New player, seeking class advice!

[Samoht]

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

When I do solo, I'll have to sit forever waiting to heal.

it's like this for almost every non-healing class

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

Druid and Necro I could solo with, and aren't too gear dependent (I'm obviously poor), but will I still be able to get groups?

heals/snares are well desired while leveling, but your group would almost always rather have a cleric healer than a druid, and necros in groups are meh because you don't really get benefit from DOTs before mobs die. both fall off before raiding.

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

And, obviously, bards are awesome.

it's the only hybrid class i would advocate playing because CC is needed, mana regen is needed, and when grouping fails, you can swarm kite

[Tecmos Deception]

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

and necros in groups are meh because you don't really get benefit from DOTs before mobs die

Ya see what I'm saying about necros being misunderstood, OP? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[maverixdamighty]

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

Ya see what I'm saying about necros being misunderstood, OP? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

ya totally depends on the zone for the necro. they can be beasts in undead zones for sure.

as to your comment on what class you play keep in mind there is a hybrid penalty here of 40% + additional for certain races. Some groups will not want to absorb that penalty unless they know you or you prove to be good enough to offset that penalty in some beneficial way.

Shamans are a good class for groups, raiding, soloing, etc plus they have one of the easier epics to complete and if you don't like sitting and afk'ing you can just canni repeatedly!

For a tank warrior is going to be the most useful in the long run, but for pure enjoyment all three hybrids are fun. Warriors are also much more gear dependent as taunt sucks here and if you aren't proc'ing you aren't tanking.

[Splorf22]

The problem is most necros sit around doing /pet attack and casting ignite bones and maybe a snare here and there. Which makes them mediocre magicians, when in reality the class is capable of so much more.

A good necro will keep the HP transfer line up on the tank 100% of the time. That's 125hp/tick which is enough to keep even an average tank up. I've done Chef/Bar with a Necro/Enchanter combo as our healers.

A good necro will charm for ridiculous dps; you can do this in any 50+ dungeon except Chardok and Sol B (Lower Guk, KC, and HS are rife with undead, and in Sebilis you can drag stuff out of the crypt. Which is worth it). Charmed pets are 100+ dps when hasted, and unlike an Enchanter the necro can heal themselves up. A necromancer might be even better than an Enchanter at soloing for XP.

A good necro can do some really ninja shit with pulling. Darkness/FD/CoS = split any camp. And with their insane mana regeneration a necro can be the primary puller for a group without ever needing to sit down. And Necros have a lot of fun in our current silly train-war version of Veeshan's Peak.

The big problems with Necromancers are a) they feel a bit like gimp enchanters to me; basically you are trading tash/slow/ae mez/stun for a heal over time in most groups b) they have a lot of trouble with summoning mobs c) They aren't nearly as fun when there aren't undead around, which is most Velious zones and d) their lifetaps don't land on bosses (and lets be honest, this is probably a balance issue, because touch of night is almost the same damage as a wizard lure AND it heals the necro against the AOE).

Honestly if their lifetaps landed I would seriously consider maining a necro; they are that good.