Of all the classes, at this moment in time, I would place my RK in the S tier. :D I love the versatility of the class. I love yellow line, I can pull a group of mobs (landscape) and survive in spite of being a light class. Fire is fun, especially in groups where you can afford the little extra time for inductions. Also, I'm 100% ok with being asked to heal. I enjoy healing so much more than currently on my minstrel who was a main healer for years. I can play all three lines and enjoy all three lines. Brawler, for me, would be last. Just not into it because my mind goes to: if I want to dps, heal, buff, tank, etc. I'd much rather use my champ, rk, cappy, guard, bear as needed. In order would be RK, Champ, Captain, Hunter, LM, Minstrel, Burglar, Beorning, Warden, Guardian, Brawler. Looking forward to seeing the new class in your live stream tomorrow!
They used to be even more fun when you could switch in the middle of the raid....I loved playing back up healer I got so fast at changing my gear and settings from dps to healer I loved it. I loved jumping and reviving the mini and saving the tank, then going back and being the glass cannon. It just scratched the right itch in me. I still love my rks best, but miss the old days.
I always wanted to like burglar a bit more than I did. They have a handful of animations that feel odd to me, like they're not as impactful as other melee skills. It almost feels like they haven't even fired off when I hit them. Not all the animations, it has some cool ones, but a few of them.
Out of curiosity, how would you rate these now with the Mariner having been out for a while? I'm mostly trying to decide between Blue Mari and Yellow RK, any advice would be appreciated!
Warden/hunter move speed and ports are seriously just so strong that I have a hard time playing other classes... Over the life of a character unless you are valaring it its such an insane quality of life. 1-140 leveling it can cut down the time it takes to complete content by 40-60% no cap.
THISSSS!!!! literally my main problem with other classes is that they are so slow and that triggers me so much xd also as a hunter main i'm just so used to all the advantages this class brings. Warden gameplay is not that awesome but the speed makes up for it xd
it would be very helpful to the community if you did a video on the demand of each role and class for group content because there are a million hunters and champions lol
@@ghynghyn4706 the best tank in the gamr deals in addition also the best dd damage??? Better than Hunter, RM or Champ??? I find this hard to believe, let alone that it doesnt make sense...
It's all part of going through all the classes and making their lines viable. It's definitely a chance that guardian dps will be lowered once people get to play it and we see fully where it's at.@@juanzulu1318
@@ghynghyn4706 yes, the guardian should definately have a viable red line. But this doesnt mean that this class should be not only the best tank class but also the best dd class. The guardian was never designed to be a top dd class. Just like the minstrel was designed as the top healing class and should never be a top dd class. If the Guardian is currently the top dd class then this would be a serious over sight from the designer team and hard to follow.
@@juanzulu1318 lotro is the only game I know where people feel a certain class MUST PLAY ONLY THIS....Guardians are warriors really...they don't just tank.
Goood vid, RK and Warden were my first two classes on the Moria release. Warden has gone through so many ups and downs, but glad it's still advanced and a challenge to play. RK zap zap forever, I miss my Darkmojo.
It's funny how you get so used to something that it puts a damper on everything else. In the video, he said the only reasonable option for Hunter was in Red line but I absolutely LOVE blue line and blue line only. Red line makes me feel like I'm stuck in mud because blue has no movement penalties - it's run, run, run, pew, pew, pew. SO fast and fun! But I know for a fact that if I'd been playing red line for the last 15 years I'd defend it. I'm just glad there are so many options so that we're all able to find something to make us happy. Long live LOTRO!
Remember when Blue line Hunters were the best line to run in...I had a lot of fun but..just like always...the old "if it's not red line it's not a hunter" crowd cried so much they changed it.
I played almost every class and had fun leveling them up with almost all of them, but the most fun was the Guardian and Warden. I'm currently trying the Mariner, it has potential. That's it for solo leveling, in raid, I haven't done enough to judge it correctly.
How many reworks to these class lines before ssg gets it right? I hear about a patch with a rework like every few months now for the last like 9 years.
i have no idea what you mean by yellow line or red line.....I played this game at launch and have no idea what you mean by those colored lines......wish it was explained as I am interested in playing again.
Line means specialisation. For example and keeping it simple, captain red line is a dps spec, while yellow line is a tank spec. At lvl2 you choose one of the line (you can switch between theme if you dont like you initial choice.
SHWING SHWING BABY!!! Champion baby!! After hearing your thoughts on the rework of the guardian makes me want to come back and go into my guardian again!
Champ is currently fun almost only in concept. After the Weapon Swap removal from the game it feels way too simple of a playstyle. Really needs a rework.
Also agree. Champion is a master of melee combat and that knowledge should be represented by fighting-stances which he constantly switches during fight. The red stance is great for high burst damage in singletarget AND AoE, but this ruthless fighting style will make you tiring real quick and you will be very vulnerable to counterattacks, so you cant fight very long in this stance. The yellow stance is more balanced with more sustained damage (bleed), a bit controlling and debuffs for the enemies, making them ready for the next red burst window. But both red and yellow will drain your moral and power real quick, so you also need the blue defense stance, which grands protecting, buffs and regeneration for a catch of breath, making you ready to go offensive again.
After spending 5min googling the english translations for half of the classes bc i had no clue which is which, here's my vague tier list. But my only 140 characters are hunters and i don't have a lot of experiences with some classes yet, also i hate fighting in near range so i'm definetly more drawn to big range classes like the hunter (best class btw, 10/10, only class i think is perfect): Most fun: hunter, minstrel, loremaster Good: captain, burglar, warden Okay: guardian Meh: champion, rune-keeper Not so fun: beorning, brawler So i love runes but the skills could be cooler and is just don't like the gameplay that much + i'm really weak xd Champion was fun at the beginning but now at 87 it's so boring idk I don't enjoy fighting as a bear and the human form skills are sooo boring... Even tho loremaster is really weak, the skills 100% make up for it. Love magic so much and i LOVE the variety of skills, RK has almost only fire rune stuff and the skills are not as spectacular and cool as on LM
I tried the new class mariner and I have to say straight off the bat..I do not like it, sorry I know I'm probably offending a lot of people by saying that..but to me just like when I first started playing the game all those years ago..I tried every class I could back then and Cappy and Hunter just clicked with me right off the bat in the starting zone.
There's nothing wrong with not liking a class., you're not offending the people who like the class. Some people will just take to some classes, it's always been the case with all the classes.
Wow, guardian and hunter in the same place as RK and warden, the two most boring classes with the two best classes in the game. I am bad at warden and I still think it is one of the two most interesting and fun class in the game and when I say bad .....I mean bad.
my brawler is a lot of fun. it is a learning curve. red line in pve you getting nettle . nettle stuff just dies and you can go afk. pvp learning curve. yet i have it figured out. i love red line in the moors . we need more survivability. joy of battle heal needs less cooldown and to be comparable to a reaver. we need more survivability with a 4 meter range. my top 3 brawler, lm, bear ok 4 hunter. those are my 4 mains .in that order. when our npcs were bugged on me in the moors. my nettle killed it. nettle does not work as much as latent light . i havent quite figured out latent light.if you know how to blue lm . the dps surpasses red. minstrel heals seem to suck . are you paid to say that about the mariner?
I agree about Brawler - it IS a lot of fun. It was very odd for me to enjoy it so much because my 15 year old main is a ranged Hunter but I took to Brawler day one and ran it up to level 140 faster than any other toon in my history. There is just something special about chucking a beer stein at someone (especially when it's a kill shot - LOL) and jumping in the air to slam your fist down like Thor. Good stuff!
The warden sucks again. Only he was upgraded and seemed to be given the opportunity to tank, the guard was upgraded after him and everything returned to normal. A warden is again not needed in this game. If tanking is necessary, then take a guard. If you need damage, then take a warrior or hunter. Yes, the red line has been significantly upgraded, but warrior or hunter have more stable damage.
Been a guard main since beta.
It aint much, but its honest work.
Of all the classes, at this moment in time, I would place my RK in the S tier. :D I love the versatility of the class. I love yellow line, I can pull a group of mobs (landscape) and survive in spite of being a light class. Fire is fun, especially in groups where you can afford the little extra time for inductions. Also, I'm 100% ok with being asked to heal. I enjoy healing so much more than currently on my minstrel who was a main healer for years. I can play all three lines and enjoy all three lines. Brawler, for me, would be last. Just not into it because my mind goes to: if I want to dps, heal, buff, tank, etc. I'd much rather use my champ, rk, cappy, guard, bear as needed. In order would be RK, Champ, Captain, Hunter, LM, Minstrel, Burglar, Beorning, Warden, Guardian, Brawler. Looking forward to seeing the new class in your live stream tomorrow!
They used to be even more fun when you could switch in the middle of the raid....I loved playing back up healer I got so fast at changing my gear and settings from dps to healer I loved it. I loved jumping and reviving the mini and saving the tank, then going back and being the glass cannon. It just scratched the right itch in me. I still love my rks best, but miss the old days.
7:40 1000000% agree. Since HD when they split Champion's DPS into two I have not been happy.
I always wanted to like burglar a bit more than I did. They have a handful of animations that feel odd to me, like they're not as impactful as other melee skills. It almost feels like they haven't even fired off when I hit them. Not all the animations, it has some cool ones, but a few of them.
Out of curiosity, how would you rate these now with the Mariner having been out for a while? I'm mostly trying to decide between Blue Mari and Yellow RK, any advice would be appreciated!
Warden/hunter move speed and ports are seriously just so strong that I have a hard time playing other classes... Over the life of a character unless you are valaring it its such an insane quality of life. 1-140 leveling it can cut down the time it takes to complete content by 40-60% no cap.
THISSSS!!!! literally my main problem with other classes is that they are so slow and that triggers me so much xd also as a hunter main i'm just so used to all the advantages this class brings. Warden gameplay is not that awesome but the speed makes up for it xd
Champion for the win
What about Support/DPS u think is better?
it would be very helpful to the community if you did a video on the demand of each role and class for group content because there are a million hunters and champions lol
Very relatable :D When I try to form a group most tells are "hunter here" "x hunter" etc
LM is S tier for sure.
9:40 "Guardian is the strongesr dps class right know."
How so?
With the current refresh, red guardian deals very strong damage, arguably the best in the game right now.
@@ghynghyn4706 the best tank in the gamr deals in addition also the best dd damage??? Better than Hunter, RM or Champ??? I find this hard to believe, let alone that it doesnt make sense...
It's all part of going through all the classes and making their lines viable. It's definitely a chance that guardian dps will be lowered once people get to play it and we see fully where it's at.@@juanzulu1318
@@ghynghyn4706 yes, the guardian should definately have a viable red line. But this doesnt mean that this class should be not only the best tank class but also the best dd class.
The guardian was never designed to be a top dd class. Just like the minstrel was designed as the top healing class and should never be a top dd class.
If the Guardian is currently the top dd class then this would be a serious over sight from the designer team and hard to follow.
@@juanzulu1318 lotro is the only game I know where people feel a certain class MUST PLAY ONLY THIS....Guardians are warriors really...they don't just tank.
Goood vid, RK and Warden were my first two classes on the Moria release. Warden has gone through so many ups and downs, but glad it's still advanced and a challenge to play.
RK zap zap forever, I miss my Darkmojo.
It's funny how you get so used to something that it puts a damper on everything else. In the video, he said the only reasonable option for Hunter was in Red line but I absolutely LOVE blue line and blue line only. Red line makes me feel like I'm stuck in mud because blue has no movement penalties - it's run, run, run, pew, pew, pew. SO fast and fun! But I know for a fact that if I'd been playing red line for the last 15 years I'd defend it. I'm just glad there are so many options so that we're all able to find something to make us happy. Long live LOTRO!
Remember when Blue line Hunters were the best line to run in...I had a lot of fun but..just like always...the old "if it's not red line it's not a hunter" crowd cried so much they changed it.
Great video brother!
I played almost every class and had fun leveling them up with almost all of them, but the most fun was the Guardian and Warden. I'm currently trying the Mariner, it has potential. That's it for solo leveling, in raid, I haven't done enough to judge it correctly.
Where would Mariner fit in this list?
Probably A tier or so
How many reworks to these class lines before ssg gets it right? I hear about a patch with a rework like every few months now for the last like 9 years.
Did they never release the Ranger class? I havent played in a long time but remember ypur vid on ranger class coming last year
Ranger class video was an april fools video
i have no idea what you mean by yellow line or red line.....I played this game at launch and have no idea what you mean by those colored lines......wish it was explained as I am interested in playing again.
Line means specialisation. For example and keeping it simple, captain red line is a dps spec, while yellow line is a tank spec. At lvl2 you choose one of the line (you can switch between theme if you dont like you initial choice.
i feel the same any class is fun in its own way
If anyone would know, it's you Ghyn :) Thanks for the vid but surely LM is S tier!! :p
yellow LM is up there :D
I don't agree with all of your picks. But i do agree that none of the classes are D tier or lower. All of the classes are at least pretty fun.
SHWING SHWING BABY!!! Champion baby!! After hearing your thoughts on the rework of the guardian makes me want to come back and go into my guardian again!
Where IS warg ? 😊
lol...i love the burglar xD
Champ is currently fun almost only in concept. After the Weapon Swap removal from the game it feels way too simple of a playstyle. Really needs a rework.
Absolutely agreed.
Also agree. Champion is a master of melee combat and that knowledge should be represented by fighting-stances which he constantly switches during fight. The red stance is great for high burst damage in singletarget AND AoE, but this ruthless fighting style will make you tiring real quick and you will be very vulnerable to counterattacks, so you cant fight very long in this stance. The yellow stance is more balanced with more sustained damage (bleed), a bit controlling and debuffs for the enemies, making them ready for the next red burst window. But both red and yellow will drain your moral and power real quick, so you also need the blue defense stance, which grands protecting, buffs and regeneration for a catch of breath, making you ready to go offensive again.
Blue Captain healing is horrible now.
You never actually said why any of these are fun. Like red RK, why is it fun?
I find it fun to play with its gameplay
After spending 5min googling the english translations for half of the classes bc i had no clue which is which, here's my vague tier list. But my only 140 characters are hunters and i don't have a lot of experiences with some classes yet, also i hate fighting in near range so i'm definetly more drawn to big range classes like the hunter (best class btw, 10/10, only class i think is perfect):
Most fun: hunter, minstrel, loremaster
Good: captain, burglar, warden
Okay: guardian
Meh: champion, rune-keeper
Not so fun: beorning, brawler
So i love runes but the skills could be cooler and is just don't like the gameplay that much + i'm really weak xd
Champion was fun at the beginning but now at 87 it's so boring idk
I don't enjoy fighting as a bear and the human form skills are sooo boring...
Even tho loremaster is really weak, the skills 100% make up for it. Love magic so much and i LOVE the variety of skills, RK has almost only fire rune stuff and the skills are not as spectacular and cool as on LM
thank you ghynghyn for ranking the class
Ghyn Ghyn :P
I tried the new class mariner and I have to say straight off the bat..I do not like it, sorry I know I'm probably offending a lot of people by saying that..but to me just like when I first started playing the game all those years ago..I tried every class I could back then and Cappy and Hunter just clicked with me right off the bat in the starting zone.
There's nothing wrong with not liking a class., you're not offending the people who like the class. Some people will just take to some classes, it's always been the case with all the classes.
Horse melarky.... beorning is S BRO!
Wow, guardian and hunter in the same place as RK and warden, the two most boring classes with the two best classes in the game. I am bad at warden and I still think it is one of the two most interesting and fun class in the game and when I say bad .....I mean bad.
my brawler is a lot of fun. it is a learning curve. red line in pve you getting nettle . nettle stuff just dies and you can go afk. pvp learning curve. yet i have it figured out. i love red line in the moors . we need more survivability. joy of battle heal needs less cooldown and to be comparable to a reaver. we need more survivability with a 4 meter range. my top 3 brawler, lm, bear ok 4 hunter. those are my 4 mains .in that order. when our npcs were bugged on me in the moors. my nettle killed it. nettle does not work as much as latent light . i havent quite figured out latent light.if you know how to blue lm . the dps surpasses red. minstrel heals seem to suck . are you paid to say that about the mariner?
Of course I'm not paid to say anything, putting mariner at the top was a little joke, because we haven't seen the class yet.
I agree about Brawler - it IS a lot of fun. It was very odd for me to enjoy it so much because my 15 year old main is a ranged Hunter but I took to Brawler day one and ran it up to level 140 faster than any other toon in my history. There is just something special about chucking a beer stein at someone (especially when it's a kill shot - LOL) and jumping in the air to slam your fist down like Thor. Good stuff!
Guardian ... end of video ...takes like 5 sec video .
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The warden sucks again. Only he was upgraded and seemed to be given the opportunity to tank, the guard was upgraded after him and everything returned to normal. A warden is again not needed in this game. If tanking is necessary, then take a guard. If you need damage, then take a warrior or hunter.
Yes, the red line has been significantly upgraded, but warrior or hunter have more stable damage.
I think blue warden is quite strong tbh
Warden shouldn't be a tank, so that's fine. Red not being chosen is just cause of content. It will come again.
Red is always chosen in a raid@@hierony5471
@@ghynghyn4706 Even better, so there is room for it so it is fine. Wondering with mariner if all 12 classes will be picked haha. Gonna be interesting.
is you fuse champ red/yellow you weaken both!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! stop messing with classes i like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very poor reasoning for your choices!!
What a useless tier list, when you 7 tiers and put every class in 3 tiers....
Yellow RK For The Win