Never played these classes, next choice?

[Kotopes]

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

Cleric is a 'way better soloer' than wizard 1-50? uh, have you ever played a wizard? I think i soloed 40-50 on a wiz without ever dipping below half health. at every level, against any blue mob you run into, your nukes are as mana efficient as a cleric's vs undead. Not to mention the efficiency in terms of time of larger nukes for larger amounts of mana. Log in, your choice camp is already camped. what does a cleric soloing do? A wiz ports to their 2nd choice, which again, can be any mob, not just undead, and goes to town. Maybe you never played a snare class? its leaps and bounds better than relying on root alone when soloing.
FYI, soloing with a class that can whip hill giant ass starting at 39 (wizard, not cleric) means you have oodles of cash to buy the things you cannot camp on your own soloing. And that plate you make sound like it helps you solo is like paper at some point. tanks rely on their passive defensive abilities to live, as any tank would tell you if you listened.
Cleric is likely a way more INTERESTING soloer. wiz can get so easy it bores you into doing stupid crap like standing up before your mana bar is full. the dangers of being so good, etc.

1-34 cleric is definitely way better, I did wizzy on blue with that free 40 damage nuke stick and geared up, it was still not that easy. 34+ you still need some gear to effectively quad kite.
Cleric is not just plate, its DA/DB, Lull, Memblur, hp+ac buffs among other things. Can solo well in dungeons that tend to have higher ZEM. Way easier groups when you have time for them too. Ports are cheap thanks to abundance of druids.

You greatly underestimate cleric's ability to solo 1-50, especially in Classic era, they are a decent solo class. However 51+ is when wizzy shines as a solo class. Clerics can struggle to 54 but it's a pain.