Chanter vs Druid - best solo alt class?

[garfo]

Forumquesters, a question:

Between enchanter or druid, which class is the better to pick up for short solo sessions here and there? I main a warrior, which I love, but don't always have the time to group.

I realize that "better" means different things to different people, so in my case, better = time efficient. Which class is the quicker solo leveler?

Most of the playtime for this toon would be in 15 - 30 minute chunks, assume solo the majority of the time, and I'd pay for bone chips/cb belts and pads to power through the lower levels into the teens.


Honorable mention to bard, I'll throw that class in the mix too :)

[bubur]

enc is hands down better over a longer playtime

but sounds like your 15-30 min chunks would be well suited to quadding, so a druid or even a wizard would be good for you

for a druid you need to be 34 to quad, a wizard can do it earlier especially with jboots which you can poopsock at lv 25

a few considerations here

[garfo]

enc is hands down better over a longer playtime


Is that because it takes a bit longer to get situated with a charmed pet?

[Aeaolena]

I can't firmly say which is "better" yet because my enchanter is low level.

However, I was a druid main for years - and it was perfect for small-chunk-of-time leveling.

Being able to bind yourself and port out for spells, selling of weapons, food-water-batwings-etc - and then zip right back, was very efficient. Quad kiting in Rathe Mountains was fun. Having SoW prevents many, many avoidable deaths and the need to find a shaman for sow potions.

[bubur]

Is that because it takes a bit longer to get situated with a charmed pet?

what i really mean is the potential for an enchanter to chain charms with clarity. you dont really ever need to stop

i guess clarity isnt in the game yet though? it will be eventually

[Balimon]

Quadding is extremely limited in classic, I wouldn't count on that at all. I haven't played either class but I would assume that ports would slightly edge out enchanter for your small playtime due to ease of travel.

[cubiczar]

I don't know which is better (haven't really quadded with a druid). But an enchanter parked in an outdoor zone with the right level mobs has basically no prep needed. Tash and charm a pet, sick it on something else, Tash/root the target mob, wait for them to beat each other to run away health then invis yourself and root/dot both.

Rinse and repeat, get exp for both mobs and use little Mana. Of course you have charm/root breaks to deal with so it is probably more risky than a druid.

[Danth]

Alts have different considerations than mains do, especially for time-limited players who won't necessarily max out the alt character. Druid is much much better for your purposes. There's a REASON it's by far the most popular alt class. Why is it? It has huge utility value even by middle levels. The value of a 29 Druid for ports is obvious, but even a 19 Druid with self-ports makes a great "EC" mule for picking up gear, transfers, etc. Enchanter is almost inarguably the stronger class in the long run and as a main, but if you have access to something like a level 35 Enchanter versus a level 35 Druid sitting around, the Druid is enormously useful while the Enchanter is so much fluff.

Danth

[silo32]

bard and learn to swarm

[Lone Gnome]

if you have to ask you are garbage and will end up making a druid

[DMN]

Druids gonna level faster unless you have a good partner to duo with(and in a complimentary class.)

Druids long term sounds much more your playstyle since you only have short chunks of time.

[Pyrion]

Enchanter is more powerfull, especially in the long run. But enchanters require a lot of skill, if you are new to the class expect to die... horribly, frequently.
Druid is way more restricted in what it can do efficiently. Charms are restricted to animals, quadding is restricted to wide open areas. Druids *can* root rot most stuff, though its not exactly fast killing. BUT: Druid is way easier. Sow alone will make you die 10 times less. Traveling is obviously easier and port money is a good plat source.
If you are a very skilled player and you like the enchanter style, do that. If not do druid.

[fugazi]

Go druid first. At 14, you get a powerful charm animal spell that will help you power level all the way up to 23-24 in no time. Unlike enchanters, druids don't need no stinking charisma plus they got snare and heals! So learning the ropes of solo charming is way easier on a druid.

If you like the charming life, you can always move on to an enchanter alt at some point :)

If you do go druid, do pick either wood elf or halfling so you have the Hide ability. You can use it to break charm and oh boy, it is amazing. Here's an example as to why, after which I'll shut up. Say your charmed pet drops below 20% so you snare+fear the animal you're fighting. Once the enemy is dead, you can just click on Hide until it succeeds. The mob will start running and now you can either finish it with a nuke or charm another animal to kill it for you. There's no need to stand up and cast invis (25-30 mana plus a possible mana tick!) plus hide will let you AFK for extended periods of time.

Good luck.

[Gatorsmash]

Necro. 1-50 naked best alt.

[Cuktus]

Necro. 1-50 naked best alt.

[cd288]

In a limited play time setting, once you can quad on a Druid it's probably pretty equal in terms of number of mobs you will kill (at least until 50-60 where long respawn times and medding times probably give the Enchanter the edge over the Druid). Pre-quadding, an Enchanter will have the edge as well.

Charm killing on an Enchanter is fairly involved though and doesn't really become as effective until the 20s. So if you also want low effort soloing during that limited play time, I'd go Druid.

[Iswin]

Both enchanter and druid are great solo classes. Enchanter would be better if you are min/maxxing, but it's more difficult and more dangerous to solo as an enchanter. Druid has a lot more utility, but enchanter is one of the most powerful classes in the game in general and also specifically at soloing.