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Originally Posted by JurisDictum
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I voted necro. Not only because the of the above quoted OPness. It is also still a really strong class when fixed. You can solo from 1-50 faster than many people can group there.
They aren't quite as fast at leveling as druids, but I like them endgame a lot more.
Overall though -- Mage is the famous powerleveling class for fresh servers. They probably level around as fast as necros (maybe a little faster) and have a lot of group utility.
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I'm not sure why you say Mages have a lot of utility? Necros have way more; Mages pretty much have the least utility of any caster in most situations. Necros should probably solo faster too, since the later levels take longer and they have much better mana regen + dual-wielding pets at that point. Of course, it's actually best to duo anyway since pets will take half the exp with their massive damage. Mages can try chain-summoning to get around that but it's not actually super efficient/reliable in classic, because the fire pet often took extra time to cast its damage shield after being summoned and wouldn't use it when engaged in combat, and you would still need to use mana to finish the target off on your own.
The funny thing about Druid soloing back in the day is that their magic DoT line was unresistable at the very start of the game. Level 14+ Druids were able to DoT-kite deep-Red cons. That was fixed quickly, although it was still very popular to DoT kite more level appropriate things, until they nerfed that as well later on. Charm soloing with animals and quad kiting were unheard of. Necro is probably a faster soloer because the Druid spots are limited as they get up in levels and will be overcamped between them. The ridiculously OP necro pet just tears through everything, wherever the necro wants to go.
But this just another reason why a new PvE server with the exact classic coding will be shit. I take it back, wouldn't even be worth playing that kind of server to experience OP Necros again. Who really cares how OP you are when there's no skill/invention in it and you'd just be sitting around waiting for boring camps like everyone else once you get to the top.