[loramin]

First off, I should note that I'm mainly talking about soloing here, since gear matters even less when you group (about 1/6th as much).

Originally Posted by Maner [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

a lvl 20 shm with a fungi will lvl a LOT faster than one without,

I said "with 20k of gear", and a fungi is > 20k, but I also wrote:

Originally Posted by loramin [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are certain key class items (eg. JBB for a shaman, Goblin Ghazugi Ring for enchanter) that are the exception

I completely agree that for a Shaman a fungi is one of a handful of key items.

Originally Posted by Maner [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Having more wis means more mana which means you can cast more spells before being oom as well. Gear does play a factor for basically all classes, with necros being the least affected.

Only flowing thought gear and nothing else will get mana back any faster. The one extra kill from more max mana is nothing compared to the thousands and thousands you'll kill (and need to regen back from afterwards). But to be fair, stat gear does help a small amount, which is why I said "almost identical".


But, you're missing something important: we're not talking about whether a level 60 should twink an alt, we're talking about a brand new player and whether they should spend time on leveling or earning plat/gear. You can waste time earning 10 plat/hour to buy gear that won't even noticeably affect your leveling speed, or you can earn levels without (purchased) gear and earn 100+ plat/hour when you're higher level. I got to 60 with crap gear and can now make 1k plat/hour; if you want to try selling millions of bone chips to finance a fungi and then level that toon, please report back.

In my opinion the smart thing is for new players to spend their time leveling, wearing what they find, while saving their pennies to buy the really important stuff. Maybe they should spend a little time earning plat when they get close to affording a key item.