Best unfunded class?

[Jimjam]

Define best?

If you enjoy challenges, I'd suggest warrior. I've done a couple of unfunded warriors and I've enjoyed hunting for those few items which will 'get you by'. I remember saving up enough for a combine two handed sword on Jimjam and going nuts on willowisps from 12-17. I ended up with enough plat from handing in greater light stones to buy a full set of vendor bought plate in Kaladim! I then hit up highpass and kurn's tower to get an iksar berserkers club and polished granite tomahawk. These worked well enough in groups to get me to a level where I could travel Norrath and quest out a full set of crafted armour from the Karana centaurs.

I also discovered there were decent aggro weapons that were the side product to the rogue epic, which I was able to scrounge. All in all it was a great experience gearing and levelling a warrior from scratch without outside funding nor using EC to self twink.

However, if you mean 'best' as in most powerful with least effort or funds then I suggest magician is a really good shout. If you're willing to work hard then Druid, necromancer, enchanter or hard can all be pretty fearsome.

Honestly though, the need for funds/equipment is pretty overstated. Keep your key skills up, stick to the most important spells and if melee buy a 1:2 ratio weapon for 40pp and have enough AC to mitigate against mobs 5 levels below you and you're running at 80% efficiency of a character with a few k pumped into it.

[kjs86z]

Can play almost anything underfunded if you're planning on mostly grouping (the right way to level as a new player).

[DMN]

Microeconomics.

[Wallicker]

Mage/necro -> ench -> bard -> sham/cleric/ Druid/wizard -> sk/pal -> ranger -> rogue -> war

This would be my “overall” list obviously tweaks would be made if you were after specifics like getting to 60 as fast as possible, or endgame farming, or if you were only soloing or grouping etc.

[Troxx]

Easiest to level and play with naked? Bard Mage and Necro. All 3 of these are fully functional at near max capacity both solo and in a group while naked. Bards just need songs and vendor instruments. Pet classes need just their basic spells (can ignore bad spells) and just plow ahead

Honorable mentions go to druid and, to a lesser degree, wizards for being able to generate funds once they can port.

In a true classic fresh launch server environment, there will not be overpowered and underpriced weapons and armor in EC which puts tanks and real melee (ie not bard) at a huge disadvantage.

For green, those classes with a spell book will be much more functional much sooner than those without.

[FatherSioux]

Bard.

[DinoTriz2]

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Bard.

Yep, another good one. Only need like instruments.

[Troxx]

Yep. The difference for most content between massively geared and twinked bard and a naked bard with vendor instruments is negligible. The most potent deciding factor is the skill of the bard followed then by the quality of instruments. Gear (Ac/resists/hp) only enhance durability for bards. Really the only armor piece or weapon that significantly impact bardly prowess is the epic ... which is a game changer.

I’d put bard above cleric druid and enchanter in terms of least gear dependant. Enchanters benefit hugely from charisma gear and some extra hp buffer. With the exception of lull resists, bard songs are so short that charisma is negligible.

Bard 1-60 in rags and 1pp vendor instruments is 100% manageable without taking any significant hit to effectiveness.

[DromalPhrenia]

Bard is extremely powerful almost entirely naked, as mentioned above. It also has a high skill ceiling though, which can be a plus for many but might be rough for a brand new player.

Mage is very easy and can level naked, your only expenses are spells and malachites.

Enchanter doesn't NEED a GGR and a necro doesn't NEED a pre-nerf COS, these are both great items (more so the CoS) but you can solo no problem without them. For blue, gearing an enchanter is very cheap. For Green, it'll be harder to find CHA gear early on.

If you're looking for easiest class on a new server I'm pretty sure mage pets are OP in classic and summoning magic weapons is a godsend when melees are stuck with garbage classic loot.

[Wallicker]

You are sorely mistaken. If you think bards are going to be able to swarm in empty zones in an all classic green