At a loss as to what to play

[lessien881]

I tried playing here a few years ago but due to RL stuff couldnt continue. I didnt have much and what I did i guess I deleted because when coming back Character Select was blank. So I started a DE SK thinking I could do soloing and tradeskills. Ive reached level 22 and its kinda this brick wall that Im not sure is the class or just my limited gear.

I like to solo most of the time while doing other things. I set goals for the time I have to play of farming items or reaching a level. Im not opposed to grouping, I just dont go out of my way to do so. As such I think I need a different class. Originally when I started I was going to be a druid. After some thought i decided against that because Charming really needs the instant invis ring not to feel bad so I looked at shaman. The shear cost of getting that off the ground scares me away from it.

Do you guys have a suggestion as to what would be Ideal for me? I like farming tradeskill items and leveling those, class quest, solo with the ability to group and making a bit of plat along to way to fund my adventure. Im not looking at whats best end game or raiding or leveling as fast as possible.

[bigjeff100]

Shaman? Necro? Druid? I'd say Shaman fits you.. Ignore any worries of not having money to start a toon. Nothin you can do about that.. And it's not gonna stop you from accomplishing what you want. Chop chop!! Make that toon!

[Baylan295]

I tried playing here a few years ago but due to RL stuff couldnt continue. I didnt have much and what I did i guess I deleted because when coming back Character Select was blank. So I started a DE SK thinking I could do soloing and tradeskills. Ive reached level 22 and its kinda this brick wall that Im not sure is the class or just my limited gear.

I like to solo most of the time while doing other things. I set goals for the time I have to play of farming items or reaching a level. Im not opposed to grouping, I just dont go out of my way to do so. As such I think I need a different class. Originally when I started I was going to be a druid. After some thought i decided against that because Charming really needs the instant invis ring not to feel bad so I looked at shaman. The shear cost of getting that off the ground scares me away from it.

Do you guys have a suggestion as to what would be Ideal for me? I like farming tradeskill items and leveling those, class quest, solo with the ability to group and making a bit of plat along to way to fund my adventure. Im not looking at whats best end game or raiding or leveling as fast as possible.

Enchanter or necro. I self-geared my enchanter and got my gobby ring in the 40s by selling shit and killing a lot of guards. A good enc think set is obtainable for very little plat or by doing quests on your own. Most enc twink sets I see are like 10k plat (unless people are going crazy).

Here are the basics:
-Stein of Maggok
-Crude Stein
-2x Opaline Earrings
-2x JC 7 Cha wrists
-Loam Boots
-Saryn Hair Hood
-JC 9 Cha neck.

That’s like 60 charisma right there. On a high elf with your highest charisma buff you will be like 235 Cha. Add a rod of insidious glamor (solo-able in the mid 30s) and any number of other minor upgrades and you can hit 255 easily. Int is not super important for an enchanter - and the above and regular upgrades will get you to the 200ish mark pretty easily.

Necro could solo to 60 naked and has a get-out-of-jail-free card with FD. A CoS is expensive but not an absolutely necessary item.

[Cen]

If you are a Wood Elf or Halfling Druid, you can use Hide instead of the instant invis ring. Only human druids need that for instant break, but the truth is, unlike enchanters, I feel like druids need instant breaks less. They can control outdoor situations gone bad pretty well. I think you might like druid.

[lessien881]

I took your advice and made a shaman, hopefully it goes better than the SK. I got 36 plat to my name, does anyone have a starter weapon or armor i could buy with it

[Legidias]

For a shaman, banded armor / hp rings will probably be the most effective first purchase. Just ask in EC for some cheap starter weaps. A lot of people give out the ~50-100p weaps for free.

Also, make sure you can buy spells

[EpicAdventure]

necro is the most powerful with the least gear. I played shaman as my first here thinking I was super smart strategist, but with no plats / friends its been slow to say the least. finally hit 60 after about 15 months on that character.

1st character that can be done with nothing:
Necro (doesnt need gear to function)
Bard (doesnt need fancy gear to preform its roll)
Cleric (a guild will gear you up if you want to play this)
Rogue (ppl just invite they dont inspect)

Below these a bit I put Chanter > Shaman strongest soloer's but they need stuff.

[ScottBerta]

I think Necro is what you need. Can fd if u need afk. Solo class. Overall strong class. And Int gear is cheap.

Shaman spells are just to expensive, fungi and epic expensive as well. Yes, Shaman super powerful ... my main is a 60 Shaman with all the above but for a new player with nothing ... don’t do it.

[Swish2]

I think Necro is what you need. Can fd if u need afk. Solo class. Overall strong class. And Int gear is cheap.

Yep, this. Can level on no gear just fine.

Just endure the first 12-16 levels as it does start slow(er) but the power curve...once you hit the 20s/30s you'll really start to do things.

[Topgunben]

Necro. Necro is ultimate solo class, no gear required. I suggest you reroll as such (iksar plz)

Druid is not as powerful but still fun to play, no mana regen.

Enchanter, never played past 20 but can be a good solo artist and great for groups. No FD

Shaman is not a great solo choice in your situation.

Mage is straight forward dps. No mana regen and boring

Bard is technical class for solo, but can be potentially fastest class to 60

Monk and sk are a good all around solo class. Dependent on gear

Don't play cleric, wizard, paladin, rogue and most importantly never go full retard and play a warrior.

Warriors are reserved for the most severe autists on this server.

[ScaringChildren]

In your position, I'd recommend Necro or Druid.

Charming doesn't require a ring. I just recently learned how to charm kite on my druid like two days ago and I'm doing just fine without a ring.

The ring only makes things more convenient. At best it allows you to break charm when the mobs are at extremely low health. Which granted, is awesome, but not required.

You need a class that doesn't need a lot of gear, has a large diverse toolkit, group-friendly, and can solo?

That's Necro or Druid.

[kjs86z]

Necro or druid....or both!

[Foxplay]

Not going to compare them vs. each other as every class is unique and has its up's and down's so just going to give you my opinion of each class that sorta fits your criteria...

Necromancer - Great solo class, with very little to no gear need and has a lot of variance in how it can approach situations and a very small learning curve. Is not a "Top Tier" solo class like ENC / SHM , however Necromancer is right on their heels and is really the only class that can hold a candle to Enc / SHM in terms of solo capability late game

Enchanter - Top tier solo class, needs very little gear just some cheap CHA gear (and a lot of peridot's at endgame) However has the largest learning curve of all classes in teh game with the only exception being Bard. The difference between a well played enchanter and someone who doesn't know what they are doing is enormous

Shaman - Top tier solo class, however is the most gear dependent and expensive of the "Solo Artist's". Of the solo classes they are the only "True Healer" and at 60 can Main heal most group content themselves. Not much of a learning curve however Shaman gameplay gets horrendously repetative especially at 60 with Torpor....have fun spamming canni and torpor all day long... Despite being the Velious "Solo God" Shamans have really humble beginnings as a solo class they are a very very late bloomer (60 torpor)

Druid - Good Solo class with a lot of utility, very little gear needs, and can make money easily with ports even at low levels. Can heal for low tomid level content but their healing power really falls short late game. Great for people that like to solo , travel norrath and be a friendly person (power level ppl , port ppl) while still having pretty decent solo power

[Dakbur]

Necro. Necro is ultimate solo class, no gear required. I suggest you reroll as such (iksar plz)

Druid is not as powerful but still fun to play, no mana regen.

Enchanter, never played past 20 but can be a good solo artist and great for groups. No FD

Shaman is not a great solo choice in your situation.

Mage is straight forward dps. No mana regen and boring

Bard is technical class for solo, but can be potentially fastest class to 60

Monk and sk are a good all around solo class. Dependent on gear

Don't play cleric, wizard, paladin, rogue and most importantly never go full retard and play a warrior.

Warriors are reserved for the most severe autists on this server.

What does FD mean?

I'm looking for the right class to play too. I haven't played this game in ~17 years. I remember nothing. I can only play sporadically for 30-90 min at a time, so it would need to be mostly solo as well. I was thinking probably lizard necro, but I just don't remember all the classes and races.

[NegaStoat]

If you liked the DE shadowknight enough to reach 22, I'd recommend either continuing with that character or re rolling to a Troll shadowknight for the slam, MUCH better physical stats and Regeneration. It's really, really strong. While you don't get Invis until later on, you can pick up a nerfed Circlet of Shadows for invis very cheap to have access to Gather Shadows 10 levels before you get it off your spell list.

If you insist on going Shaman instead, which has their own hard time of solo fighting until 24 (gets slightly better) and then 34 (feels like an actual full class then), I would again advise going with the Troll. Slam, Regen, and Innoruuk worshipers access the snare necklace was is marginally useful for leveling up to 24. They also can use the Jaundiced Bone Bracer (moderately to very useful item Iksar miss out on) AND they gain repeatable access to a 1 shot Halfling Illusion mask from the Innoruuk neck quest so they can cheat some faction for certain quest turn ins.

[XeroKill]

FD = Feign Death

[Ravager]

Play them all. You'll know in 5 levels if you like the class. Don't worry about gear or plat. I can give you a leveling path and gear template that can be attained by level 20 and hold you over to 50+, but following templates is kinda boring.

[Tethler]

I feel like SK seemed to be pretty 'meh' until I hit 30. As far as soloing, you're probably making the right choice to swap. SK can solo decently if you have room to fear kite. I did several levels solo in the upper 30s fear kiting at SF ramp in Overthere.

I haven't played shaman, so can't comment on that. Druid was my main for a long time and it's flexible and easy to level once you hit 20ish. Been working on a necro recently and it's a super budget twink. Spent maybe 600p on it and it feels like the easiest leveling of any character I played (beginning from level 16. 1-15 suck as is usual for most classes.

[Frudrura]

I recommend Necro since you say you like to solo while doing other things. With Necro you can solo, and if you need to afk, you can just find a safe spot to FD. I say safe because if you get hit by an AoE that goes off near you I think it will break your FD status.

Enchanter is really good for making money and is basically a god of soloing, imo, shaman might be better but I think in dungeons, Enchanter has a better toolkit, only thing is you're kind of one man show and you will make a lot of mistakes. The thing is though you can't really solo while doing other things, I mean, if you learn a camp well and have a rotation down you can probably pull it off but Necro sounds better if that is what you want to do. I afk on my Enchanter but there is always that chance some douche bag will unintentionally train me or at my camp spot, it pretty much almost never happens but it is a risk I take.

I don't think Necro is a big money maker anymore. Seafuries used to give lots of plat but that isn't a thing anymore since they nerfed seafury loots. You can still camp jboots. Maybe do a small group to try and farm stuff. You can make ok plat while leveling I think.

If you're up for it there are the gargoyles in OOT, they drop the gargoyle eyes. Then there is the treant camp in SK. Then killing guards in misty thicket or other places (I haven't played necro for a few years so I don't know all the spots).

[Swish2]

I feel like SK seemed to be pretty 'meh' until I hit 30. As far as soloing, you're probably making the right choice to swap. SK can solo decently if you have room to fear kite. I did several levels solo in the upper 30s fear kiting at SF ramp in Overthere.

I haven't played shaman, so can't comment on that. Druid was my main for a long time and it's flexible and easy to level once you hit 20ish. Been working on a necro recently and it's a super budget twink. Spent maybe 600p on it and it feels like the easiest leveling of any character I played (beginning from level 16. 1-15 suck as is usual for most classes.

It's a long road but I'm sure a SK could do Sessexdrix's necro guide as a solo thing with a few adjustments.

The one thing that's burnt in my memory watching SKs solo is seeing them at it at 59. Necro is slow enough, each combat for a SK has to be beyond 2-3 minutes... the OT hammer hand in guy is one such target. Rumor has it the ogre SK I saw doing him a couple of years back is still out there swinging.

[Tethler]

It's a long road but I'm sure a SK could do Sessexdrix's necro guide as a solo thing with a few adjustments.

The one thing that's burnt in my memory watching SKs solo is seeing them at it at 59. Necro is slow enough, each combat for a SK has to be beyond 2-3 minutes... the OT hammer hand in guy is one such target. Rumor has it the ogre SK I saw doing him a couple of years back is still out there swinging.

Yeah, it's not super fast. Even around 40 it was taking 2-3 fears per mob to get it down. I could throw more dots and drains to down it faster, but I was going for minimal downtime. So I was only hitting them with darkness and fear, then meleeing with my walking DoT (pet). After grouping in MM CE camp from 35-37, the soloing in OT was at least as fast xp, but probably only because that particular spot often has druids loitering around and high levels waiting for ports that just threw me buffs out of boredom.