Is it actually impossible to start with a difficult class as a new player?

[zelld52]

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

I changed my mind I may just want to go full Iksar. Not sure on the class yet.

To answer your first question - yes magician is extremely newbie friendly. Probably the most newbie friendly class. Your pet is strong especially at early levels, you don't need much gear, and your only role is DPS.

For iksar, monk is the most fun class in EQ. Monk has a great toolset with Mend, Feign Death, Sneak, excellent DPS and solid tanking ability. Pretty newbie friendly - but takes some practice to learn the tricks (ie: how to use feign Death to split packs of mobs into single pulls, how to sneak around places you're KoS, etc)

Necro is also extremely powerful, and also has an incredible toolset that includes Feign Death, lifetaps, a pet - and as you get higher levels necros get hands down the best spell in the game : Charm.


Iksar is tough for beginner because they're KoS virtually everywhere except for Cabilis. Use consider (c key or /con) on targets to see if it's safe to approach.


However, Cabilis and the surrounding areas can get you from 1-60 (with lots of time and effort) and you really don't need to go anywhere that you're not welcome, except to slaughter for exp.