Class for just starting out?

[Shaper]

like the title says im just starting eq again. now i have a lvl 8 mage and a lvl 5 necro. just wondering if i should stick with one or the other as a good starting class. i kinda want to do a warrior but i tried that and kept dieing alot lol.

i see a ton of druids and i always liked them back on live. just havent gotten around to rolling one yet.

just wanted to hear from a few other peeps at 50 what would be a good starter class =)

[Skope]

you may want to pick an int class because they're far easier to gear than a priest or a melee/hybrid.

mage>necro>wiz>chanter

chanter's tend to be a bit more gear dependent.

[Fawqueue]

Go necro. You can farm platinum and gem drops like a mage, as well as farm a lot of the good high-end drops similar to an enchanter. Best of both worlds.

[Alawen Everywhere]

If you want to build up wealth on the server efficiently, I'd say the order is something like necro > enchanter > druid > mage > shaman.

[yaeger]

If your end goal is to play a warrior. Play a Warrior.

Doesn't make any damn sense to play a mage/necro/druid so you can play your warrior. EQ is all about groups, group up with others and you'll have that safety buffer.

[Alawen Everywhere]

Naked melee is a very rough road.

[yaeger]

It's not rough at all, that's what groups/duos are for. Team up with someone, make friends, enjoy that group bonus.

You might not level as quickly, but at 50 you'll be highly sought after while all these mage/necro/druid bozo's will be sitting around for hours LFG due to the over-saturation of their class.

The easy road is not always the best road. Now that's Classic EQ for ya.

[KilyenaMage]

Go necro. You can farm platinum and gem drops like a mage, as well as farm a lot of the good high-end drops similar to an enchanter. Best of both worlds.

And when Kunark comes you can solo in Howling Stones amazingly well.

[Fawqueue]

If your end goal is to play a warrior. Play a Warrior.

Doesn't make any damn sense to play a mage/necro/druid so you can play your warrior. EQ is all about groups, group up with others and you'll have that safety buffer.

You can do this, but from experience with making a farming toon first...you'll be much happier if you make a necro. It's no fun to be a 50 warrior, unable to farm anything, broke and depending on a group or guild to gear you out. It is however quite fun to be an;e to solo almost anything you'll need, be wealthy, and when you level that warrior it will be both faster and more enjoyable. Just saying...

[kinztz]

+1 for playing what you enjoy. Sure the road to the top is going to be harder as a warrior, but if you like playing warriors then who cares.

Sure beats spending a ton of time leveling a necro with the ultimate goal of leveling a warrior (in my opinion). However thats all relative to how much time you have / how long it takes you to level, etc.

[Shaper]

Thanks for all the info =). my mage is almost lvl 9 now. think i will stick with the mag eeven tho necro is tempting for farming money. i tried a warrior again today, and its insane trying to solo with one =/. so i think ill keep my mage till i have some gear for my warrior. once i do tho ill be rolling around on my human war!

[yaeger]

I don't think you EVER want to play as a warrior. No matter now well geared they are, they're not meant to solo.

Also, why the focus on solo? Lots of groups out there.

[Mcbard]

I don't think you EVER want to play as a warrior. No matter now well geared they are, they're not meant to solo.

Also, why the focus on solo? Lots of groups out there.

It's a great fallback plan. Times have changed, not everybody thinks sitting around LFG for 30mins is still acceptable. I remember spending 2 hours looking for a group on live and just logging until raid time because I couldn't find one. I would certainly never want to do that again. When you have the option to solo for xp at least you have something to do while you have downtime.

[KZIMM]

I've been bringing a warrior up as my main, and yes it is a struggle. At this early in the game, there's only a few weapons that are desirable for warriors in order for us to fulfill our classes expectations. Some of these (PGT, Gnoll Hide Lariats) dont have too high a cost, but towards the end game there's pretty much only one weapon to go with (Yaks). Without one of these choice weapons, you're going to struggle to keep agro. I've thought many times of rolling a farming alt just to keep up, but I've yet to do it yet.

[kinztz]

Going shadowknight for just that reason. Sure I wont be a raid tank, but ill be able to tank for groups / farming / whatever. Without the dependency of needing a very limited few weapons.

Should make the ride up a bit more enjoyable, for me at least. Plus as stated its always nice to be a capable soloer if there is any downtime between groups.

[yaeger]

I just think it sad when the community recommends leveling up an 'easy' class to farm with, twink out your main, just to make it slightly easier for him to level.

If class balance was this wonky, why did we love Classic so much?

[Wurli]

I never really have issues with groups. Start grouping, add people to your friends list. I see tanks and healers LFG allll the time. Send em a tell and chances are they will be glad to join. Sometimes you get a snoody solo class that won't join unless you are clearing frenzy + half the zone + are willing to give them a handy.

There are a fair amount of players that really just care about solo'ing or playing the most powerful class. hey, that's fine and all but i think you are missing out on the classic experience if you go that route.

[Shaper]

End game i really do want to be a tank. i love raiding and thats what i did while i was on live years ago. Soloing isnt an option for warriors and i really dont want to beg people for buffs/PL while im on my warrior. i love grouping, but i want to be able to tank and not die very fast in no gear lol. =)

[fuji]

Naked melee is a very rough road.

I know, I cant twink my Rogue so he just sits there with his rusty.

[Fawqueue]

I just think it sad when the community recommends leveling up an 'easy' class to farm with, twink out your main, just to make it slightly easier for him to level.

If class balance was this wonky, why did we love Classic so much?

The smart ones do it because it's an investment with infinite returns. You can't think so short-term. You get a farm class so you can fund the warrior you really feel like playing today. Chances are, you'll do one of two things with that warrior: Hit 50, get bored, roll another alt or decide against the warrior, roll another toon. Either way, it's quite likely you won't gear out just one toon, and at the very least you'll wish you had platinum to spend. Make a farm toon first, find yourself set for the rest of your EQ "life".

My first toon on live was a ranger, it was hell. I was broke, struggled, and hated grouping with twinks because they made me feel inadequate. I made my enchanter here first, now I've been able to twink 3 toons in the time it would have taken me to gear just that ranger in a comparable fashion. Farm toon > Fun toon if you are a power-gamer who wants flexability. If you are a casual who isn't even sure you'll even hit 50, then do I suggest just playing whatever floats your boat. In that case, you might as well just enjoy your limited time.

[quellren]

While I completely agree with Fawqueue, and am guilty of it myself, my first main was a Shaman, and it's a rough haul. So I rolled a necro to farm plat with.

HOWEVER I realize, and you should as well, that when *everyone* rolls a pet class to solo farm for coin, it leaves the rest of everyone standing around tank-less or cleric-less because the guys that have tanks are on the necs soloing Frenzy for an FBSS.
I'm guilty, maybe double guilty. I have a nec for farming and a shaman for enjoyment. But I didn't roll a shaman to struggle with healing, so I never volunteer to heal. Which means more than once I've stood around with a tank, 3 dps and a shaman trash-pulling blues because I have a tiny heal and a mana 'puddle'.

[Falindorf]

So in reality it all depends on how much time you have and what you where you want your characters to go. If you want to be in a "Raid Guild" and the "best of the best of the best Sir!" then it will probably be easier for you to achieve that by making a farming class first. Melee classes are not designed to solo. There are several people around I know of as mages or Necros that go 1 to 50 in a couple weeks and hit 50 still wearing partial cloth. The grind like crazy to get to 50 so they can farm for thier preferred main so they can gring him up in high twink style. If you have the time to put towards it this is probably the best and quickest way to go.

If you are a lot more casual and just want to raid tank sometimes for a more casual guild or group of friends and have less time to apply then either way will probably work just fine for you.

If on the other hand you are looking for a truely classic experience the go direct to the tank. Don't twink him out. Get in groups, make friends, have a good time, and enjoy the classic experience. I hear people say all the time they like the classic game because it was more challanging. The creating farming characters is a way to get around part of the difficulty.

In the long run its all do whatever blows your hair back. Your here to relax and enjoy the game so do what ever it is that your find relaxing and enjoyable.