I loved/still love my VW, but 1.65 wasn't exactly the best patch for them and I would not recommend them to someone who has never played the class (very gear dependent and we won't have SI). The miss rate was atrocious and it's very noticeable during the early levels, also the 3 part chain was a pita to land thanks to the non existent to hit bonus on the winter's style. The class was still fun to play, especially after hitting 44 and getting DG (<3 stun) but you will have a hard time leveling unless you have a group of friends. Live VW's are silly with GR/2 party chain/immo/lt etc..

Also I think the mistakes other players made was going "exclusive melee or caster". You have to peel, clear pets and use your lt, rupt, etc.., I think that's what made the class so complex, yet so much fun. I can't see myself leveling one without decent gear though.