Chanter vs Druid - best solo alt class?
 

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 :)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

bard and learn to swarm

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