Anywhere I can find a breakdown of population by class?

[Caladbolg]

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

Did a few who all counts just now.

Sorry if I missed a class!

bard 69
cleric 108
druid 166
enchanter 101
magician 54
monk 99
necromancer 117
paladin 32
ranger 32
rogue 69
shadow knight 54
shaman 123
warrior 55
wizard 51

/who all count gave a result of 1128, which more or less equals the above.

Server displayed 1276 online, so I guess / all count includes anon. I suspect the difference in numbers was due to 150 people AFKing at log on screen?

Note if I logged onto my SK instead of my War to do this SK would have been more SK than War on! I guess SK being an unpopular tank class is a myth!

Ranger and Pal kinda rare still.

Thanks for the count [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I always felt like SK was a better tank up until endgame personally. They didn't have to rely on finding decent proc weapons like warriors, and had plenty of HP assuming you were an ogre or troll.

[slowpoke68]

http://www.project1999.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=195110

Here was a couple of weeks of /whos from a few months ago. Haven't had time to play but still check out the boards every couple of days.

Edit

PS I played a wizard as my main and got up to 35 before I had to break because of pesky real life. I enjoyed it and up to that level didn't have a problem getting groups. However I think wizzies get a bad name because of bad wizzies. Don't open up on mobs til tank has aggro/wait til mob is at 50 percent generally, assist!, don't blow all your mana on one or two mobs, conserve mana so you can really blow the hell out of the stuff when you need to, use CC liberally, don't afk randomly....be a nice guy.

Good luck and enjoy, P99 is great. I will be hopping back in at some point when rl allows [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Kalaxus]

back in classic EQ for levels 30-40 I found it hard to find a group that could see the value of an SK Tank or even as OT. Poor player information being spread at the time. In The Overthere I faced rejection daily even when I was over the asking level, groups would rather sit around waiting for a War to log in then chance having an SK tank. Wonder how the stats would skew if only counted those over 30. Surprised by the numbers, rogues count seems high and warriors low.

[Kutsumo]

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

back in classic EQ for levels 30-40 I found it hard to find a group that could see the value of an SK Tank or even as OT. Poor player information being spread at the time. In The Overthere I faced rejection daily even when I was over the asking level, groups would rather sit around waiting for a War to log in then chance having an SK tank. Wonder how the stats would skew if only counted those over 30. Surprised by the numbers, rogues count seems high and warriors low.

Odd how different behavior could be on different classic servers. On mine at least (erollisi marr) most groups preferred hybrid tanks for their agro and utility. I don't remember xp penalties being known or an issue at that time.

On this server you'll definitely find some resistance due to xp penalty.

[Ranndom]

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

Hello, P99. Just started here after having played live for years. Before I start committing a ton of time to a new character, I was wondering which classes are the most needed/ least common? I know it really just comes down to "play whatever class you enjoy", and with a 1k+ population there's bound to be a lot of everything, but I'm curious nonetheless.

Also, is the hybrid xp penalty still in effect here? I seem to remember there being a period after Velious was released where the penalty was still in effect.

Monks are somewhere in the middle, and if you take the time to properly gear them as you level, They are extremely fun and make great soloers

[FatMice]

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[Tiewon Shu]

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[dafier]

Where's all the rangers at?