Enchanter is #1 solo class? What is this madness

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

Shaman was one of my first characters when P99 Green was a new server and I remember feeling really weak compared to a lot of other classes. Watching Magicians and Necromancers breeze through Lower Guk and Sol B, meanwhile I have a weak ass pet and go OOM really fast etc. Would trigger me though because randos would imply that Shaman is the most OP character in the entire game and it's like... yall do realize this is classic right? Shaman isn't bad, but I don't have Torpor, Epic, Fungus, JBB bracer etc.

Even if a new players started on P99 right now, with no resources, he's going to have a really long road ahead of himself farming all the plat to get torpor, golem tear, even his 50+ DoTs are crazy expensive. Meanwhile Necromancer can basically run around naked and wreck people with cheap spells etc.

One thing I will say about Enchanter though... Charisma gear is really cheap. Especially on these older servers. My Enchanter wasn't a twink and still managed to hit 255 charisma (with self buffs) long before I hit level 50. Granted he was glass cannon AF.

Ench is still a 40k spellbook and if you want to go EC BiS today it would still cost you 80k or so, before you start getting stuff like zheart/ring of lightning/SS MQs. I mean, I started my ench from scratch on p99 and also got to 205 cha by 50 but I barely had any +hp/mana and I was sitting at like 160int. Ench tend to get reamed real good and your level 50+ spells are huge mana drains so you need both the hp and mana while the deeper you delve into dungeons the more resists you'll also want. Pre 60 you can absolutely get by on scraps but post 60 the better gear will absolutely enable you to do crazy shit and live to tell the tale.