Question for all...how many different classes can run to droks??

This is I think of major importance. There are not many in my guestimation that can run to droks. The people that run others there creates many problems for the game in general. Monks were the main soloers in the uw and many complained about it saying there was an unfair advantage. I dont know of any monk that was able to charge 5-10k to run to droks. If there is only a very limited amount of classes that can make the run, Anet should nerf it like they did with the monk. Better yet they should nerf the whole game, after all who wants to be like everyone else?

As absurd as I think your post is, I do not approach it with complete and utter bias. I can understand the connection you made between nerfing the Monk for Soloing and nerfing a Warrior for running. However, I have had a run to Drok's with a Monk, albeit a smiting monk, as well as a Ranger.

That and ANet has said that the ability to run was intentionally put in there.

Ranger and warrior. It's more than the one and only monk, and besides its a service for others, not a selfish ecto farming build.

An E/W can run it too.

Use water skills and balanced stance and some warrior running skills too if you want. Watch out for those hexes though.

(I assume I could make it all the way, getting to the chests in Drednaught Drifts is reasonably easy and snake dance isn't too bad to run if you're fast enough)

Mesmer is possible, but any class can do it (except necro i think), as long as they have warrior somewhere in their class.

yea... just need those tactics warrior skills and some way to keep yourself alive, plus maybe some hex removal and you can do it, warrior armor just makes it easy.

What, running skills are made for fighting now?

For those of you that are complaining about running...
1. ANet said its ok. Just no scamming.
2. Its a way to make money without screwing others.
3. Its worth it sometimes.
4. Some people are cool and run for free. Others are still cool and run for donations.
5. Have you tried running? To me, its boring as hell. And annoying. Your people go AFK, the monsters slow/imagined burden/ice spike/cripple the hell out of you, and then once in a while you get some punk scammer who leaves without paying you 1g. Or even worse, they give you something like 14g.

when i run ppl, i ask for donations, but if i where to make them pay, i would make them pay at the last gate, as in, you just go threw a gate, they spawn next to you, make them pay then.

A few points to make - no-one gets ascended at Droks. That happens in the Crystal Desert, and in order to be run to be ascended, you need to:

a) Get run to Sanctum Cay
b) Complete the mission (You may be able to get run through it)
c) Get run to Augury
d) Get run to Elona's, Thirsty River, and Dunes
e) Complete those 3 missions (Again, you may be able to get run through them too)
f) Kill your Doppelganger (You CAN'T be run through this!)

Now running is as strategic as stopping and fighting. Are you seriously going to put a mission at risk cos your party is dead and you're the only one can save them just cos your party is dead?

I actually admire the runners who can complete a run from Beacons to Droks.

As for the players who use them, they all use them for different reasons. The majority who get run are actually on their 2nd, 3rd or 4th PvE characters, and don't want to go through whole areas in Krytia or the Jungle (And in some cases, I can't really blame them that much) - Then there are the rich players who have bought Ebay gold and are on their first character. THOSE are the sort of people who should not be run.

As for the money for running (anywhere for that matter), I think it should be donation based. It slows scamming, and while there will still be runners, you won't get monstrous charges, or trade spamming.

The ones I hate are those who run from places like Ascalon to Piken for 1000, or Henge of Denravi to Maguuma Stade, or even from the northen gate to Ruins of Surmia for stupid money. Most characters could make the runs, in some cases it's literally round the corner, and it's taking advantage of n00bs.