New Player - Hai and a Question!

[w1ngz]

Herro everyone! I don't really know what to say my name is. Once upon a time, on EQ (Tholuxe Paells), it was Dirana. Same story on WoW (Durotan), Aion (Israphel), and DAoC (can't remember). On WAR (Magnus) I was called Tessie.

As far as EQ goes, it was my first and last passionate love for an MMORPG. I played a ranger hard-core for about 6 years (starting with the release of Kunark when I was way too young, haha) and spent another 2 just goofing around. I leveled up and epic'd a cleric alt, and inherited a lvl 65 Mage and 65 Necro around the time GoD/OoW came out.

:D So, I can't even begin to express how FREAKING EXCITED I am to have discovered p1999!! :D

Besides making my first hellos to my new server-mates, I have oooone little question. How is the class balance on the servers? As in, which classes are in high demand, and which are totally flooded?

I found a thread from December of last year talking about the tank shortage, but since it's such an old thread, I wasn't sure if that was still the case.

If you can give me any feedback I would greatly appreciate it! I hope to be in game by this afternoon :D

Thanks all, and nice to meet yous!!!!

- w}i{ngz

[Kuldiin]

Ouch my eyes

[Striiker]

Hi and welcome to the server! I haven't been around long enough to say what classes are in demand. My personal advice is to roll a character which you would like to play and go for it! If you know your stuff, play the class well and aren't a jerk towards others then you will build up a solid reputation and never have issues grouping. I went with an enchanter because that was the class which I loved to play in EQ Live. I heard that there's a lot of enchanters but I'm not worried. I'm having fun and have done well with people I 've grouped with!

BTW, you used some very small font which is difficult to read.. :)

[FatMagic]

Welcome!
Striiker is right on -- play a class that you're going to enjoy. I think most every class is represented by now in some capacity. But if you really really want to fit a need, then check with the guilds that are active as to what they need. I think the guild recruitment forum has a bunch of guilds and what classes they are recruiting.

[Tallenn]

Just going from the spam I see in ooc, I see the most requests for tanks, followed by healers (you know they really mean cleric), and the occasional DPS or CC.

[w1ngz]

Thanks guys! I've narrowed it down to ranger, bard, or cleric, lol. But, did I read somewhere that bards are currently very buggy?

[President]

Thanks guys! I've narrowed it down to ranger, bard, or cleric, lol. But, did I read somewhere that bards are currently very buggy?

They have some problems with their songs but I believe the Dev's are working on most of those now. There should be a thread going in the Bug section about it.

[CPTMULLER]

As of level 16 last night my biggest issue has been finding healers.
Though I don't think these levels are a terribly good indicator, I thought you might like to know :)

[Swindle]

I just got on last night for the first time. I did a /Who All for all classes last night and tonight. Seems there are plenty of Enchanters, Mages, Shaman, and Druids. Hybrid classes were few and far between.

[CPTMULLER]

you'd have to be either committed or unaware to play a hybrid as your first toon

[w1ngz]

thanks for the input... thus far I've gotten a druid to 9 so I guess I'm comitted! i like druids in classic... the crippling mana limitation lessens the easymode factor that I recall about druids from the post-pop eras :p

[CPTMULLER]

cool, add tugtog if you catch up to me (i'm nearly 22) want help, questions, bored, whatever

[guineapig]

Thanks guys! I've narrowed it down to ranger, bard, or cleric, lol. But, did I read somewhere that bards are currently very buggy?

Rangers are the rarest class by far and clerics are the most requested (besides tanks). I have seen MANY low level bards recently.

[CPTMULLER]

Take the peoples advice and play whatever you like, if that happens to be one of the needed classes then so be it

[Tenpin]

there are xp penalties for hybrid classes, but play what you want

[Oreznoclaf]

Hi I am new here as well. Instead of starting another thread, I will ask my Q here and hopefully it will be answered...

Are the movement speeds supposed to be really fast? I feel like as if I am walking around in warp speed. It feels really weird :P

[CPTMULLER]

if that's not sarcastic, then no