MOST ppl on my server have a rune priest, but you gota figure the game is so new these are the first healers they have made (for the most part)

i think at face value more ppl picked the rune priest based on how they felt about it and the look.

personaly if i was in a team with two healers i wouldnt mind one of each, at least i could get two diff buffs and im sure the archmage also has its pros...
rather than seeing 4 of the same class of healer in a scenario lol

i have alot of faith that they have tried to make each class as balanced as possible... wether thats true or not is mostly up to opinion at this point so early in the games release, in some cases you can tell ... but sometimes you just need a little more balance. Even if a runepriest < archmage , i would still rather have 4 runepriests and 1 archmage rather than 5 runepriests, or mayb even 3 rune priests and 2 archmages

sometimes someone doesnt like their class or think its weak but they dont play towards that classes strengths and weaknesses... its really hard to take someones opinion on what class is beter than what, what fraction is beter than the other etc. and anyways they are bound to be making changes anyway, buffing/nerfing as they see apropriate

they have generaly made all the classes uniq with thier own strengths/weaknesses so just pick which ever one suts your style and stick with it. If it turns out they are to weak they will eventualy get buffed, if it turns out your class is 'unpopular' that just means you will be providing more unique advantages to your team that you must do your best to capitalize on

This post was edited by qhorne on Nov 18 2008 11:27am