| Warriors are still popular in PvP. They're no longer 'the' tank for PvE content though they're still quite capable in that regard. Shamans are competent PvE DPS and also make excellent healers. Shamans are typically regarded as somewhat weak in PvP due to a lack of mobility compared to Druids. In a PvE DPS role, both Shamans and Warriors suffer somewhat from a lack of crowd control--many pick-up groups seem to demand excessive amounts of CC. I don't know enough about Hunters to comment. They stand in the back and shoot stuff.
I can't comment on the part of your post that mentioned EQ2 since I never played that game, but loot is loot. Purples are about as commonplace as blues were when the game was new. I'd rate itemization as far superior to how it was in 2005, but with some large gaps still extant.
I'm not on the servers you listed (I play on Medivh) so I can't help you there either, sorry.
Danth |