New Player Questions

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

Some clever ideas in this thread!

However, I'm going to offer a contrarian answer: you don't need plat. If you just loot what you kill and sell that loot, you will have enough for all of your important spells. Also, especially in places like Blackburrow, looting what you kill will give you a free suit of leather armor.

Between that leather armor and any other wearable loot you find, you will do just fine, all the way from 1-45+ (when you'll maybe want to start thinking about picking up some of the cheaper Jaundiced Bone pieces, or possibly even saving up for an epic tear or JBB).

For Shaman (and really for all non-melee classes) the difference between having 100 more AC/HP/mana/whatever ... and not, is almost imperceptible. But if you take all the time you would have spent acquiring better gear, and instead spend it leveling, you will get many levels ... and I promise you will notice those.

TLDR; Get plat and gear if it's fun for you: this is a game after all. But if you want to do things fast/most efficiently, don't even think about making money, and instead just focus on leveling ... and then when you're higher level, you'll be able to earn plat orders of magnitude faster (resulting in gear that actually matters).

From a very basic perspective sure. But the higher the WIS the greater your mana pool, which is pretty important especially for like up to level 35 when Shamans can be effective main healers in addition to being expected to buff/debuff in groups. If you plan to employ canni dancing as a technique down the line your STA will be pretty important as well. You’re right that you technically can level with basic gear and survive, but the difference will be noticeable the higher level you get.