Someone please help me choose what I make my main!

[Sarius]

SK is actually really good for tanking because they can actually get agro while warriors struggle to.

[Samoht]

well, to begin with, SKs and Necros have very limited roles in raids. Also, if you already have a warrior alt, do you really want an SK and a warrior?

wizards don't have the DPS you seem to think they do, especially when mana becomes a problem late game. they burn out real fast then spend a lot of time sitting. a lot.

that leaves you with shamans and mages, and believe it or not, the classes are really similar in their success because of their individual versatility and the fact that they have usefulness in raids even in large numbers.

a mage can only play one role in a group, though: DPS

pick shaman as your main so that you can be the healer, buffer/slower (re: support), or DPS. later in the game after you have a pet, a nice 2hb (poison wind censer, barbarian spiritist hammer), JBB, and fungi, you'll be a soloing power house.

[Tsoukalos]

Yeah I ruled SK out already and it's between Wizard and Shammy now. Probably gonna go with Shaman.

[Sarius]

Shaman is great, there are a ton out there but more are always good. They are not that great for soloing until lvl 29 or 34 however.

[Splorf22]

Actually SKs have a huge raid role at the moment - eye of zomm+coh+hide = pull anything anywhere. How pulls will work when they aren't trivialized by invis exploits will be very interesting.

[thufir]

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

If you make an SK or a Paladin... I've been coordinating with Rhipwind (sp?) and Rham to form a nice 6 man group.

So far the group looks like necro, cleric, enchanter, shaman, rogue , (need tank). The majority of the group is around 20 atm.

I could be that tank, maybe. Hit Grallos up some time in-game.

[xCry0x]

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

Yeah he's honestly not going to be on nearly as much as me so that's why I want to create a main.

Honestly if I could do it over I would have done ogre shaman for first char.

Sebilis:
Fungi king is 24/7 lock down (almost) by shaman + monk/war
Crypt is frequently locked down by Shaman (sometimes shaman + monk/war)
NG is frequently locked down by Shaman or Enchanter

Enchanter is great too but from what I understand Shaman pull ahead in the 'solo farm the world' category in Velious.

Shaman can also root/rot afk exp once they get/can click epic, would have prevented me from being in this "Can never find a group to finish level 59 unless it is a day I am supposed to be at a raid" rut I am in =).

With the access to farming you have available with a shaman you could straight up buy an account or pay for plvl for whatever alt you want if you never want to level again... or you could just twink an alt like crazy.

[Rhambuk]

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

halfling paladin

Incorrect!

Though I wish i could make a halfling chick ranger, and a gnome chick shadowknight

[Verityn]

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

pick shaman as your main so that you can be the healer, buffer/slower (re: support), or DPS. later in the game after you have a pet, a nice 2hb (poison wind censer, barbarian spiritist hammer), JBB, and fungi, you'll be a soloing power house.

Agreed. In my groups I'll always take a shaman to fill any role even if we have a shaman already healing. I have the same opinion of druids if you're into those too.

I'd personally prefer to have a nice shaman in every single group whether it's a 2 man, 4 man or 6 man.

[Lojik]

Just a warning about going shaman:
They are very expensive to gear well, and their spells are the most expensive to attain. One of the reasons I haven't been playing mine as much. Other than that they are a great class.