Just remember that melees are brutal, and even moreso without twink gear. Making a melee as your first character is just masochistic. Also you should know that groups at level 50 DO NOT EXIST...outside of the very, very rare Efreeti or King group that isn't guild based. Lguk is held down by necro / mages / chanters, Efreeti in solb is held down by enc/ clr duos, Kedge is held down by mages / clerics / chanters, and the other named in solb simply don't drop things that sell for enough.
TL;DR -- Make a necro / mage / enc as your first char...yeah it's not rare, but they're the only ones who actually do things at 50 outside of poopsock targets ^_^ (it's a little better now that sky's out though).
edit: Druids can also make a little money camping bilge if you can get someone to teach you the cycle, but you'll hafta burn Ralph's house down to get him off the camp D=
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