144343-sigh-stuck-on-class-choice

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So something is just not right with me it seems....lol.   It all started on Wildstar's F2P release.   I came back after being gone since about the initial retail launch so Started fresh(never had any characters past 10 anyways).   My ISSUE is that I am stuck in a class choice.. while I have 12 slots I will never use but one and usually my case in any mmo I have played over the last  18 years.   I want a pet based class but Esper's summons are very short lived and I really do not consider them a pet class but I do enjoy the class itself...so I am caught in do I want to be an engineer or a esper and I need to choose one or the other as I do not want to devote my time to more then one character.
 
  Since the F2p launch I literally have recreated about  50 characters and then deleted after playing a few lvls not sure why as I am caught in this cycle of creating the character and playing it till around lvl 14 then deleting it and going back to the other class not sure perhaps Wildstar is not for me *sigh* 
 
I want to solo and part y when I have too...i'm more a loner and like my housing and collecting etc...I do not care about pvp never have and never will.  I like the engineer but from what I have read(or misread) the pets are useless and horrible ai(though ai seems fine to me)
 
I just want a pet based class and sorta limits me to esper and or engi but more engi since the pets are out all the time but I want them to actually contribute to my dps and or helping me stay alive ...can they do that? not sure...just thought id post this and wonder if anyone ever else has gotten caught in a cycle of creating and playing a character only to delete it and start again and again and again lol by the time i get settled on one shades eve will be over:(
 
Just not sure what syndrome I have is called lol.
 
 	
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So something is just not right with me it seems....lol.   It all started on Wildstar's F2P release.   I came back after being gone since about the initial retail launch so Started fresh(never had any characters past 10 anyways).   My ISSUE is that I am stuck in a class choice.. while I have 12 slots I will never use but one and usually my case in any mmo I have played over the last  18 years.   I want a pet based class but Esper's summons are very short lived and I really do not consider them a pet class but I do enjoy the class itself...so I am caught in do I want to be an engineer or a esper and I need to choose one or the other as I do not want to devote my time to more then one character.
 
  Since the F2p launch I literally have recreated about  50 characters and then deleted after playing a few lvls not sure why as I am caught in this cycle of creating the character and playing it till around lvl 14 then deleting it and going back to the other class not sure perhaps Wildstar is not for me *sigh* 
 
I want to solo and part y when I have too...i'm more a loner and like my housing and collecting etc...I do not care about pvp never have and never will.  I like the engineer but from what I have read(or misread) the pets are useless and horrible ai(though ai seems fine to me)
 
I just want a pet based class and sorta limits me to esper and or engi but more engi since the pets are out all the time but I want them to actually contribute to my dps and or helping me stay alive ...can they do that? not sure...just thought id post this and wonder if anyone ever else has gotten caught in a cycle of creating and playing a character only to delete it and start again and again and again lol by the time i get settled on one shades eve will be over:(
 
Just not sure what syndrome I have is called lol.
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			If you really want a 'pet' class your only real choice is Engineer, though I'm not sure what you read saying their bots were bad, I've found them pretty damn good. They've got a decent amount of health and at least the Artillerybot has really nice dps.	
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W* doesn't have a traditional pet class like you might be used to.  Pets are an extension of your class abilities, not really a separate entity that does it's own work (like WoW hunters or GW2 rangers).  You hit a button, they do a thing.  They happen to also include a little bot that follows you around, but the "hit button = do thing" aspect is the most important.
 
So forget everything that you've ever learned about pets from other games.  If what you *really* want is the ability to solo, then any class can potentially do it.  Not necesarily equally though.  The easiest ones to solo with though are Esper (tons of CC and self heal) and Warrior (good passive health regen and high damage mitigation, depending on how you AMP).  Give those a try.	
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Esper is waaaaay better than stinking engineer because you can be an aurin esper.  :-)
That said an esper has two "pets": geist and spectral storm.  both of these can be tierd to lifesteal.
 
In the end it is which one you enjoy the most.  The trick is (or was for me) to play the classes at least to 20-25.  That way you have a feel for what they will actually be like.	
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