Citing specific evidence of how classes were balanced in early classic is going to be difficult, but for what it's worth most of what Zuranthium is saying is pretty much how I remember it and I played from launch day through Velious.
That said, this thread is pointless because nothing is going to change. It doesn't matter what a random player thinks druids or clerics or shamans should have been. This project already has a vision and it is unambiguous.
The argument that p1999 is about recreating the spirit of EQ1 rather than the details is bogus. With a few small exceptions, the leadership of this project have chosen to replicate original EQ exactly, even in the case of bugs which were later fixed on live.
If you really want things to be a certain way, go make your own server. Nilbog and Rogean did it. Coming to this project and expecting your changes to become reality because you declare yourself a "guru" is as useless as it is hilarious.
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