Starting out, advice needed

[SamStripes]

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

Dont make a monk

Why not

[BiscuitBandito]

Play what you know and love, and the experience will flow. You'll have a far more entertaining time leveling slowly if you're making friends and people whisper you as soon as you login, than forcing yourself to grind out a solo class, get some cash, and then twink out a SK, only to have to grind it out again.

If you're a Imogen-Impatient-Pants, and you don't want to wait, then there's not much to do other than either having friends already playing, or a bunch of illegal/banned methods to get what you want.

So sit back, relax, and enjoy the (slow) ride.

[Dragonmist]

At least bum a Twink weapon of some sort! Thats all you really need to WiN!

[Grixxitt]

Okay, I think what I'll probably do is keep on with my main and start an Iksar Necro at some point if I need some quick cash.

Iksar necro was one of my alts on my previous account so I kind of know my way around Cab, and of course the spells and all from my SK. DE Enchanter is another possibility of I can't find a group, again I know my way around Neriak and gear won't be an issue.

But I'll stick with the SK until I can solo kodiaks effectively (if I remember right they drop HQ skins more than the other bears) and get at least some somewhat decent gear before I make a hard decision.

O and Tecmos, for the record, my level 40 SK on live was still rocking her MOSS with some Cazic-Thule quest armor (can't remember the name) when I re-activated that account a couple weeks ago =)


Thank you all for your input.

[Tasslehofp99]

Druids can be convenient to start off, and decent at making coin. Honestly though, a number of classes would be better for starting off/farming. Mage, Necro, enchanter, and shaman are all capable of farming way more plat than a druid can. Clerics are also easy to level/fairly easy to gear compared to other classes. They can also make decent coin doing rezzes at higher levels, probably a lot more than druids do porting.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Okay, I think what I'll probably do is keep on with my main and start an Iksar Necro at some point if I need some quick cash.

You can't make "quick cash" with a brand new character; that's what I'm trying to tell you. Even if your money-making plan is to level a druid or wizard high enough to sell ports, you still will spend days /played to get up to 29/34 and you'll need a lot of time porting to make enough cash to make a significant difference for your SK. In the meantime you could have just been playing the SK, who at 40+ will be able to solo camp stuff like fishbone earring or shrunken goblin earring or goblin gazughi ring or something, or who at 50+ could be doing duos of frenzy or tactician or droga or something.

1000 or 5000 or 10,000pp isn't going to make a very big difference in your leveling experience with a SK, imo. You're still not going to be buying an ebon mace or any haste item or a fungus tunic. Having blood ember and an atramentous shield and a moss is only going to make you a little better at tanking and DPSing than having full banded and a charred guardian shield and an ebon razor, even though the former would cost you like 10k and the latter would cost under 2k (aka it would be the kind of stuff you could get for free as handmedowns).

[Grixxitt]

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

You can't make "quick cash" with a brand new character; that's what I'm trying to tell you.

Well yeah, but another character that levels twice as fast as my main should be able to provide PP quicker, or at least that was my reasoning for this thread.

It won't matter at any rate, I'll just play what I want. I suppose I'll wind up making a cash farmer once my main can't group effectively, but that shouldn't be a factor for some time.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

It won't matter at any rate, I'll just play what I want.

Good idea. That's why I said this:

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

If you enjoy playing the farm class along the way though, and then your play on the SK is more enjoyable too because you've got some gear to help you along, go for it. But if you REALLY want to play a SK, I'd say just go right for it and try to make friends with nice folk who can help you out with some PL, grouping with alts, handmedown items, etc.

Not trying to tell you what to do, just trying to give advice based on the things you've said in this thread. It sounded like you were only going to play a non-SK in order to make money to give to the SK... and as far as my experience with this game goes, that is just an all around bad idea.

[Ravager]

If it's what you're going to have fun with, play the Troll SK and don't worry about gear. Gear will come with levels just fine. You'll have your spells for holding aggro, just save up for 5/55 rings and a decent weapon as soon as you can. Don't think of everyone who is twinked to hell as people who are outshining you, and instead as people who are helping to powerlevel you. As long as you hold aggro, you can think of the Ragebringer in your group as yours when it comes to exping. Supertwinked groupmates will make your life as a Troll SK that much more bearable.

[Zeonick]

No one has mentioned this but your exp penalty applies to the group also. There is a troll SK in my guild who has been turned away from quite a few groups because of this penalty. He still levels faster than me though because of how little time I have!