Dragon's Dogma

[Sforza]

Hey guys, asides from what's going on above this post, I'm considering getting DD, I know there's few classes in that game and the fact that ranged weapons are limited to arrows and spells (unless a variant of the gunlance exists in that game) then my other preference is high speed CQC. What class is recommended or close to that?

Assassin or strider. The assassin class is a bit broken though, so you might want to stay with strider. As a bonus, you get to climb monsters