What's the best general-purpose PLing class?
 

Bards are best for AE classes, but what about everyone else? From what I've read it's between monk and necro: they both use basically the same method (get the mob almost dead, then feign), but monks have the advantage of not using mana while necros have the advantage of not relying on the PLee to finish the mob (their DoT can finish the mob while they're feigned; the PLee just needs to get one point of damage in).

For what levels is powerleveling effective? Can you powerlevel pretty decently right up until Chardok AE proxy time?

It's a real coinflip. As a necro I'd stay in skellie form and just lifetap as required to speed up a kill and regain health. Pet dps is helpful too, as long as the mob is rooted, pet is backed off, and you're FD... its easy work.

Occasionally FD will fail and really piss you off tho :p

I do quite well on a cleric. It requires you have awesome amounts of gear, though :p Shaman/mage or shaman/druid combos work well together if both are 60, even if poor!

How does this even work?

Skilled and well geared Druid is unmatched. I will crush Heallun any day all day! 1-20 takes me about 2 hours... 20-30 will be about 3-4. 30-40 will be about 5-6. That's for minimal EXP penalty class/races... hybrids or iksar/troll SKs take a bit longer.

But in order to do that you really need a Manastone / Robe / DS potions. Whereas he needs Manastone / Donal's / DS potions / Ragefire Arms.

For a crappily geared powerleveler, a Druid or necro.

Monk PL is really quite bad and overrated. It's limited to twinked melee toons. It fails hard for untwinked or caster toons.

He aggros everything, uses DS potions + Ragefire arms (40ish DS total), spams sit and kills train of mobs. Heals self with CE/Remedy/DL (I'd guess mostly CEs). Regains mana with Donal's + Manastone.

Shadowknight PL was dank before 11%exp/kill nerf. used to be 1-20 in an hour. It was like a monk PL but DoTs would finish off the mob for casters and twinked melees alike.

I do Shaman PL's where I slow mobs and do pulling and stuff and for a 40 warrior twinked i was giving better exp then chardok AE. for a fraction of the price

That being said, chardok AE is the caddy of PLs due to its afk nature. so that would be for 40+ any class. Providers or this, necro, sk, mage, chanter, wizard, cleric

Druids are best 1-20 out there imo. Clerics can keep up but its more complicated.

Bards can do 1-20 any class, 20-50 PBAoE classes

Monks are good for 10-55 melee toons and some dd classes.

enchanters & mages have pseudo PLing with charm breaking/ petreclaiming but its not near as effecient as the above

All in all, there are a TON of options and I feel 1 class doesn't do the best 1-50 PL. When im PLing up one of my toons, ill look for the best route of attack

PBAoE class ill go bard 1-40, Chardok 40+

Melee class or priest (non PBAoE) ill go druid 1-25, monk|necro|SK PL to 40, Chardok 40+



so if you are looking to roll the best PL class, id roll in priority:

1) Bard (all purpose)
2) Druid (1-25)
3) Chardok class - cleric, chanter, SK, mage, wizard, etc (40+)

I'd consider the chanter a wise decision due to its solo farmability when not occupied PLing

Don't go Chardok until 50. The xp formula heavily penalizes you for being so far away from the other group members, who are usually upper 50s.

41-44, 46-49 = 2 pulls per level
40&45 = 4 pulls per level

Great info, thanks. I should have specified, but I'm mainly interested in PL assuming no fancy gear or usage of expendable items like potions. I'm interested in this to power level alts of guildies in my spare time, not to make money. I already have a 45 druid and I'm intrigued by your druid PL strategy I read about in another thread, so I might try to get him to 60. My necro is only like level 15. On the other hand, I kind of wanna play the necro more and I think the necro might be a better powerleveler as well (again, without fancy items). One thing is that I do happen to have a fungi, which would definitely help the druid PL be more effective at mid levels.