New player- what class?

[dreama1]

I've been playing on other EMU servers (most notably EZ server) and i'm looking for a change. I've been creeping on these forums for a while now, and it doesn't look like Red is a hospitable place for new players to play but I'm willing to give it ago regardless.

The population seems to be very low as compared to blue server, so I was wondering what class can actually solo without being twinked / powerleveled? I always liked casters wizard/enchanter more than pet classes but i assume it's probably better to solo with a pet class. It's been awhile since I've had to solo so I'm not sure about the solo capabilities of most classes. I heard there was an XP bonus on this server, is that still true or is that temporary?

Thanks

[Retti_]

what ever you think is a fun class

[Vile]

anything but a melee ...

[mcappy]

Enchanters might be the best solo class in the game. You can solo 1-60 effectively with charm, plus they're capable of soloing nearly any dungeon camp in the game at 60. Given the availability of camps on red, you could farm for solid money drops on your way up.

Mages, Necros, Wizards, Shaman are all good outdoor soloers. All the hybrids are decent soloers, but the exp penalty hurts. Monks are the only pure melee I'd want to try leveling untwinked.

And there are always bards, who can aoe kite for pretty crazy exp.

what ever you think is a fun class

He asked for some pretty specific criteria, this is kind of a shitty answer.

[Holey]

Enchanters might be the best solo class in the game. You can solo 1-60 effectively with charm, plus they're capable of soloing nearly any dungeon camp in the game at 60. Given the availability of camps on red, you could farm for solid money drops on your way up.

Mages, Necros, Wizards, Shaman are all good outdoor soloers. All the hybrids are decent soloers, but the exp penalty hurts. Monks are the only pure melee I'd want to try leveling untwinked.

And there are always bards, who can aoe kite for pretty crazy exp.



He asked for some pretty specific criteria, this is kind of a shitty answer.

GIVING this idea, if you need help with some jewelry gear, hit me up ill get ya some :D

[Kergan]

I leveled up to 50+ more or less untwinked fairly easily as a shaman. My brother has his monk up to 48 with minor twinkage, nothing crazy. Almost all solo.

I'd say you're good with pretty much any class except a warrior, rogue and probably wizard. I'd hold off on sk/ranger till the removal of the hybrid penalty in Velious. Bards get penalized but more than make up for it with the swarm kite capabilities.

It will be difficult to find rezzes, and ench solo'ing is very effective but you're gonna eat some deaths on bad charm breaks/resists.

In my opinion if you want a class with a good mix of survivability, utility and leveling speed I'd go with druid. You can make very solid cash porting people too, it can be rough to find ports.

[thisuserwasbannedlol]

don't play anything imo, you are just going to quit anyways, server is a sewer of shit

[iiNGloriouS]

don't play anything imo, you are just going to quit anyways, server is a sewer of shit

And put this guy on ignore if you plan on forum questing. Has nothing good to say about anyone or anything

[Ames who?]

make a sk first then once you get high enough level to farm gear make another sk

lol

[Kergan]

make a sk first then once you get high enough level to farm gear make another sk

Full account of SKs only way to ensure HT is up!

[dreama1]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I think i will go with enchanter.

[Kergan]

Thanks for the info, much appreciated. I think i will go with enchanter.

A solid choice. The lack of heals, porting and rezzes will be rough but the fact you can really do some cool stuff makes it fun.

Tip for you from something I discovered last night:

When you're in your early 40s go to Kaesora and charm Xylgoz. He doesn't seem to have high MR from what I saw. He can quad for 100s and is a huge undercon...absolutely DESTROYS the other mobs in the zone. Pull him to an exit in case you have to bail and let him wreck everything you can find. The regular mobs are level 32-36ish and will be super nice exp. If you're brave toss him celerity and he'll be dropping blue con mobs in less than 10 seconds.

Kaesora has a large zone experience modifier, I'd be willing to bet even losing half your exp to a pet you'll be pushing 3-4% per kill. My guess is even factoring in a few deaths you can go from 42-47ish in a single night or maybe two if you can stay alive.

Disclaimer: keep yourself runed, keep him tashed, keep your distance and be prepared to mez on a seconds notice. I'd probably bind outside for the eventual death or two. If he gets on you you'll go down even faster than those mobs. :)

[phacemeltar]

pick a warlock

[iiNGloriouS]

The aoes from warlock so strong plus you get manashield :P

[runlvlzero]

sounds like you would like enchanter, but if you want a bit more viability, EZ pvp, mage, wizard is the bomb at pvp, but not ez to solo compared to an enchanter or a mage

Also quite boring

enchanters can do anything, mages can do a lot of things, even if they have to wait till their slightly over leveled

necros... hah... well, you will make a lot of people plug at the zone line to die later on...

seriously though any int class at 39 is enough to farm the 10k plat needed to level whatever char you want solo expect a 3 month investment either way

[Tassador]

server lacking in halfling druids.