I have a problem: The classes are all too fun. Which do I choose?

Hello everyone.

I am a new player, and in the last three days have experimented with a Mastermind, a Dominator, and a Brute.

Now I have the dilemma of having to choose one to actually play through. This is a very difficult choice for me! Each does an excellent job of giving its own brand of 'super-villain feel'. I love the pew pew pew of the dominator, the shambling deadly henchmen of the Mastermind, and the bestial kill frenzied smashing of the Brute. They each really do have their own flavour and playstyle, and I am finding it very difficult to choose between them.

To 'help' me in my quest to settle into one role, I thought I would ask the community for thoughts or stories about their own characters, and which class they like to play the best. I would very much appreciate any thoughts you have along these lines.

This may seem a strange post for the PvP forum, however, PvP is my ultimate goal. Once you hit the level cap, PvP is the only thing that matters, and the main reason I play these games, so the PvP community's thoughts are the only ones that really matter to me.

Thank you for any response!

The MM is more survivable on its own, but the Dominator is more capable of a "kill them before they know I'm there" type of deal. Brutes are decent for zones but they're not a top choice due to the way Fury works (works great in PvE where you're right in the middle of a lot of mobs, but not so well when you're in PvP chasing one person around the map).

Masterminds can be a lot of fun but be ready to micromanage everything from your pet's positioning to your own (Bodyguard range/mode, when to go on offense, etc) as well. Thugs is the primary choice but I've heard PositronBot does great with his Ninjas, etc.

Dominators are always fun. I have an IOd Mind/Fire I like to take for a spin every now and then. With everything from KB to Confuse to the diminished TK and a sleep for a placate proc as well, it's fun stuff. While I don't think you'll get the level of performance M3z and co. used to in the day, it's still solid. I hear /Elec and /Energy are popular these days as well.

You get nice options in your epic pools with Doms too, from Hiber to PFF (Hiber is likely your better choice as stuff tends to cut through PFF, sadly).

Adding Stealth to your build will let you slot 2 LOTG 7.5 off the bat and access Phase too...

Agree on Brutes though it was fun (still is!) teaming with X-Funk's EM/Energy Aura Brute in Arena. In that case though it's more the player is really used to his toon and can get kills off it rather than the Brute AT being 'teh uber'.

Have fun!