Who is the strongest to play?

Yes, there are different kinds of mixing, which probably is best. Let us know what mix you prefer in that case.

 

Before the r34 nerf archers were a thing but now...

Battle mages rule PVE and PVP alike. I'm not one of them though.
Where a battle Mage combines Melee with magic. For instance the chain chest+cloth limbs+blades+death+fire which seems so popular.
Although with the new bone armor that will take over.

Players who only fit into one f the categories you list are simply not competitive.

 

Nice try there, we say which mixes are fun and bam, nerfed back to the stone age next release.

 

I just can't get enough of that automatic attacking!

 

haha, cant blame a guy from trying now can you

Besides...the devs have all the data and statistics, so they already know....

 

Hybrid melee/mage is the top setup imo from seeing what my guildmates are doing. Pure mage is pretty good too if you don't mind the reagent cost. Just don't be an air mage unless you want to pay a ton of gold for reagents since for whatever reason their spells have a 50% higher reagent use chance than any other school of magic. The devs seem to hate us air mages.

 

Hybrid is just better than any attempt at a 'pure' class. That seems to be by design and the reason there's no class system.

 

Well, there are no "pure classes" because there are no classes. Even when you start the game as "sword&shield" you start with some magic spells... I personally don't have a clue and don't really care which build is "the strongest". My concern is more, that even when you don't play with "the best" build out there, you should be able to play the game and have fun. My Character is aiming to be a healer/mage tailor/alchemists. Right now this seems to be a tough choice since I cannot get my own silver or gold from the mines right now and cannot earn enough gp to affort to buy that stuff I need for high quality goods... but I will keep on trying.