Which class did you surprisingly enjoy the most and why?

[Crede]

My biggest enjoyment in P99 was coming back and getting to try different classes that I never did on live. Back in the classic days, I always thought enchanters sucked. Pretty much a class that could only group. Even on the current P99 wiki it says chanters are primarily designed for groups and need them to reach their full potential. This is clearly not the case with all the ridiculous things they can do solo. I leveled one on here mostly solo with some random duo/trios straight to 60 and it was a blast. Almost want to do it again.

What class/build have you enjoyed the most that you didn’t expect?

[Spyder73]

Wasn't sure how I was going to like Necromancer since I really enjoy grouping and everyone touts the necros solo ability. Turns out its one of the most powerful classes on P99 and is probably my favorite class over all for grouping and camping rare spawns. No one told me Necromancers are exceptional healers!!!! Back in 00' I would see necromancers running around with the Spectre pet and I always thought how cool it would be to turn into a skeleton and have a spectre pet. Today - thanks to P99 - this reality is mine, and it is just as glorious as it looked back in 00'.

I am also leveling up a Druid right now (43). In the past I was the asshole that would not invite Druids to a group because I found them completely worthless. Now I only find them partially worthless instead of completely. Druid is really fun if you can find charm spots and quadding isn't nearly as scary as I had imagined it would be - its actually quite simple and an oddly satisfying type of game play that I had not experienced before.

[skarlorn]

Druid turned out to be an amazingly fun and powerful class

[tarkhis]

I played a necro on Live from beta til end of PoP and saw it go from massively OP'ed through the twitch b---ch stage. I was in a high end raid guild so never had time to make any alts.

P99 gave me a chance to satisfy my inner altaholic and I leveled 60 cleric, 60 warrior, 60 wizard all on red. My most rewarding experience however has been coming to blue and starting to level an erudite SK. I haven't left Odus yet at level 21 and have thoroughly explored and enjoyed the warrens and have now moved into Stonebrunt. Starting in Warrens at level 4 and dying to roamers near entrance through leveling up and progressing to kill every named mob in the dungeon has been awesome.

I have had a blast exploring a race and class I never played before and new zones I never explored.

[Danth]

Even on the current P99 wiki it says chanters are primarily designed for groups and need them to reach their full potential.

Heck the opposite seems virtually the case: In the great majority of situations having a full group merely hinders a motivated Enchanter. Situations where a full group is necessary are typically situations where the Enchanter can't utilize his entire skillset--the group being necessary usually due to charm being unavailable or impractical for some reason or another.

Historically I always played Paladins and tended to have Shadow Knights as alts. Over the years (with the birth of the daughter in 2012 providing a particular tipping point/fulcrum) that reversed, and the SK is now my home class with the Paladin serving as an alt. Nonetheless, I always liked both. The closest thing I have to a surprise class would have to be Druid, the surprise not being that I particularly like it (I don't, to any great extent) but rather that I can tolerate it at all. I normally loathe casters but that one I merely dislike mildly. The large number of options it has for battle (root-nuke, root-dot, single kite, fear kite, quad, charm, and so forth) makes it a little more interesting than is usual for caster types.

Danth

[Foxplay]

Enchanter because it can kill nearly anything with garbage gear, provided you are ok eating a few deaths from time to time

Which isn't really a problem for Enchanter because they can make exp so easily

I use to be a huge monk fanboy, but after playing some caster classes most notably enchanter I can't ever see myself playing a melee again. Don't get me wrong melee have a huge role in eq and raids would not be possible without them, but their gameplay doesn't keep me engaged or strive to do more - I also hate how melee are very gear dependent which due to p99 raid scene can be an insane commitment to gear just one character. Where as for alot of caster classes if you play poorly no amount of gear is going to save you but played properly and well even with average gear can accomplish alot. I feel this is most true for enchanter - reaction time, spell swapping, and game knowledge is far greater armor to an enchanter than gear. Don't get me wrong I love me some pretty pixels but knowing and executing something properly to me is more enjoyable than having having a pass/fail gear check like melee have

[Pope Hat]

I played a paladin on live and raided a lot so I never did any alts. Here I love enchanter the most. Controlling every situation is a great feeling, soloing content that others are no where near soloing, and making a group 10x better than they are without you is a great feeling.

[Supaskillz]

My first character on live was a mage. I got bored around lvl 20. Then I made a rogue and was forced to group all the time and had a great time. I think the keys to fun in eq for me is being in a group and chasing equipment upgrades (which hardly matter on a caster).

[Sage Truthbearer]

I agree with everyone who said Enchanter, I didn't realize the versatility and skill ceiling of the class until I played on P99. You can be a really good at any class in the game, but I don't think you would get as much value from your skill as you would from being a really good at Enchanter. In solo/group settings, at least.

[loramin]

Gotta say Druid. I mean I LOVE my shaman so much I re-created him exactly from live, but I started a Druid as a random alt never expecting to like him (my thinking was mainly "it'd be nice to maybe have a port alt someday). Turns out he was really fun to play and I got him to 44 (my goal level) in no time, especially once I got into animal charming.

[skarlorn]

I love enchanter and their power, but I wasn't surprised by it. By the time i had hit HHK goblins on Filbus and Stembolt showed me about charming Osargen, I knew exactly how strong ENC would be.

[Raavak]

On Live I loved my SK so much I played it from 1999 up until I quit like 2007 and as a class it sucked for at least half that time. But I friggen loved it, even if it got no love from Verant.

[Arachnor]

Necro for sure. Was always under the impression on live that they were strictly for soloing and worthless in groups. Charm is incredible dps paired with augmentation of death. With a slower a necro with shadowbond can heal quite well. Feign, single target mez, invulnerability. Just a outstanding all around class.

[skarlorn]

Necros are so powerful. I played one to level 12 completely naked and was actually turned off by how powerful they were. too many ways to shrek.

[Sonderbeast]

Call me weird but I really enjoyed Jazz History in college.

[Hakubi]

Originally rolled Shaman but became disillusioned after the epic tear went out of reach of the average person (right after I started and grinded out True Spirit to max ally, GDI). Combined with the brutal grind for Torpor/Fungi/etc; didn't want to reroll at 45 from Troll to Ogre after figuring out FSI was so valuable so I rolled alts. He's still geared with a JBB and gobbo earring but I can't bear to sell his crap. I have all classes at least 46 except Enchanter, Bard, and Wizard.

But by far the most enjoyable was Necromancer. the class was brutal 1-12, below average 13-33 then above average 34-43. But once you hit 44 with some actual good DOTs, good pet, Lich, Roots/fears/snares, harmshield, shitty mez, FD to split... the power curve goes up and up past Splurt with no downtime. The party only stopped once summoning mobs and tons of casters came into play. Just needed COS and Jboots to reset GCD and it all came together prior to that it was mostly statless gossamer until 49. Self-sufficient down to corpse summon and res. AFK wherever I want, brings in money. Only thing that bothers me is summoning mobs and having to micromanage pet to do under ~49% damage pre-60 (I hate charming).

[skarlorn]

What was it about warrior that suprrised you

[Foxplay]

Warrior, thought it would be totally bland but there is a lot more to it than meets the eye.

I cant really fathom how this is true.... id like to believe or even try it for the huge difference from playing casters...except for the fact warriors take a few million plat to gear =p

[Spit]

Call me weird but I really enjoyed Jazz History in college.

Underrated comment that needed to be acknowledged

[Jimjam]

What was it about warrior that suprrised you

The poontang it would earn me in IRL.

[Shinko]

warrior felt like a boss

[Loke]

Bard for me. Bard never really interested me because I always saw them as a support class that was dependent on core classes. I still think that is true to some extent, with the exception of AE kiting, but I didn't realize how much I'd enjoy playing the support role in groups. IMO bard is the most difficult class to master and play effectively in groups. The difference between a good bard who knows how to adjust their play style to varying group composition, and a bad bard who just plays the same few songs and doesn't take initiative can be huge.

[wagorf]

necro, enchanter, warrior (only if you can super twink it)

[Busher]

I love enchanter and their power, but I wasn't surprised by it. By the time i had hit HHK goblins on Filbus and Stembolt showed me about charming Osargen, I knew exactly how strong ENC would be.

Haha, we passed Osargen from chanter to chanter for about 24 hours back in 2014. Had him decked out in full bronze armor. I think he got killed finally when I picked him back up after a 10 hour break. Fun times!!
Back to OPs question....I say enchanter. So much so that I now have two, 60 and 41.

[azeth]

Shadowknight. I solod my SK Tropical to I think 51. What a nuanced class

[beta]

Ranger! love my ranger... can do so much

Been on a solo fear kiting grind in velious atm.. just hit lvl40

[Ivory]

Rogue!

I had been one a longgg time ago as my first character....but it just lacked all the utility and fun of other classes. Can't really solo well, can't do heroic stuff in tight situations, all it can really do is poke good....

But then I discovered the true fun of adventure with a rogue! Leveling up untwinked, picking guards shields and fighting giants.

And, of course, the best part being able to sneak around places I never been before. It was actually exciting sneaking around places where I knew if anything saw me or if I pressed the wrong button I was instantly doomed. I found myself actually sneaking up on corners and trying to peak around them as I inched through dungeons.

The game completely changes when you approach it that way....and forget about just leveling and items and start exploring.

[jdmchris]

Ranger! So many people play them subpar that when you actually play the class to their potential you blow peoples minds! Snarebear the great

[fadetree]

^^ True

[thebutthat]

I mained a wiz on live, and pretty much missed out on everything in terms of group content. Never really touched a dungeon, just soloed to 50, and then 60. I never cared about doing alts back then as the time investment just seemed to great. Now, I have an enchanter, necro, and bard. All 3 classes I was kind of envious of back in the day. Have to say, i was missing out big time because all 3 are incredibly fun in every aspect of the game.

I'm thinking a hybrid melee class next...sk, pally, or ranger.

[Nixtar]

Necromancer grouping experience. Charming is a bloody snorefest in comparison.

[skarlorn]

The question wasn’t about being surprised by a class, it was about what class surprisingly brought you enjoyment. Not much surprised me about the warrior, other than just how beefy I feel. Never felt more safe on a toon than I do on my warrior.

You said there was more to the warrior than met the eye. I'm astonished. There's so little to it. I'm asking what you felt there was beyond surface level of being a tank with auto attack and kick.

[Evia]

You said there was more to the warrior than met the eye. I'm astonished. There's so little to it. I'm asking what you felt there was beyond surface level of being a tank with auto attack and kick.

Don't forget taunt, bro

[Ennewi]

Sitting, taunting, root nets, etc. Also, I don't know how much validity there is to it, but I've been told that turning on/off auto-attack between swings increases chance at getting a weapon proc. Haven't done any numbers to check whether or not that's the case, but it does seem to happen and enough to where I'll do it out of desperation.

[skarlorn]

Leading a group is also the warriors job.

I agree with this. It's a big deal, too. All the other shit people just talked about is really small peanuts. But being able to form and lead groups made my leveling experience remarkable.

Glad we had this chat!

[Geomance22]

shitting on people with double wurmys on red was great, warrior best class

[mcoy]

Yet to see cleric make the list. Everyone wants one, they just don't want to play 'em. I enjoy it, and not caring about death or doing silly things to kill myself on purpose. It's also nice being able to paci / atone my way around zones. Was running around a while back and I agro'd something in (want to say MM) and I memblurred it with atone and this dude flipped out that clerics could do that.

-Mcoy

[Gozuk]

Yet to see cleric make the list. Everyone wants one, they just don't want to play 'em

I'll second this. I made a cleric at one point for no other reason than to have a pocket rez stick. Ended up being a ton of fun. I didn't have much time to level him up at one point so I let a friend pretty much have him and he got him to level 58. I ended up doing 58-60 in Sebilis and I loved it. Trying to interrupt as many Froglok spells as possible with my lvl 5 stun became an obsession.

[kaluppo]

Yet to see cleric make the list. Everyone wants one, they just don't want to play 'em. I enjoy it, and not caring about death or doing silly things to kill myself on purpose. It's also nice being able to paci / atone my way around zones. Was running around a while back and I agro'd something in (want to say MM) and I memblurred it with atone and this dude flipped out that clerics could do that.

-Mcoy

I say cleric. Back in 2000 a RL friend got me into EQ. I was going to make a Paladin but he talked me into a making a Druid instead. This was mostly because he played a Shadow Knight and the SK/Druid made a great EXP grinding duo. So I grinded out levels until I reached 48 or so. By then he wasn't playing as much and I was getting tired of always playing a healer in a pickup group because my heals were woefully inadequate for DL or KC where I had been grouping / soloing. So I decided if I was always going to be a darn healer anyway then I might as well do it right.

So I started a Cleric and began grinding from level 1. Eventually I switched my Cleric to a second account so I could two box my Druid and Cleric and give each other rezes and ports. I found that I really preferred playing my Cleric more than the druid. I leveled them both to 60+ but it was the Cleric I preferred playing and I only raided with the Cleric.

So here I started out wanting to be a Paladin bashing stuff with a sword, was talked into a Druid for it's porting, soloing and quad kiting abilities but learned that a Cleric is who I enjoyed playing the most.