Need some help picking my race/class

[Safon]

Hmm, well i do recall that outer Gnome watchman being butchered over and over by someone as i lvled my gnome in Steamfont years ago.

What should stat allocation of an Erudite Necromancer look like?

And does anyone have any tips for me?

[rioisk]

Erudites start with high INT. By end-game you'll easily have 200+ int so it's not a big deal.

Put as much as you can into STA as even in velious this is a hard stat to max.

Necromancers are not as efficient soloers vs magicians in terms of grinding kill after kill ie mages can chain blues better than necromancers. Necromancers, however, can kill higher level mobs at earlier levels and have much greater survivability with FD/lifetap.

[Darian]

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1 - My first choice at this point would be a Necro, but i remember they are KoS in almost all the cities of Norrath. How big a problem is this, what are the ramifications? Do the strengths they get allow them to always be self sufficient?

Not as big as you'd think. As a necro there is really no reason to ever venture into cities like Halas, Felwithe, Kaladim, etc. The main cities you'll concern yourself with as a necro are Freeport, Neriak and to a lesser extent Qeynos; regardless, at level 8 you get Gather Shadows and 16 is Feign Death, meaning as long as you're cautious you can pretty much travel through wherever you want.

2 - If i were to play a Necromancer, which race would give me the most cities to be accepted in? I was thinking an Erudite Necromancer, would starting in Paineel and on Odus kill the game experience for me? Can anyone who is currently on Odus let me know what the continent is like?

Erudite or Human are the best if you're overly concerned about faction issues. Dark Elves are KOS everywhere but Neriak and Paineel (again, not as big a problem as it seems). Starting in Odus won't kill your game experience, but you won't be able to invis past the guards to get off the continent until level 8, and you'll have a miserable (and lonely) time levelling in Toxx Forest until then. IMO your best move would be to sit around the druid rings and see if someone will spare a port to get you to Freeport. Bind there and make that your home away from home.

3 - Are there any good guilds on the server that are welcoming to returning average players? Id love to grow into a dedicated player/raider, but im also here to savor the journey as well as the destination, so to speak. Any guilds that facilitate grouping for lowbies?

Thanks so much for any help offered

Definitely! Check the guild forum section of the forums.

Hope this helped. If you need any more swaying to the winning team, just remember: Necros are a lot like mages... except we're a little more versatile than chain casting the same pet over and over again... and we never die.

[G13]

If you play a necro go Dark Elf

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[Safon]

Sounds good guys, thanks a ton for the info!