Which caster to start with?

[Expediency]

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

You're just talking about raids, though. For everything else (and there is a lot of everything else) druid is quite good. Can solo quite a few things and duo even more.

Which of those does a druid beat in a solo or duo situation? Wizard sure. Cleric possibly without a charmed pet but clerics have other obvious utility. Maybe nonepic mage in some situations. None of the others.

Druids are a good class and fun to play but they are easily one of the weakest casters. If you want a fun ride to 60 roll druid. If you want to be a boss though look elsewhere.

[Swish]

It depends on the synergy of the group, if the cleric is struggling with a ranger/bard tank, a bad tank, or something... that's probably the best avenue to prevent frequent mana breaks, patch heal/cancel magic costs next to nothing, you're only spending the mana on twitching and the occasional lifetap.

I agree though ideally I mostly preferred/enjoyed charming a pet, tooling it up, hasting it (if no better haste was available) and really motoring the group's dps output, with screaming terror on a hotkey for the inevitable break ^^

[Raavak]

Druid is kinda nice in that you can solo or group, depending on how you feel that day. Not the best at either, but the game can be more fun/less of a grind that way.

Druid duo with a melee, especially like a ranger with a haste cloak, can be really nice.

[mcoy]

Looking for my obvious utility... I seem to have misplaced it =p

-Mcoy

[Raavak]

Sow, regen, heal, ds, dot, nuke, snare, root, and port.... some hp buffs and resists.
Druids can do it all. Just not the best at any one thing.
Except maybe wisecracking.

[Troxx]

Druids are a pretty well balanced class, they just suffer from not being *BEST* at any one thing. A well played druid always pulls their weight and is well worth the group spot 95% of the time. Their buffs are especially useful and often undervalued by the playerbase. In a game as slow paced as classic everquest, regen is clutch ... and they're the only class that with one spell can give 5/10/15 to the whole group.

[Foxplay]

Being the best at nuking in Velious is like being the best at sprinting 100meters in a 5mile race. Id rather have druids in melee groups or healing with "/rtarget" on geared rogues and monks than wizards

[Breton]

I appreciate all the feedback on the druid, but I'm looking more at pure casters than priests. They sound cool but I'm not a big fan of healing and I remember they do a fair amount of that.

Sounds to me like Necro/Enchanter/Mage seem to be the favorites. I'm leaning toward a Tranquil worshiping Erudite for my own rp purposes so do they make a particularly good necro, mage, or enchanter?

[ajdes]

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

I appreciate all the feedback on the druid, but I'm looking more at pure casters than priests. They sound cool but I'm not a big fan of healing and I remember they do a fair amount of that.

Sounds to me like Necro/Enchanter/Mage seem to be the favorites. I'm leaning toward a Tranquil worshiping Erudite for my own rp purposes so do they make a particularly good necro, mage, or enchanter?

Assuming by Tranquil you mean Quellious, you cant be a necro.

For Quellious Enc, it might get you into trouble in some evil cities (with illusions) but I play a Bertoxx enchanter and Ive never had too much trouble.

[Breton]

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

Assuming by Tranquil you mean Quellious, you cant be a necro.

For Quellious Enc, it might get you into trouble in some evil cities (with illusions) but I play a Bertoxx enchanter and Ive never had too much trouble.

Good point. Im less worried about the deity. Moreso like the idea of Erudite being a magical race for the pure caster. Seems cool to me.