Why are you rolling a Rune Priest?

[Vorsh]

Simple question... why are you rolling a Rune Priest?

Also if it doesn't turn out how you like what will you do? Will you adapt to required play style or will you reroll to a new class?

Please post your answer to the first poll in your post also :P.

I personally am looking for a 75% healer 25% damage class but if needed I will play the rune priest how it best fits into a group whether that is 50/50 or even 25/75.

[Vrain]

I'm hoping for a 50/50 type Rune Priest, at least in group play. In Solo I hope it'll be much more damage and a heal or two to keep me alive.

At the moment Rune Priest is at the top of a list of classes to try out that contains nearly all of the order classes (and a few of the destruction classes too:grin:) so if I don't like the mechanics right away I may reroll sooner rather than later. Of course, that won't stop me from rolling a Rune Priest alt later on down the road unless I really hate how it plays.

[kevanyenter]

im guessing most/all healing class's are going to be more arond 33% dmg, 66% healing, in group situations. but its all going to be up to how you play it, im just guessing thats whats going to be needed on a regular basis

[dynamo112]

Right now im real iffy about starting out with a support career, after what horrors I went through in..err..that other game im veeery very cautious about healing class's. Once beta is near completion and testers can talk about healing careers to give a better in-sight on how they work i'll consider making one. I'd much prefer a 50/50 or a 25heal/75dmg just to be on the safe side.

[d34thw15h]

The thing is, everyone needs a support hero. But not everyone wants to be one.

[Vrain]

The thing is, everyone needs a support hero. But not everyone wants to be one.

Very true, which is why I'm considering rolling a support class as my main since I am used to having trouble finding groups while I played my Rogue.

[CHOP]

Can I post other?? Im not going for healing but all in all support.

[vehemoth]

I think this poll grossly over simplifies the class and doesn't give justice to it's support abilities and offensive debuffs.

[Bashful Runeheart]

Well, I chose 75% Healing, 25% Damage. Unfortunately, that is only my choice out of the three choices presented. If it was just me, I'd be 50% Healing (raw heals, HoT), 50% Support (Debuffs, buffs), but that too won't be possible, unless I'm ready to miss out on what my class can offer. It was specified that a Runepriest who is standing back and healing will be missing out on a lot, he should be closer to the melee fight and do some damage too.

Now if it is possible to divide our focus (such as talent trees or spell specialisation (as seen in other games)), you will see me focusing on being the one in the group that is not doing much damage, but who is essentially providing some, by giving buffs and heals to the other members. I need to add that I am *not* looking to stand in the back and be a heal slave, but more like an active support class; which I think is inevitable, since the range on our runes is not big.

That being said, to stay in range with this poll, 75% healing/25% damage is the option I'd go for.

Bashful R.

[Volcano Mentality]

I went 50-50, but in a different sense. It's shouldn't be 50% Heals 50% Damage, it should be (in my opinion) 50% Support (heals, buffs, debuffs) 50% Combat (damage, survivablity). The Rune Priest seems to me to be far less of a melee damage dealing healer and more of a melee tanking healer, which makes sense because the Warrior Priest has taken the melee damage dealing healer slot already. That leaves the Archmage as the ranged damage dealing healer, but that's beside the point.

In short; RP is a healer WHO WILL NEVER DIE!!! :cool:

[Perp]

I went 50-50, but in a different sense. It's shouldn't be 50% Heals 50% Damage, it should be (in my opinion) 50% Support (heals, buffs, debuffs) 50% Combat (damage, survivablity). The Rune Priest seems to me to be far less of a melee damage dealing healer and more of a melee tanking healer, which makes sense because the Warrior Priest has taken the melee damage dealing healer slot already. That leaves the Archmage as the ranged damage dealing healer, but that's beside the point.

In short; RP is a healer WHO WILL NEVER DIE!!! :cool:

He'll die just fine.

[Trite]

Why? Well..

He's a caster. I often play melee classes, but as this game relies heavily on PvP combat, I can't let the possibility of using the terrain height differences to gain an unfair advantage slip away. I also usually hate casters because of their mana downtime, but as the game doesn't have a mana system, it's all good.

He doesn't apparently have a mechanic to force him to nuke/nuke/heal/nuke/nuke/heal to be effective. I want to use any spells I want, without a clear disadvantage. I do not want to be a healbot, but I want to be effective. Even if I spam a single spell.

He's a somewhat hybrid class. Buffs, debuffs, heals, damage runes. The animations are neat, and I like the idea of master runes. Dwarf lore sounds good to me, too.

I've watched quite a few gameplay videos and the Runepriest sure can hold his ground. I've even been surprised how much damage he can dish out. Now I fear that he might be getting hit by the nerf bat eventually to fit the healer role better, or that the class will be a bad one to solo with. I'm a lone wolf as a player. I sure like PvP with masses of other people, yet rather play solo when doing quests and so on. When soloing I don't have to wait anyone, share the loot, expect for them to do mistakes, and I can go AFK any time I want. None of those work, for example, when running an instance in a group. He's a support class, sure, but it would be nice to do the good old PvE grinding without too much of a hassle.

Oh well, I wish I got in the beta to test the classes, but currently - I have high hopes for the Runepriest. Sounds like a class for me.

[Eldrik]

I look forward to laying the huge buffs on my allies then throwing the occasional heal in. Then doing some roots and nuke dmg :cool:

[Thaxon]

Da' runies I know 'll patch you up when ya need it, but they really just want to smoke 'em some greenskin snotlins'.

[Mao]

I went for the 50/50 even if I think alittle more % on the healing would work (not as high as 75% but around).

Why I'm rolling a rune priest? Well I love dwarfs and I like to heal so this seems like a perfect combination for me. The rune thing also seems like something new and can be fun to play around with.

But I like to support in many different ways and after all good reads about how tanking in pvp will be great I really start to turn aginst ironbreaker for all the cool armors and shield :x

[pippin]

my chosen class is deff a magus becuse in all old mmo's i have played i have eaither been just a close up melee brute or a full time healer but i have never been staying back and doing dmg, but i do still want a healer so i want it to be optional so that i can make my rp a full time healer like in wow where you couold simply spec to be healer or dps, so i would deff like something like 85% healing 15% dmg. although i am sur ethat all the people that are rolling rps as there mains are going to want to be able to do alittle dmg

[Tombacca]

There are two reasons I am rolling a Runepriest. First of all they are Dwarfs, and I have always been a fan of them especially the ones of the Warhammer world. Secondly In MMOs I have always played and enjoyed support classes, most of the time being a healer. I hope the Runepriest will be at least 75% healing, maybe even higher than that. I also hope that that the damage they do will be effectice in combat although it may not be very powerful or used that often.

[Volcano Mentality]

He'll die just fine.
You're spiteful for the sake of being spiteful aren't you?
Sheesh dude, get over yourself and deal with the fact that you haven't played the final version of this game, so you don't know if my idea wont work.

Learn some proper manners and stop being so damn cocky.

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Perp aside, I'm gonna roll an RP as an alt. cause I'm a big fan of the support hybrid archetype (I feel most akin to the warrior/healer style of fighting than anything else) and the class looks cool as a whole. I like the backstory for 'em, with Runes being the "dwarf magic" to all other races while the dwarfs vehemently discourage the title, explaining it as more predictable and dependable than magic. Lookin' forward to the game! :)

[evsky]

Im pretty sure Rune Priests are gonna be a big suprise. Im rolling an RP because they are dwarfs, they look amazing, nice weapons, RUNES!!!!! and have the almighty power of giving life whilst being able to smash it away. Orc's won't stand a chance against the dwarves!

[Varking]

Why? He is a healer, you are responsible for other's lives. I like this challenge, what I like even more is that they are looking to have incredible versatility. Now, I do not expect to be melee oriented, I will be adding melee damage in between laying runes and casting heals. I like to participate in all phases of a battle, not just stand back. But I would not let my melee become something that would hinder my guild in a battle. I know better than that.

[WastedTrojan]

If the corsair doesn't make it as a playable class than i will play a rune priest. I like to heal and I like to do damage so i went with 50/50. The only thing stopping me from just being a runepriest in the first place is that corsairs were always my favorite TT unit.

[Kragga Tworunes]

I'm rolling one cause somebody has to do it. If I can be part of a well maintained pvp group that is, not going to enjoy soloing as a healer buffer and I shouldn't have to.. Get some meathead to bash on things for me while I sip lemonade and throw a couple lighting bolts outta my arse.

seriously tho, a well played healer/buffer with crowd control can turn the tide of a whole battle.. where as one badass dps person might kill one or two before the hordes finally claim him.

the badass DPS guy is just the one who always ends up with all the credit.