Best newbie friendly class/race?(casual player)

[luckynclover]

K so it looks like halfling druid it is...i did some reading up on it and it sounds like a good foot for me, can heal can dps can port do some buffs. Master of none but fairly good at all. Thank you all for the input i appreciate it.

[Drakul]

If you go shaman I recommend troll. I had a heck of a time soloing during level 8 until I realized we gets dots at 5 and 9 that stack. Once I got the dots things got a lot better.

Get a weapon that does decent damage, get whatever cheap armor you can find, get your dots, get the slow spell. Cast slow on a yellow, cast disease dot, case poison dot, melee until dead, sit for 2 minutes to regen health and mana super fast, then pull another yellow. Sometimes you need to cast a heal on yourself in close fights, but usually with the regen you won't have a problem.

I guess by level 14 mobs might be hitting hard enough that you have to root but so far my leveling speed solo hasn't been much slower than it was with my mage. Even with root I'm sure you can step in to melee a little bit if you want, and you will have SoW at level 9 in case you need to run away.

Go troll, it makes the downtime in the earlier levels almost nill.

[Ketsa]

I would not recommend Shaman for a beginner. Played one on live and another here i just leveled to 13. Shamans are OK past 24 or even 34.

i would suggest Necro or Mage.

[Vigilance]

If you want to solo effectively and still be valued in groups, go mage or necro. You'll always be wanted in groups when you actually want to group because both classes do plenty of damage. They are also much easier to level than a druid due to their pets.