Again let me get in here and try to clear up a bunch of mush and get to the truth of the matter.
I have played EQ since 99 then WoW, I feel im a very good player, and personable so when I wouldn't get grps with certain classes I began to really think on the matter and here are the results.
If you plan to solo alot Druid is gonna be the safest, necro 2nd safe but faster lvling, mage least safe but fastest lvler. Mages are prob the best dps in the game, necro 2nd. Pets summon up very strong in p99, stronger than on live at least thru the mid 20's.
If you plan to grp alot you have to think of how grps form, specially on P99. A grp is going to start with a tank a healer and cc. Most peeps that plan to be on for many hours in a row and form grps will chose to go with 2 healers and 2 tanks and 1 cc then dps as the 6th slot. If any one of these 5 members comes with a friend, there most likely will not be a 6th slot available. (Every grp I've had from lvl 30-45 has used this 2+2 + cc formula and stuck with it as peeps are replaced.)
I love chanters, and I came to p99 as a chanter, but I couldn't find a grp casue there were soo many bards and chanters at that time 2/20/10. I think alot of peeps that come back for the old glory days go back to chanters because they are the one class that if well played, can make the impossible possible. Bards and chanters are excellent classes, but I feel at the time they are overrepresented on p99.
In my grps on p99 we have had many times where a monk or bard is tanking because we can not find a tank for hours, so that is why I posted earlier that the server needs tanks. Palis, SK and wars are tanks, don't listen to the guy who says SK and Pali are not. If most peeps use the 2+2+cc grp mentality that I described, you can see how a tank will give u a much more solid chance of getting a grp than lets say a ranger (dps).
A word on Palis. At 39 a pali can heal as well as a druid or shammy at 50, thou he may have a smaller mana pool. With root and lull and LOH, a flexible Pali should be able to find a role in almost any grp, as a puller, main tank, back up heals, root CC and can even solo a bit with a good weapon.
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