Returning player, feeling confused

[Brickhouse]

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

I think playing a class you don't like just so you can farm money to twink a class you do like is pretty dumb.

Like others have been saying, monks can be adequate tanks sometimes, and are good DPS. Warriors are the most DPS-y of the actual tanks, though their DPS isn't going to compare to monk/rogue DPS (unless they're berserking, which can be hard to maintain in many situations).

I played a class I don't like "Druid" to farm money for a class I don't like "Warrior", so I must be insanely retarded..

[Champion_Standing]

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

I played a class I don't like "Druid" to farm money for a class I don't like "Warrior", so I must be insanely retarded..

I agree

[Xer0]

shadowknights make tanking easy.

play on red and group xp bonus will nullify xp penalty.

[Enderenter]

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

Monk might be your best bet. Can sorta be tanky and do good dps.

Warrior (best tank, solid melee dps), or Monk (2nd best melee dps to rogue, solid tank especially in Velious)

[loramin]

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

Everyone gets to the 50s and has the cash cow Sebilis groups eventually anyway. I know people love the Nybright sisters camp etc but for the sake plat earned per hour you're better off leveling as quick as you can to 50 and taking it from there [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This. Every new player, if they want to optimize their time, should accumulate only enough platinum to buy the bare minimum gear necessary to get them to 50. Even if you pick a tank class, that isn't that much gear. Plus, if you let the players you encounter know that you're new and have no gear, you'd be surprised how generous some of them will be. Really you could start a brand new warrior on this server, never buy a single piece of gear, and level all the way to 50 using only the gear you find on mobs and that generous people give you ... and you'd do it faster than the guy who wastes days camping the Nybright sisters and other low-level plat camps.

Then again, some people just want to do tradeskills or play TunnelQuest or whatever, and for them it probably does make sense to start with a class like druid that can farm.

[Malianna]

Thanks for the replies guys!

Unfortunately, I did end up making a wizard after all, it felt easier to just burn things down then to sit in melee untwinked [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] (As much as I hate being a caster).
I'm a bit fearful to go on with it, though. I've heard they dont get groups at all, dont really wish to solo in a group game. There's plenty of other MMOs that encourage solo play

[Faywind]

Don't play the wizard then. They are primarily a solo class because they are not highly sought after for groups.

[chromia]

Sounds like you might want to just try out different classes.

It is a game after all, have fun. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[NegaStoat]

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

I think playing a class you don't like just so you can farm money to twink a class you do like is pretty dumb.

I completely agree with this. When I started playing here, I asked myself the question "will I level up and solely play a single character, ever, period? Or will I have an alt?" The answer I had for that question was, yeah, I'd have an alt. That was followed up with the question "will either of the two characters picked be able to solo at all?"

Thus my recommending the druid strategy, and why it worked out for me. I honestly do like the class. My second character is a melee which has its issues, but the druid helps out a ton in being so mobile to offset it for different uses (buying, selling, EC trades, etc.)

As far as a brand new player being hesitant to play a melee due to having no money, and the class is gear dependent - screw it. Really good weapons are CHEAP as hell. Banded & Bronze are easy to obtain, people cut you deals, and there's tons of smiths for fineplate when you're in your early 20's, and they're reasonable on costs too.

Just GO for it if you want to be a melee. No second character required.

[Malianna]

updating.
I stuck with the SK, currently 11. Not sure if I should worry about gear now or later (as suggested with the Seb farming) I'm in a mix of bronze/banded with a BBC/skyfire sword/MM shield mostly