Thanks for the replies, I don't mind wasting some time to get the Monk to a higher level, I actually dinged 12 tonight with some help from a Druid friend...wasn't bad at all...and it's starting to open up as a decent class now with a faster cooldown move at 10 and block at 12...it's not so terrible.
I was saying I wanted to eventually get my Rogue up, cause my first character in a 3D MUD/MMO was a Rogue on Innoruuk...I had played Legends of Kesmai and Ultima Online prior to my guild moving to EQ...so my very first MMO character was indeed a Halfling Rogue, was just trying to make him over again (Cept Dwarf this time) and relive the old days without so much pain during the leveling process...
Playing a Monk first is less torture for me, well it was rough to start..but now at 12, it's not so bad...I figure I can handle it now from here with alittle help here and there...I mean if any of you guys out there want to help out an old head from so long ago by twinking out my new Rogue to make the leveling process less painful and drab feel free to let me know. I don't intend to play the Monk forever unless I fall in love with it in 50+ game...which me being such a fan of backstab and daggers...prolly won't happen. I'm just trying to set myself up with a bit of a headstart...sure I coulda done a Mage or Necro I guess and been even better at grinding and leveling myself...but I wanted to actually be able to be in the thick of things in melee, and help a group...yes Rogue would have been able to do that, but not till atleast 15-20 and having a decent piercer.
Yanno, I might actually be totally wrong...this server is alot different than oldschool 1999 EQ Live...I mighta been able to roll a Rogue to start with and actually find a group, but my experience back when I was 15 years old or so was NO ONE ever grouped with a Rogue, EVER...and soloing was pure hell...getting to 50 was a long and ardous journey where I finally got an SBD in my mid 30s....and then finally I think I landed a Bone Razor toward the end of my career...it was no cake walk, it sucked...and took so much of my time...I figured coming here I'd try something slightly different with the Monk being as he's less reliant on a mainhand weapon...so that's my story.
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I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY MY ROGUE, I just dont wanna go through that whole process of pure torture sitting in zones for hours LFG...and never ever getting a group even if I sat there for 2+ hours...without good twink gear I would have to suffer all over again. My Rogue in retail couldn't solo to save an ants life let alone his own. When I finally got an SBD and some good armor in my 30s it got a bit easier, and I started to find a group more often, it got easier in the late 40s...but still, getting to 30 purely solo as a Rogue in 1999...I don't ever wanna do it again.