Enchanter, Necro or Mage?

[Humwawa]

A necro is phenomenally resilient. We can live through almost anything, and we can kill almost anything. In some cases, killing a mark might require more work than another class, but it can most likely be done given enough time and work. If it's undead, it's dead. That's that.

An enchanter can kill targets a necro would spend a great deal of time on (say, King in Lower Guk) with seeming ease. The problem I find with enchanters is how horribly squirrelly resists can be - a crit resist Lull and you're dead, a charm break and AE stun/root/mez resists, you're dead. It can look like the easiest thing in the world, or the hardest thing in the world. Granted, my chanter's 45, so I'm not a master of the art, but this is what I've seen thus far.

Mages have pets, summon crap, and have nukes. They like to chain summon earth elementals on things. That's the sum of my limited mage knowledge.

[astarothel]

If you never played a lot of classic, or EQ a lot in general I probably wouldn't suggest enchanter as your first class. They take a bucket of gear to deck out for charm properly, and playing a finesse class with quirks both on live and P99 isn't a great option for many newer players.

[guineapig]

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

The problem I find with enchanters is how horribly squirrelly resists can be - a crit resist Lull and you're dead, a charm break and AE stun/root/mez resists, you're dead. It can look like the easiest thing in the world, or the hardest thing in the world.

Couldn't have put it better myself. Even when you are an awesome enchanter, you still depend so much on luck of the roll it's not even funny. Thankfully we can double rune (rune + berserker) ourselves which helps us compensate with resists but still.