originalmente por to0tyfruity:

I played all classes to max and the best classes for a long time has been fixer,medic and gunslinger.

spec fixer for ammo crates, spec medic for invisible stim and spec gunslinger for fast reload + damage boost after reload

currently this patch I think hellraiser (due to increased horde sizes on new levels)and slasher (melee changes) might be up there

I see vanguard as potential best class for speed runners

They got rid of quick reload by weapon switch. You have to do quick reload with melee now, which means the thrifty perk will benefit GS more now.

[to0tyfruity]

Escrito originalmente por HumanHate666:

Escrito originalmente por to0tyfruity:

I played all classes to max and the best classes for a long time has been fixer,medic and gunslinger.

spec fixer for ammo crates, spec medic for invisible stim and spec gunslinger for fast reload + damage boost after reload

currently this patch I think hellraiser (due to increased horde sizes on new levels)and slasher (melee changes) might be up there

I see vanguard as potential best class for speed runners

They got rid of quick reload by weapon switch. You have to do quick reload with melee now, which means the thrifty perk will benefit GS more now.

take the faster reload (thifty) like you say , combine that with esc or melee reload the class is really strong

[cpwarrior88]

Escrito originalmente por to0tyfruity:

Escrito originalmente por HumanHate666:

They got rid of quick reload by weapon switch. You have to do quick reload with melee now, which means the thrifty perk will benefit GS more now.

take the faster reload when you empty your weapon, combine that with esc or melee reload the class is really strong

I know, I carry with gunslinger all the time. I played this game close to 250 days on Epic which is close to 6000 hours. Gunslinger is the only real class. I'm one of the top WWZ players.

[to0tyfruity]

Escrito originalmente por HumanHate666:

Escrito originalmente por to0tyfruity:

take the faster reload when you empty your weapon, combine that with esc or melee reload the class is really strong

I know, I carry with gunslinger all the time. I played this game close to 250 days on Epic which is close to 6000 hours. Gunslinger is the only real class. I'm one of the top WWZ players.

how do you feel about vanguard, i have no clue how to spec it since it seems to lack synergy.

[cpwarrior88]

Escrito originalmente por to0tyfruity:

Escrito originalmente por HumanHate666:

I know, I carry with gunslinger all the time. I played this game close to 250 days on Epic which is close to 6000 hours. Gunslinger is the only real class. I'm one of the top WWZ players.

how do you feel about vanguard, i have no clue how to spec it since it seems to lack synergy.

It's dogsh*t, flush it down the turd flume.

[to0tyfruity]

Escrito originalmente por HumanHate666:

Escrito originalmente por to0tyfruity:

how do you feel about vanguard, i have no clue how to spec it since it seems to lack synergy.

It's dogsh*t, flush it down the turd flume.

alright