New Player to Server: Class Choice Delimma

[webrunner5]

Why do people keep recommending Monks on here? They are a Very important part of a group. A hell of a lot of people that play Monks don't know there ass from a hole in the ground about pulling or zones. It will be even worse in Velious.

Its like a lot of Bards on here. One song wonders afk 3/4 of the time. Good Monks and good Bards are few and far in between.

Both are about the last class you should play here as a noob. Not counting a Human Monk has a 20% XP penalty and a Iksar Monk has a 44% XP penalty. And a Bard has a 40% XP penalty. Good luck starting out with that.

[Jingleson]

Well my first character is a Ranger, and I'm told that's by far the hardest choice to start out as, especially unfunded. I don't know enough about it to say anything positive or negative about it yet, but I'm level 6 and I'm hoping the class will pick up when I get spells and dual wield/double attack.

[webrunner5]

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

Well my first character is a Ranger, and I'm told that's by far the hardest choice to start out as, especially unfunded. I don't know enough about it to say anything positive or negative about it yet, but I'm level 6 and I'm hoping the class will pick up when I get spells and dual wield/double attack.

No, you could be a Paladin or Wizard. Believe it or not it could be worse on here. Ranger and Pally has super cheap gear on here. Ranger even cheaper. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There is a LOT of good Ranger gear for a good price on P1999

[fishingme]

Honestly, some places you can afk in and others you can't. If you recognize safe spots where no mobs path through, wizard/mage/necro/enchanter. All fine classes for soloing and afking. I wouldn't recommend a monk untwinked unless you can but some steady sessions into the char to farm the gear/quests/groups for gear that you can. Monk soloing without good gear 35+ gets a little bit haywire.