I have all three class types. I prefer my hunter.

This post made me laugh. If you're not terrible you can use any class. You people put too much emphasis on supers and forget this is a shooter. Learn to shoot your guns and you would be amazed at how easy the raids are. Oh, and I specifically ask for non-warlocks. Hunter only groups are my favorite. GG.

It is not the only viable class for hard mode and the people that only choose warlocks are doing it because they feel they can't otherwise. My clan has members of each class, I've beaten the vault of glass on hard mode with both my warlock and my hunter (just created my titan this past week because the warlock was my main class and I had an alt). This is the same as people saying they only want those with the gjallahorn, just because they don't feel they can beat it without it, doesn't mean the game needs to be changed. It's not Bungie's fault people are picky like that, it's the players fault. Having hunters and Titans is always a plus when playing, the bubble shields for the titan and then the invisibility or golden gun with the Hunter is always beneficial.

As with most of these threads it is basically a personal preference. I have all three classes 30-32 and although the revive is nice and often turns the tide, it is pretty much the same with titan bubble and hunter gun/invis. The difference lies in the situation. My experience shows that sunsingers often rely too much on their revive. Hunter/titan retreat a bit, recover and engage again. Warlocks stand their ground thinking 'who cares, i can selfrez!!!' Best example is crotas oversoul. During the first runs it was about 2/3 oversouls triggered by warlocks, joking 'death means nothing to a lock' in partychat.... Additionally I rarely see any warlock using his sunsinger super in an offensive way. Most of them seem to spare it for their next foolish death (hehe, no offense guys)

Why is this truth? You've made no argument.

Fireborn ability needs to be replaced IMO.

My hunter will always be better at the sword. Sitting at Crotas feet invisible ftw

In hard mode self res will be negated. There you go. A even playing field.

Warlock is the best choice in hard mode anything.

Ow ya sounds like u can't play without a self rez..... ow wait dieing against crota isn't worth getting back up.... oversoul will be a pain on hard so u might wanna start not dieing.

Um. Titans are better with swords.

I respectfully disagree. I run a sunsinger who also has his voidwalker tree maxed out. A Titan setup w the extra shield and helm of saint 14.. Can do damn well w all the thralls... The warlock has nova bomb and obsidian mind... But the hunter... That sneaky -blam!-er can get through almost completely undetected w the right skill tree and gauntlets. Believe me - I've seen it done.. And it floors me. For that part of Crota's end - it's hard to compete with that.. For the bridge - class really doesn't matter so much - they're all effective.. It just depends on how they're used. For the speed chest... Idk if the hunter w invis would do significantly better than the others... But I do know a well coordinated attack with 3 - makes this quick and simple. I've seen it solo'd with a hunter and it's truly impressive. For the deathsinger... In just my limited experience... I'd say a hunter w invis has the ability to get close wo detection... While a setup Titan providing shields and a warlock doing what they do... All pushing from 1 side after dropping both wizards and both of those purple -blam!-ers... Is a damn potent combo.. For Crota himself... 2 players w ice breakers to knock out boomers and Knights that rush center - (1 for each side) 1 sword bearer, and 2-3 running center and firing down onto the lower level for crowd suppression - does wonders. That one really isn't much about strategy as it is - kill anything that moves.

If I don't have a Hunter at crota I'm leaving the group if the timing is off