Class for just starting out?

[fuji]

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

Naked melee is a very rough road.

I know, I cant twink my Rogue so he just sits there with his rusty.

[Shaper]

Thanks for all the info =). my mage is almost lvl 9 now. think i will stick with the mag eeven tho necro is tempting for farming money. i tried a warrior again today, and its insane trying to solo with one =/. so i think ill keep my mage till i have some gear for my warrior. once i do tho ill be rolling around on my human war!

[yaeger]

I don't think you EVER want to play as a warrior. No matter now well geared they are, they're not meant to solo.

Also, why the focus on solo? Lots of groups out there.

[Mcbard]

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

I don't think you EVER want to play as a warrior. No matter now well geared they are, they're not meant to solo.

Also, why the focus on solo? Lots of groups out there.

It's a great fallback plan. Times have changed, not everybody thinks sitting around LFG for 30mins is still acceptable. I remember spending 2 hours looking for a group on live and just logging until raid time because I couldn't find one. I would certainly never want to do that again. When you have the option to solo for xp at least you have something to do while you have downtime.

[KZIMM]

I've been bringing a warrior up as my main, and yes it is a struggle. At this early in the game, there's only a few weapons that are desirable for warriors in order for us to fulfill our classes expectations. Some of these (PGT, Gnoll Hide Lariats) dont have too high a cost, but towards the end game there's pretty much only one weapon to go with (Yaks). Without one of these choice weapons, you're going to struggle to keep agro. I've thought many times of rolling a farming alt just to keep up, but I've yet to do it yet.

[kinztz]

Going shadowknight for just that reason. Sure I wont be a raid tank, but ill be able to tank for groups / farming / whatever. Without the dependency of needing a very limited few weapons.

Should make the ride up a bit more enjoyable, for me at least. Plus as stated its always nice to be a capable soloer if there is any downtime between groups.

[yaeger]

I just think it sad when the community recommends leveling up an 'easy' class to farm with, twink out your main, just to make it slightly easier for him to level.

If class balance was this wonky, why did we love Classic so much?

[quellren]

While I completely agree with Fawqueue, and am guilty of it myself, my first main was a Shaman, and it's a rough haul. So I rolled a necro to farm plat with.

HOWEVER I realize, and you should as well, that when *everyone* rolls a pet class to solo farm for coin, it leaves the rest of everyone standing around tank-less or cleric-less because the guys that have tanks are on the necs soloing Frenzy for an FBSS.
I'm guilty, maybe double guilty. I have a nec for farming and a shaman for enjoyment. But I didn't roll a shaman to struggle with healing, so I never volunteer to heal. Which means more than once I've stood around with a tank, 3 dps and a shaman trash-pulling blues because I have a tiny heal and a mana 'puddle'.

[Falindorf]

So in reality it all depends on how much time you have and what you where you want your characters to go. If you want to be in a "Raid Guild" and the "best of the best of the best Sir!" then it will probably be easier for you to achieve that by making a farming class first. Melee classes are not designed to solo. There are several people around I know of as mages or Necros that go 1 to 50 in a couple weeks and hit 50 still wearing partial cloth. The grind like crazy to get to 50 so they can farm for thier preferred main so they can gring him up in high twink style. If you have the time to put towards it this is probably the best and quickest way to go.

If you are a lot more casual and just want to raid tank sometimes for a more casual guild or group of friends and have less time to apply then either way will probably work just fine for you.

If on the other hand you are looking for a truely classic experience the go direct to the tank. Don't twink him out. Get in groups, make friends, have a good time, and enjoy the classic experience. I hear people say all the time they like the classic game because it was more challanging. The creating farming characters is a way to get around part of the difficulty.

In the long run its all do whatever blows your hair back. Your here to relax and enjoy the game so do what ever it is that your find relaxing and enjoyable.