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Originally Posted by DMN
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For the first year it Was more like:
High pop classes: druid, necro
Decent pop classes: warrior, cleric, SK, paladin, ranger. wizard, mage
Low pop classes rogue, shaman, monk
It's a unicorn! pop classes: bard, enchanter
By the end of kunark:
High pop classes: druid, necro
Decent pop classes: warrior, cleric, ranger, monk, shaman, rogue, bard
Low pop classes : SK, paladin, enchanter, wizard, mage
It's a unicorn! pop classes: NA
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Necro was never one of the top population classes in my experience. It
should have been in 1999, if everyone understood how OP it was (and if so many people weren't scared of "being evil"), but that wasn't the case. Perhaps on the high-end levels during 1999 there might a high amount of Necros (but not at the end of Kunark...), because of how much easier the class was able to level, but if you look at other levels I don't think they were so widespread.
Enchanter as a low population class by the end of Kunark isn't accurate to me. The term "holy trinity" (referring to having a Warrior, Enchanter, and Cleric in your party) was coined during Kunark. Enchanters were getting more popular by the month in 2000, people were understanding the power of their buffs and crowd control. Clarity was literally called "crack".
I also find it strange you say Bard grew in popularity a lot between 1999 and the end of Kunark. I feel like they got less popular during that period, partially because more people were learning about their exp penalty, and partially because other classes (especially Enchanter) were getting more popular. I would say Bard got a bit more popular again during Velious, because more people were learning to mass AOE kite, but they were always one of the lower population classes.