Straightforward Class Role

[Mags]

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

Just looking for some opinions on what would be considered a pretty straightforward, easy class to play?

I play a druid as my main and my role is constantly changing which is cool, except I'm still getting used to that and have taken some recent heat in groups for not doing what I should be doing situationally speaking. It's probably because I'm getting out of newbie level range now. I've been reading druid guides to be better but sometimes I just want to log on and mindlessly smash stuff (or something similarly straightforward) and not think too much about it.

Classes that come to mind are mage, wizard, warrior, rogue, monk, ranger but I'm too inexperienced at this point to have an educated opinion on that.

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Everyone is different obviously, but after playing a cleric for most of my EQ life, when I switched to a rogue it was AMAZING, there was much LESS to pay attention to, I basically had to worry about myself, not 53 other people, which was pure bliss. A rogue is pretty straight forward, there's not any CC to do, just watch yourself (& your tank obviously, but that comes with aggro management) & you're pretty golden.

[serjordanmormont]

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

Everyone is different obviously, but after playing a cleric for most of my EQ life, when I switched to a rogue it was AMAZING, there was much LESS to pay attention to, I basically had to worry about myself, not 53 other people, which was pure bliss. A rogue is pretty straight forward, there's not any CC to do, just watch yourself (& your tank obviously, but that comes with aggro management) & you're pretty golden.

I was actually kinda thinking rogue. They seem very straightforward in that sense. I get managing aggro is a big part of playing one, but that is a far cry from keeping a bunch of people healed for sure. Thanks!

[Mags]

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

I was actually kinda thinking rogue. They seem very straightforward in that sense. I get managing aggro is a big part of playing one, but that is a far cry from keeping a bunch of people healed for sure. Thanks!

Yay rogue! I've thought about leveling my husband's, but she has a stupid name (more stupid than Kittyn), and is a gnome. :/ I was a woodelf on live, which didn't make much of a difference compared to my Barbarian counterparts (raid geared, obviously).

[mgellan]

Well frankly (having played a wizard to 60) wizards don't get invited to xp groups anyways so it's a pretty moot point... go rogue OP.

Regards,
Mg

[maskedmelon]

As rogue, just have to know to stick 'em in der bum. Wizzy pretty straightforward too, but Gels said, nobody invites them because even if they do all those other wonderful things (99% do not) chances are there is another class in the group that can absorb that role leaving you with a stout 12 sustained dps contribution to your group :/

Be a rogue, go for the bum. ^^

[fash]

rogue. Assist the tank. Press backstab and evade macro every so often. Collect pixels.

On the rare occasion, you may need to sneak pull if you don't have a more suitable puller in the group.

[Izmael]

Rogue is probably the most straightforward class in EQ.

[Lojik]

For just xp groups, mage and rogue are probably the most straight forward. at the highest levels and on raids, good mages and rogues can do a little bit more: rogues who understand aggro mechanics and zones well can sneakpull/CR effectively, while mages can (I think?) do some cool stuff with coth mechanics, although this may have changed.

Wizards wont get a whole lot of love for standard xp groups, and if your group is just single pulling non-caster mobs you're pretty 2nd rate. The only thing you'll be figuring out is whether to use fire,ice, or magic spells (or your best ratio nuke.} Once you start killing caster mobs you can start using stun/interrupt spells, and multi mob pulls you can use root effectively as you'll have the best root spells available to any class. Rain spells are pretty effective if you can find the right situations for them, and being able to use concussion well is great. You can also spam flux staff to aggro adds and park them where u want (if there's no enchanter...or with giants who are mez immune.) Many high level mobs are also immune to stun but are casters, and wizards can push to interrupt better than any other class as long as the mob is not magic immune/extremely resistant. While I think the general idea of a wizard is pretty straight forward, a lot of learning how to best perform is memorization of situations: Which mobs cast, which are immune to MR, which are immune to stun, which are weak to which element, how many hp's a mob has, etc, learning to control dps versus hate, etc.

[skarlorn]

rogue is quite easy but you have to constantly be pressing backstab. some people prefer lazier group roles.

[Baa]

Rogues are good fun to play, there is much more depth to them then attack > backstab > evade repeat - but really you can make it as simple as you want.

It can be a hard slog to 60 as at some point you become totally dependent on groups for decent exp.