Swashbucklers, they may not be the toughest pirates, but they do such destructive damage.

masterryan1969 on Jun 12, 2013 wrote:

There is no best school - all schools have their pros and cons.

That is very true swash do the most damage but have low health, bucc have lots of health but not as much damage and not dodgy, musketeer are very accurate but don't do a lot of damage and are easy to hit because they are not dodgy, witchdoctor do a good deal of damage and have strong spells but have the lowest health than any class and are not dodgy, and privateer has plenty of hp but don't do as much damage as swash.
I personally think swash is the best but privateer would be second
Slick Cody Jones privateer lvl 60
Merciless Ethan Jenkins swashbuckler lvl 64

I'd say if there were a battle with one Privateer and 3 Buccaneers. Privateers rely on their companions to do most of the damage, but when you have a lot of other players that are already strong, and the Privateer makes them stronger, any battle will be simple, in my belief.

Have a Great Day! Lvl 62

Sneaky George Quar... on Jun 12, 2013 wrote:

like yan said, theres no best. buccaneers have good defense, but low offense. witchdoctors have low damage and accuracy, but can attack many enemies at once and buff others while debuffing enemies. musketeers have low damage, but their skills can attack many enemies at once and they can place traps to help keep their distance. swashbucklers can hit a lot and bring an enemy down quickly, but can also break quickly. privateers have low damage like a buccaneer, but can buff and heal their allies, making them count more on companions than other classes do

when you start adding talents from card giving gear this tunes it a bit more so. I play a buck, though i have trained all the swash talents + a few WD's and just rouse from the private trainer :-) very very good setup for me. I am farming this one map its all guns so what do i do? I use 3 gun companions duck holiday, bonnie and billy the kid. I put on armor to boost them not really me. 3 big juju and one snake one so i am boosting their agi stat +400 over the base they seem to always burst fire and do specials its so sick. it works better than me trying to go in and do anything if i become it i just use hide card. dont even need to move. map goes SO FAST this way :-) now its not going to work always but for the couple maps i am doing it works. Like on Zeena's battle it works well too.

cheers.

Sneaky George Quar... on Jun 12, 2013 wrote:

like yan said, theres no best. buccaneers have good defense, but low offense. witchdoctors have low damage and accuracy, but can attack many enemies at once and buff others while debuffing enemies. musketeers have low damage, but their skills can attack many enemies at once and they can place traps to help keep their distance. swashbucklers can hit a lot and bring an enemy down quickly, but can also break quickly. privateers have low damage like a buccaneer, but can buff and heal their allies, making them count more on companions than other classes do

Witchdoctors have low damage?

i think you mean low dodge unless you have played with some ill equip WDs. WDs have low health low accuracy low dodge high damage some of the longest ranged skills

I can hit over 2k (super hit 1k with a normal hit) with just one hit don't think any other class can hit that high with just a single hit (not a single skill)

Still thou like others have said classes are as close to being balanced as i have seen in any mmo in awhile.

It really comes down to how you play vs the enemy and how well your equiped and what you equiped youself with.

ahoy

i think the best pirates are the buccaneers cause if you have the tree blocking damage you are almost invinceable and with the increased strenght plus turn the hide wow it will be a very destructive damge

They al work together to sow chaos amongst the Spiral.

Quentin Atherton on Jun 12, 2013 wrote:

Swashbucklers, they may not be the toughest pirates, but they do such destructive damage.

I resent that. A buccaneer does do less damage, but only by 20%. So Turn The Tide 1 would make Buccaneers do the same damage as Swashbucklers. I have seen someone who was a Swash, same level, do about 40 more damage than my Buccaneer. Big whoop.

All schools have their strengths and weaknesses.

1. Buccaneers have high health and lots of damage (my level 60 Buccaneer does almost the same amount of damage as my level 65 Swashbuckler), but terrible accuracy. What's the point of all that damage if you can't hit?
2. Musketeers have lots of powers and health, but terrible dodge. If a mob is relentless enough, it could wipe out a musketeer in a few rounds
3. Privateers have lots of buffs, good stats, but terrible attacks. They can only use bombs and whatever power that their gear gives, so if it was a privateer with no powers versus an enemy with full health, the privateer is dead.
4. Swashbucklers have excellent dodge and a great deal of damage, but poor health. If they went up against a Witchdoctor with Mojo Echo 2+, they'd be dead in no time.
5. Witchdoctors have a bunch of powers, and health, but lack in everything else (except Will), they don't have the greatest accuracy, nor the best dodge. They can survive a little while, but without those powers, a witchdoctor wouldn't stand a chance against any class.

So, they're all the best, yet they're all the weakest class. Each and every class is capable on taking down each other and their selves.

Agreed as usual. all classes have a great advantage but also an Achilles Heel. I would write a list but Pirates in the Sky and Coolster50 made some wonderful ones already. At the end of the day, it entirely depends on how you like to play the game and which class best suites your tastes.