Picking a class for real!

[mtb tripper]

bill murray comes outta the sand

[Lucia Moonglow]

Very well, then.

I shall try monk. It sounds like fun, minus the pulling....maybe pulling will grow on me.

[fishingme]

If pulling doesn't turn out to be your thing with the monk. I suggest paladin, they do have the terrible xp penalty but they're really cool with ghoulbane and some decent armor which is all pretty easy to get. I'm unsure about shadowknights, but id probably take a look at them too. I do know at about 30-35+ or so, they can start looking pretty cool.

[spoils]

I made the mistake of playing toons guilds said they needed instead of what I really wanted to play...then main switched a ton of times over time as guild needs changed...

Now I'm playing what I want and am in a guild that appreciates the player behind the screen.

I wasted 2 years of altwhoring to figure this out.

Tl:dr; play what u like the most regardless of opinions. If u dont like any classes then find another game?

[gotrocks]

roll an iksar shaman.

You don't have to be fat, you're (sort of) unique because everyone thinks iksar shammys suck w/o jbb (they dont), you can melee, you can even tank to some extent with your slows, you can root rot, kite, use your pet, heal people, buff people to insane levels, haste, oh and canni dancing means you basically never stop killing.

plus, as an iksar shaman, you get (imo) the fastest leveling track in the game group/solo: FoB -> kurns around 13-14 -> WW around 24 -> highkeep at 33ish - > low 40's go to com and have epic by 52.

this means ALL of your leveling spots except ONE are within arms reach of cabilis, which, btw, has every vendorable shaman spell in the game conveniently located around the city (instead of having to run all over the place to get some of the harder to get ones).

theres a reason shamans are so popular! And come velious when you can wear all the cool plate stuff you're unstoppable.

do it. you'll be happy you did!

[citizen1080]

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

roll an iksar shaman.

You don't have to be fat, you're (sort of) unique because everyone thinks iksar shammys suck w/o jbb (they dont), you can melee, you can even tank to some extent with your slows, you can root rot, kite, use your pet, heal people, buff people to insane levels, haste, oh and canni dancing means you basically never stop killing.

plus, as an iksar shaman, you get (imo) the fastest leveling track in the game group/solo: FoB -> kurns around 13-14 -> WW around 24 -> highkeep at 33ish - > low 40's go to com and have epic by 52.

this means ALL of your leveling spots except ONE are within arms reach of cabilis, which, btw, has every vendorable shaman spell in the game conveniently located around the city (instead of having to run all over the place to get some of the harder to get ones).

theres a reason shamans are so popular! And come velious when you can wear all the cool plate stuff you're unstoppable.

do it. you'll be happy you did!

qft

[Pringles]

After many many many alts myself (I have 0 level 60 toons, best ive done is mid to upper 50s on a few different classes.... and I've been here since mid 2010), I've finally settled on shaman as well. I've been Enchanter, Monk, Bard, Cleric, Necro, and numerous low level alts...... play whatever you enjoy. I have enjoyed them all, but so far shaman feels the best fit...... and I kept putting off shaman because I was a shaman / monk duo on live and swore I'd avoid both here, failed horribly at that [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Alovia]

Ranger =)

[DrKvothe]

You're not really going to be a very successful soloer if you're meleeing, unless you're twinked to the gills. Even people who point to monk may be thinking of a pretty severely twinked monk.

I'll break down the possibilities that I think you'll like:
melee soloers: monk and semi-twink shaman. semi-twink shaman means pulling with drowsy, dotting, and wailing away with a huge 2h, like poison wind censor. pretty darn effective.

melee groupers: monk as mentioned, and bard. Bard allows you to melee a bit in groups, and when you can't find a group you can find a kiting partner and level faster than anyone in the game. Keeping 3 songs up isn't really that challenging, and most classes end up pressing the same 3 buttons.

pet casters: druid, mage and enchanter. Your pet, at least, will be able to engage the mob and fck it up. An enchanter with a rogue npc charmed is a godly phs dmg dpser in groups.

If I had to narrow em down further, I think you'd like the melee shaman, monk, or druid best. Druid is a good choice because you can always port whore for cash, and that cash would go a long way toward twinking a melee dpser.

[eqravenprince]

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

You're not really going to be a very successful soloer if you're meleeing, unless you're twinked to the gills. Even people who point to monk may be thinking of a pretty severely twinked monk.

I played an untwinked Monk from Qeynos up to my current level of 49. Soloed 99% of the time with zero downtime unless you consider binding wound downtime.