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So you're looking for a melee, DPS, with a little bit of tank-ability?

The primary class you're looking for is probably a Warrior (Human or Elf), Rogue (Human or Elf) or Warden (Elf Exclusive). The most common combinations of Warrior are Warrior/Rogue, Warrior/Knight and Warrior/Warden. The most common Warden combinations are Warden/Scout, Warden/Warrior, and Warden/Rogue. The most common Rogue combinations are Rogue/Knight, Rogue/Scout, and Rogue/Warden.

The most consistent damage is going to come from Wardens who also have decent burst damage, highest burst damage will come from Rogues who also have low survivability, highest survivability will come from Warriors who have pretty balanced dps. Each combination has its' own strengths and weaknesses.

Here is some guidance if you want to look for yourself.

I would agree with Rossbot here, a w/r/wd sounds like a good combo to fit the playstyle you described. Also, yes, check the guide he linked, it is still viable to read it at this point. Not much ever really changes in this game.

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so how would a W/R/Wd work?

You can only play two classes at any given time--Primary/Secondary. The third class is completely inactive. For your example, the combos are:

w/r
r/w
w/wd
wd/w
r/wd
wd/r

Note that you have to be 20/20 on your original two classes to qualify for the third one.

Well I'm looking for a ranged tanky mage dps who can support the party while switching to melee combat without sacrificing durability or utility.
Suggestions?

I was thinking M/Wd

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Yes after looking at the guide I agree I like all of the Elites they all get. I really like W/R and Wd/W. Only problem is I have to get three different kinds of armor; leather,chain,and plate (Due to the Wd's 40 Elite). I also heard you can enhance your armor something called dirty stating ( whatever that is) and what level should I start doing that on? Oh, I'm not spending real money on a game so only way I'm getting diamonds is thru in game buying.(At least I heard you could do that)

Ummm, wow. That's actually a long looooong converation. The bit about the dirty statting anyway. As far as getting dias in game... hmmm. Doable but it will take some effort.

I don't know if all mmo's are like this, but RoM is basically 2 games. 1) levelling your toon and 2) gearing it for endgame raiding.

1) is easy and 2) can be daunting. As far as levelling goes, you can certainly dirty stat gear to increase it's power. There are very thorough guides here in the forums that explain that whole process (that I am too lazy to look up and link). However, gearing for endgame requires clean statting, which means you need a lot of dia buying power.

You can purchase dias from other players by having them "gift" you stuff from the cash shop in exchange for gold (or whatever else you have that they want). This means that you should be prepared right from the beginning to start working as many gold-earning angles as you can, cause you will need it.

Being a free-to-play player in RoM is a real challenge, but it is doable.

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Good I like a challenge, I have no problem with that. Like I said the only real problem faceing me is getting the three sets of gear.
Also I read somewhere that Wd/S is awesome dps is this true?

You don't need three sets of gear. What you will have to do is decide which of your two initial classes is intended to be your main class--the one you'll play most often and collect gear for. While your secondary class is important--mainly for the elite skills that it will provide and the general skills that you can use while playing your main class, you rarely need to collect or acquire gear for it. The elite and general skills from your secondary class are usually complementary to your main class, and in some cases can add to the attack skills you weave into your skill routines.

The same thing goes for your third class. Again, you'll really only be playing it to level and get the elite skills it offers.

I won't comment on Wd/S, as I don't play one.

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P.S. What is clean stating I looked up dirty stating and sorta understand what that is ,but what is clean stating?

Gear statting is rather off-topic, but here's the difference:

Dirty statting is using "random" fusion stones to add stats to armor, accessories, and sometimes to weapons. A good guide on how to do this can be found here: http://shifuimam.com/rom/at-tutorial/

Clean statting involves the use of Purified Fusion Stones (Item Shop items) in order to add stats to your gear. There are several very good guides on the process in the Community Guides section of the forum. Also pay attention to what others have had to say on gearing and statting in the class-specific forums. Most often, clean statting gear means that you don't use lower-quality "green" stats, but only use higher-quality "yellow" stats. The latter, especially those gained on gear from higher-level instances, actually have two stats per "named" stat. But this is getting 'way ahead of things and is most certainly off-topic.

However, you won't need to worry about statting your toon's gear until you've decided which class is going to be your main, and until that class reaches lvl 45-50. Studying up on it certainly won't hurt.

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Thanks I guess I get it now. Anyway I started playing and I learned.... I HATE THE WARDEN CLASS!!!! It feels way too pet dependent. So are there any classes that can do kind of the same thing? I was thinking Scout or Druid/Preist.

Wardens can be quite powerful at end-game. They have a couple of skills that seem to be gimped, but they're not too bad overall. Besides, they just recently received a lot of luuuuv from RW. You might want to hop up to runesdatabase.com and take a look at class combos/skills/elite skills.

Druid/Priest can't be done--only Humans can be either Priests or Knights, Elves can be Druids or Wardens.

Druid and priest have their own advantages. Some people prefer having a D/W in the party for Awakening of the Wild and some prefer P/M for Wings. You can be a priest only if you're human and you can be a druid only if you're an elf.

Also, don't expect a Knight to be able to DPS. They do what they do best, tank.