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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 4:18am

Is Scout/Warden Decent?

I am a returning RoM player after quite a bit of a hiatus. I believe I left during Chapter III. Anyways, I used to play as a Scout/Warden, and it did fairly well DPS-wise. I understand this is a fairly cliche thing, so please no hate for it, but is Scout/Warden still a good DPS class, and if not, are there any alternatives? I'd like to keep Scout if it isn't, as I really enjoy using a character who uses a bow.

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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 4:25am

among scouts, s/wdn is among the top 3(prolly 1st or 2nd depending on who u ask).

that being said, scout got nerfed to the ground and beyond in ch4. they are now considered essentially the weakest dps.


if you still want to be decent dps and keep a bow, wdn/s, m/s, and r/s are all somewhat more viable.
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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 4:58am

I wasn't aware that scouts got so nerfed. I suppose I'm not partial to the archery, even if I enjoy it, if it's not going to be that great. Are there any other DPS classes that would be good? I'd like to keep warden if not scout.

Did RoM always take this long to download? Sheesh.

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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 5:04am

S/WD is still decent, but that is grading on a curve. As Cike said, best scout is not really all that.

But WD/S is very good. Flip class, level up WD and you'll do fine.
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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 5:14am

Simple agreement with Vwiffo and Cike on Wdn/S.

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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 5:40am

Alright, great. Still get my favorite class combination, just flipped. Thanks a ton all who answered!

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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 2:21pm

Scout/warden is the best combination for the worst class. The Scout class has been nerfed to oblivion. It has the lowest range of all the ranged classes and the lowest DPS of any non healing class. This is combined with its immediate death in a melee situation and most ranged situations and lack sufficient party buffs and minimal debuffs makes the whole class a joke. A few years back someone in power in management decided they hated the Scouts for some reason and has made it their life's work to keep anyone from being able to play as a Scout.
That being said if you want to play Scout, Warden is probably the best secondary it gives you the most useful general skills and best elite and warden specific scout skills of any class.

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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 3:35pm

Rogue/Warden is a very viable combo if you have rogue as your 3rd class. Not the top DPS, but you will hold your own, and you can use the same gear as scout.

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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 5:06pm

Wow...aardvark3 you summed it up the best. So sad it is so true :(
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Saturday, May 31st 2014, 7:18pm

Shot got reduced to 1/2 damage with chapter 4. Since s/wd used the double shot for most of its dps, the s/wd suffered alot. Combo shot also got a damage reduction with chapter 4, but the ptw s/wd scoffed at using combo shot claiming a dps "loss" compared to the double shot-all the while ignoring the crit resistance debuff on target. Although crit resistance reduction is recognized as important in current end game instances. The charged chop also got further nerfed with a 15 sec cd when players where using it to perma knockdown the ptw players in siege and the ptw whined about getting pwned.

The root effect on the 60 elite is kinda cool though. And griffin bash is still really good.

If you are interested in playing a scout nowdays, look to a combo that utilizes vamp arrows, snipe, piercing arrow, and reflected shot for main skills.

I would also like to put in here a moment of silence for the skill serenity.
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