Possibly coming back to EQ after may years, Need advice.

[Hiragawa]

Welcome back to the game. Being in your boat (Marrige, kid, etc etc) I understand.

Necro is a great starting class, since you need nothing to get it going and it can do some crazy soloing through the entire game. Enchanter is also a super solid choice, as it's one of the best soloing classes. Very little can run into a dungeon and do what a skilled enchanter can do, and groups always want them.

Bards... Yes. You can swarm to 60 in about 5 seconds (Okay, you get the idea). But people tend to hate them here. You know us silly bards and our swarm pulls emptying zones. /heh

Cleric and druid are naturally great, with cleric giving you the edge in getting in groups of course. But Necro/Druid are great starter characters for making cash. Both classes can be played pretty much naked, and Druids have the bonus of getting plat from porting people around (and of course yourself).

Bottom line, anything you listed works well. But if you play a bard, just don't be a prick and pull every mob in the zone when people are obviously pulling from places. Feel free to invite stragglers to leech off your massive exp train etc.

But if I may make one suggestion as one parent to another. If you need to get up at a seconds notice when soloing for your kid, as a bard, that means your train eats you alive and you die like a little punk. As a Necro, you simply tap your FD hotkey and come back safely when you return. Food for thought.

[Necran]

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

Necro is a great starting class, since you need nothing to get it going and it can do some crazy soloing through the entire game. Enchanter is also a super solid choice, as it's one of the best soloing classes. Very little can run into a dungeon and do what a skilled enchanter can do, and groups always want them.

I second this.