EveryoneI know tells me to get a warrior over a dervish ..

well, i wanna get 1 max char to start maxing titles on, thats why asked sum opinions and whatnot xD Actually, the versatility of a dervish is one of the reasons I chose it to be my main when I started the game (about 2 yrs ago).

First, let's assume this is solely about PvE... if you PvP, you should get good at a role, not at a profession (i.e., I play frontline in PvP, and am reasonably good at warrior, dervish, and melee ranger, and passable at assassin, despite only having a PvE dervish.)

Next, let's assume you don't play the game obsessively to the point of having eighteen characters with GWAMM and wish to focus on one or two main characters. If the former, make one of each.

Based upon those, and having played nearly all melee-types in other games, I was choosing between a dervish and a warrior. I chose the dervish for its versatility. While a warrior can tank better, a dervish is a passable tank. While a warrior can at least match the DPS/condition spam of a derv, a derv puts out nice amounts of dps and has good sources of deep wound.

But, a dervish can also farm well thanks to energy return on enchants (600derv + smite, 130hp derv, simple enchants + damage for easy stuff). No, it can't do it as well as a monk or rit, but it can do it; a warrior can't do serious farming at all. A dervish can also make a passable nuker -- with mysticism and 4 pips of energy regen, a dervish can handle many necro and ellie skills. And while it's nowhere near as good as a monk, a dervish can also put out reasonable spot-healing. All of these simply cannot be done by a warrior (or assassin).

It's not so much that a dervish is the best at any one thing. It used to be as good at DPS as any other character in the game while being extremely hard to shut down (thanks to avatars), but this isn't really true anymore. Generally, thanks to buffs to warrior elites, warriors put out a touch more DPS while having more utility. This is why dervs don't get used in PvP at this point.

However, the dervish is pretty good at a huge number of things, and this makes it a fun character to play in PvE. I have yet to get truly bored of my dervish -- when i want something new, I can change things up and play a different style on the same character -- something no warrior can do.

[assassins remedy][critical agility][way of the master][aura of holy might][eremites attack][mystic sweep][reapers sweep][no skill] Just a question, but isnt it better to go with [wounding strike] and [malicious strike]?

Just a question, but isnt it better to go with [wounding strike] and [malicious strike]? I would second this statement!

Just a question, but isnt it better to go with [wounding strike] and [malicious strike]? Mystic Sweep powered by all the enchantments your running will do a good deal of damage as well. Tho I do agree that's a good option.

Just a question, but isnt it better to go with [wounding strike] and [malicious strike]? Assuming you have 15 points invested into Critical strikes, it isn't all that necessary. A 48% of scoring a critical hit is quite fair, and if that isn't reassuring enough, feast your eyes upon [[Critical Eye]. A [[Wounding Strike] + [[Malicious Strike] combo would be effective if you were to use [[Critical Defenses] to ensure a critical hit within the time frame of Critical Defenses with a slow attack rate. Even so, [[Way of the Master] + [[Critical Eye] should be more than enough. In addition, [[Reaper's Sweep] in this case is much better than [[Wounding Strike].