Utility or DD?Follow

Depends if you are looking for rvr or pve. Alot of different specs for different areas of the game. Just as an example a Dark spec'd SM has alot of utility in rvr but is pretty worthless for PVE where as a Suppresion or even Summoning can excel in Pve but are almost uncommon in rvr. Warlocks are overpowered in small numbered situations and keep defense/takes with spread heal and such. But with chambers gone in 8v8...well they can cast stuff like every 4-5 seconds (big whoop). Overall the 2 best casters IMO are Darks SM's and RM's. Runemaster for the damage and Spiritmaster for the utility. Check out http://daoc.catacombs.com and look for the character builder 2.0, this will allow you to see how different specs will turn out.

Edited, Jun 22nd 2006 at 9:45pm EDT by dougherty

I am not a spiritmaster person tbh. Infact I only have 1 cloth caster, but from what I have seen from alot of my guild and clusters those that DO play SM's have a spec near that. Mostly for the life tap mixed with Mastery of Concentration (sp?). And having also been on the otherside of the mezz+MOC LT I can say with works rather well. Also your pet will intercept ALOT of incoming melee attacks. I am not sure if putting 26 points into Supp is going to really give you anything worth while but I am probably wrong. Do you know of VNboards? If so try to ask in the midgard mystic forum. There you will find almost every answer you have about spec and templates and everything else. Also try the SM forum on the above website with the char builder. If you do not know Vnboards try this.

http://vnboards.ign.com

Look into Dark age class boards, then Mid Mystic boards....I suggest also checking the camelot herald and looking into realm abilities when you are thinking about creating a new toon so you can find one that goes along the lines of what you want for end game.

Edited, Jun 22nd 2006 at 9:45pm EDT by dougherty

Edited, Jun 22nd 2006 at 9:45pm EDT by dougherty