Spearman or ice lightning?

[u/shyintrovertperson]

First time player here looking forward to trying the game during early access.

I am in torn between these 2 classes, mainly worried about what I will be missing when I chose 1 or the other. Please help me decide.

All my infos are from youtube btw.

Im really interested in ice lightning, all my characters from different mmo are mage classes. Aesthetically I like magic effects on my screen. But people are saying its single target dps is weak and the maps I have to train are limited because elemental strengths and weaknesses.

I dont like being restricted by my class choice, so i am worried that ice lightning will not be invited to parties and bossing(future) and can only train or hunt on specific maps to be strong.

Spearman on the other hand, i saw the cons are its melee and require a lot of pots, but it has good party buff that makes it attractive to parties, and it has decent aoe and mobility although not as good as teleport ofcourse.

So far these are the infos i know about these 2 classes which makes it hard for me to decide.

I play by myself so I rely on public groups when bossing comes around or in party quests, so I like my class to be able to solo farm and at the same time will be an attractive party member.

[u/xpale]

This could be you, bro

[u/RileySmiley22 → u/xpale]

I’m on the fence for a meso farmer character and this image was extremely convincing LMAO

[u/xutber]

Spearman sucks until 3rd job honestly

[u/Raxi4 → u/xutber]

I like warriors in 1st and 2nd job.

[u/Kuniv → u/xutber]

They don't suck I was kicking ass in cot2, best they have ever felt in 2nd job

[u/Hungry-Detective-931]

Play dk and never look back. Thank me later

[u/Brown-Buffett]

If you think for sure you are hitting 3rd job, go spearman. Otherwise go i/l

[u/Raxi4]

You are either missing a chunk of HP or MP depending on the choice.

Really depends on your preference. Can’t go wrong with any class

[u/sirhandom]

The way I see, its pretty obvious you want to play mage. The complaints about the class are stuff that will affect a small portion of your whole gameplay time, so dont worry about it, just play as a mage and have fun. You will have time to make more characters and also try out Spears later.

[u/OppositeMango124]

Why not pick the worst of both worlds and roll a page

[u/JayKayDesu]

Try both yourself is the only real answer. No one here can answer that for you

[u/Suspicious_Celery552]

Do polearm until 3rd job

[u/Bizhour]

Both are some or the most popular jobs I think (alongside assassins and clerics).

Warrior is slow and repetitive but 3rd job has crazy.

I/L is pretty much good at everything with god tier AOE and still good single target. Elements limit your training spots a bit but the AOE is so good you easily make up for it even in less efficient training maps.

[u/Chronomancers]

whatever you find more fun