EQMac to P1999

[en1ma]

I've been playing on EQMac for the past couple weeks to satisfy my EverQuest nostalgia and then I heard about this and well... running it on VMWare perfectly.

I originally wanted to make a Ranger but after searching through the threads everyone really seems to hate on Ranger's like the old days, and I guess they don't get awesome until Luclin+ with AA's so I went ahead and made a Mage for now. I figured I could at least use the Mag to twink some characters in the future.

I really wish I could play a class that can tank/dps/pull (I love doing those 3 things the most)

I was wondering if there was a way to use old school skelly models (brown ones?) I used the search but didn't find anything to the point.

Thanks!

[Rahnza]

Originally Posted by en1ma [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I really wish I could play a class that can tank/dps/pull (I love doing those 3 things the most)

Monk?

[Omnimorph]

Monks were OP in classic with their tanking stats so yeah. Go for monk. But be smart and weight for Kunark [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[en1ma]

Monk can tank? Hmm, well maybe I'll have to give that a shot.

Why do you say wait for Kunark? Iksar is a way better Monk than Human? In that case I could play my Mage until Kunark Iksar Monk is out.

[Rahnza]

Monks were way better tanks in live classic than here. However, they meet more of your criteria than any other class. Monks definitely get an A in dps and pulling. You probably won't be tanking much past 20-30. Sk is also a choice if you want to tank but sacrifice dps and pulling. They can still do both of those, just not nearly as well as a monk.

No real need to wait, human monks are still one of the best classes in vanilla. However, it was probably suggested to wait because iksar are a slightly better race, and because of all the monk-centric loot un kunark (fungi, tstaff etc).

Just considering your first choice was a ranger, monks can dps better, pull better, and tank (sorta) better. And also 20% less exp penalty to boot, so people will be less reserved to group with you, as compared to a ranger.

[Curmudgen]

I thought that the client we use had "hard-wired" into it the monk mitigation nerf that went in with mid-velious. That one was a huge change for the midrange monk that made tanking much less viable.

[Loke]

SK or Monk I would say.

Also, Human monks are way cooler than Iksars!

edit: Reading the post above me, people keep mentioning a mitigation nerf in velious, but I honestly don't remember that. The major nerf monks got that lessened their ability to tank happened mid-Luclin as a result of Furor crying that monks rampage tanked better than warriors in VT.

[Trimm]

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

Also, Human monks are way cooler than Iksars!

Truth.

[Torqumada286]

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

Truth.

Double Truth!!

Torqumada

[eqravenprince]

Bards are good pullers, decent dps, and can wear plate to fill in as a tank and perhaps taunt better with their songs to draw aggro. Not to mention all the other utilities they bring to a group.