New player on Project 99
 

Hey guys,

I haven't played EQ since years ago and wanted to try it again with this Project 99 but I don't know which class to play. I remember when I started out a long time ago, I played a rogue but my friends twinked me out. Here I don't know anyone.

My ultimate class I want to play is either a Rogue or Monk as I love melee classes, but I don't want to be poor so I was thinking of making a Druid and leveling him up enough to port people around to make money.

Is this a viable idea even though my main class is a rogue or monk?

I know how hard it is to level so I'm not sure what I should do?

I'm a newcomer to p99 myself, but this questions seems to be a matter of personal preference for what you want to get out of the game. I think you will find joy in playing your monk/rogue regardless of being destitute to start off. As you level up, gear will come and if you choose to join a guild you shouldn't have a major problem obtaining upgrades you have your eyes on. See you in game.

Monk is a good first class.

Bard is really good.

If you want to make money, there's nothing wrong with owning a rogue or a monk.

Druid money hits at 34 when u can port all locations, then if you learn some dungeons and drops that you can solo you can continue to make good money. Rogues and monks however can make better money at higher levels by repeating/MQ'ing their respective epic quests. Both quests are stupidly easy and need very minimal outside help, and rogues and monks are some of the richest players on the server because of it.

I would not create a druid just to make money for another class. There are much better ways to make money, and the one you choose should be based on what you find to be fun. If you like to stand in the EC tunnel and buy/sell, or tradeskill, or group at loot camps, or solo, or port or whatever.

Rogues and Monks can both solo well at low-mid level WITH gear, not so much without gear. If you don't buy some high quality gear, you're going to be stuck grouping much earlier on until you can get some. So if you want to solo with those classes then making some serious money is going to be required. If you want to group, then not so much.

Yea I'm just starting out so I'll probably need to group mostly if I make my monk or rogue. This really is a tough decision lol.

I think I've narrowed it down to Monk, Rogue or Enchanter at this point.

I started rogue and didn't have any problems. To make up for the lack of gear I went barbarian and pumped strength/stamina. Being stuck grouping kind of reduces your ability to make plat, but if you choose your zones wisely (rabid animals in qeynos hills, whisps on kerra isle, HHK for ears and ore, etc.) you'll be able to make decent money. I think the most important aspect of leveling as a group dependent class is making tons of friends and keeping in contact with them whenever you see them online. Always be networking and you'll never be LFG for long.

What level is your rogue? I have a druid parked around level 15 to 17 (can't remember) that I've kind of wanted to play for a while. I know rogue/druid can be a pretty efficient combo if you want to group up some time.

Sorry, sleep deprived and I can't edit the post. Thought you were the OP. /sleep

I wouldn't lvl a druid to 34 with the intention of making significant twinking money off porting. It can make you some extra cash and if you are dedicated to it you might do well, but you are going to make a lot more money getting any character 50+ than you will just getting a mid lvl druid to do ports.

Monk actually isn't a horrible starting class, you will probably be running around in cloth or cured silk armor for a while but the lower end weapons (which do more than sufficient dps at lower lvls) are pretty cheap.