New to P99. New to Green. What class?

[Bigsham]

nothing worse then a crappy bard in your group lol

[DMN]

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

nothing worse then a crappy bard in your group lol

You sure you actually play EQ? Lots of things worse than a bad bard.

[larsbars]

If you want to be able to solo very effectively in dungeons and get decent loot and money play an enchanter and deal with the learning curve. It’s the best decision I made.

[GinnasP99]

Don't sleep on monk. Pretty solid starter class, doesn't need much gear, has self healing and FD. I guess a kinda big downside is you can't make an iksar one yet, but at 60 in velious a human monk is far from the worst race/class combo you could be.

[Fammaden]

People are way too hung up on iksar for monk. Monk has a 20% class penalty on green so with the iksar racial penalty you're a full on hybrid if you wait for iksar and you're already behind on leveling. The people who have 50 monks are getting geared up right now and will be 60 way faster than most people rolling a fresh lizard monk.

You notice there's tons and tons of necros due to the power level of the class, despite iksar being far more potent for necro than for monk. But when it comes to monk there's this absurd insistence by the player base that they just "can't" do a non-iksar.

[M.J.]

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

...when it comes to monk there's this absurd insistence by the player base that they just "can't" do a non-iksar.

That is the infravision, regen, and sweet animations talking, plus swimming (which is pretty sweet on Green for a level 1) and the achievement competition coming up with kunark, plenty of people gearing up to be the best iksar they can be just to be part of that initial leveling rush and chaos. Plus it doesn't matter how far ahead of the raid & gear curve you are when some newbie iksar bum rushes that VP piece laying around in the swamp, unless it doesn't spawn on the server reset.

[Nuggie]

I also suggest a bard for a class you don't find in every game. Lays way different than every other class. Worth their weight in play in the raiding game. A good bard will "make" an exp group. As is eluded to by an above poster the bar isn't high since there aren't very many highly-skilled bards.

As with any core class, it's hard to get a valuable reputation in the group scene if you can't dedicate chunks of time to paying attention to the group. If your kids/girlfriend/wife/mistress is going to be bugging you every 15 minutes roll a wizard to make for a less stressful playing experience. You can quad with log up, so you can make progress while you wait for groups. Similar to druids in some aspect, but a wizard is highly sought after stackable dps in the kunark raid game.

[Bardp1999]

Stay away from any of the hybrid classes IMO as a new player (Ranger/SK/Pal/Bard) - other than that every class is generally useful. Not that the hybrids arnt there is just going to be a resurgence of hybrid hate the second Kunark launches and you will find it more difficult to group.

The "elite min/max group" that will come about in the very near future is Warrior, Monk, Enchanter, Cleric, Rogue, Shaman. Not to say the other classes are not powerful or useful but this is the meta group for Kunark.

[skyfoxnz85]

are there enough porter like druid? i'm on blue but want to make a toon in green just to have a fresh start. but it will be tough without any money to buy spells

[Nuggie]

Originally Posted by skyfoxnz85 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

are there enough porter like druid? i'm on blue but want to make a toon in green just to have a fresh start. but it will be tough without any money to buy spells

Make a druid and join the union, "Dial a Port" for your money successes.