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Originally Posted by Gnomish Elite
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First off, thanks to everybody for being so helpful. It's awesome for a new guy to get this much positive feedback from a community right off the bat. Very cool!
Second, based on everything I'm reading, I'd say mage & necro are most suited to my play style (although I will be reading up more on the enchanter since everybody seems to favor it). I'm a fan of the pet classes. I have a few questions about both:
Mage:
I remember solo being pretty easy with a mage. At what level roughly will groups become a must? I'm not all about solo but it would be nice to be able to if I am only on for a short bit or something.
How passive are mages? I seem to remember a lot of send your DS'd pet in, throw a nuke or two here or there and sit/med. That the case in P99?
Necro:
How big of a deal is bad faction? I seem to remember it being a pain in the ass being evil because I always liked to travel a lot. If it's just a matter of learning the best ways to get around as an evil toon, I'm good with that. If it's more than that I'd like to know up front.
I keep hearing be an Iksar or don't bother with a necro. Is this really that big of an advantage? I really don't like the look of the Iksar, don't want to be hated absolutely everywhere (although hated in most spots may not be a huge issue depending on the answer to my above question), and just won't enjoy the experience.
Also what are the raid roles for both? From what I gather Mage is a call of the hero bot/dps, and necro is a mana battery. Sound right?
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yes about necros in high end raids
in addition to CotH mages are also mod rod mules too. they really dont dps in raids since mod rods are so important for clerics / healers to keep their mana pool up. + high level raid targets may have a very high resist to fire spells.
Pets can be problematic in high end raids (the ones that have aoe dmg spells) because if they get low hp the raid target will turn around to kill it and that means it wont be facing the tank (which can lead to other issues).
don't put so much care behind being liked in enemy towns because that means you have another location you can xp off of guards later on >=).
From my experience evil erudites and humans can travel to more cities than dark elves or Iksar. My erudite SK can safely travel through Rivervale, most of Qeynos, all of Freeport, some of neriak, some of erudin, i have tried the elf or dwarf towns. i dont know about evil gnomes