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

Melee classes are extremely dependent on gear, so yes, it will make a difference. EQ, the way it's supposed to be played, is an extremely slow grind. If you are a melee class soloing, you basically kill one mob, then med up, kill 1, med, kill 1, med.

INT classes are the best classes to play with little to no money because gear to them pretty much just increases their hp/mana pools (outside of STR, CHA) and 3/4 have pets to do the tanking for you, so that's why a Necromancer or Magician would be good.

If you want hardmode, stick with your chanter or make a gnome warrior or rogue and try to solo.

As for your title, I find the rogue and cleric to be the least stressful classes because you have one job that you're really good at and you don't have to do much of anything else. But both would require a group to level most of the time. Clerics can get away with soloing in certain zones against undead, but EQ is about the social aspect as well, so I find grouping to be the better route, imo.

Yeah the slow mana regen was done on purpose, correct? Which is what they want to push with Pantheon.. The downtime/social time was used or supposed to be used for strategy planning, and to just chit chat with your peers. I have always supported this idea.