Hmm what about the faction question? Im not sure which one is best for a new player.The most popular melee tank is Abolisher (Battlerage, Defense, Auramancy). Its tanky but still does good damage and is good for leveling. While leveling just use what ever main hand weapon has most DPS but at end game you are either going to want a Sword if you want to be tankier (passive proc allows for more parries) or Shortspear for more damage (passive proc applies puncture to penetrate defense). I recommend leather armor but some choose plate, however that mean you have tons of physical defense but no magical defense at all.
As for build, i hope some one else with more in depth knowledge of tanks can chime in but you can also look at builds on http://earlygame.net/archeage?keyword=&trees=1,3,4 (already set to bring up Abolisher builds only).
Is there a recommended start race? Or each race has their own personal preference with a PvEr?Welcome to the community!
I would like to say that my favorite leveling class is the Argent http://archeagedatabase.net/us/calc/490247
As far as the factions go, you can toss a coin - neither side is really helpful to new comers. While yes i can for a fact there are good folks - most on each side are trolls and would steer you wrong or scam you at the first chance they got. So just be careful when you're out doing stuff.
With the argent class you have the ability to heal yourself and still keep your damage at a decent level to have fun in pve content + not sacrificing any mana regen since you are using Auramancy in your build you can Meditate every so often.
Is there a recommended start race? Or each race has their own personal preference with a PvEr?
A lot of the costumes look silly on the male character's while some of the nicer ones look better on the female characters. As far as production times / climbing ability times - it's really just a added bonus, that doesn't matter much.
Maybe to the RP'er it would matter the most. I chose to be on West Faction this time around as i've never played it before. If ya make a westie hit me with questions in game if you want. My IGN is Guest
If its not too much to ask but I made a "Novice" Battlerage for the West and I'd like a traveling companion from anyone thats ok with partying with a newbie.
If its not too much to ask but I made a "Novice" Battlerage for the West and I'd like a traveling companion from anyone thats ok with partying with a newbie.