Melee vs Casters

[Videri]

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

Hehe, I have been clericing and got my guise on him so now I need to finish what i originally planned. Hes a wood elf now but I'm chugging along. I had trouble at release due to the crowds. I need to figure out a magic boots situation though and decide on what SNES sprite works best for a ranger lol

Any update on this thread, Cen?

[vanix]

i main a monk and i can assure you that melee aren't as gimp as you seem to be lead to believe. In a group the other night with a bunch of melee it was one of the best groups i have been in. There seem to be a TON of warriors on green, as well as a good amount of SK's and Pallys with the sprinkle of monks and rangers and rogues tossed in I think a lot of people just started with casters because they are easier to play in the beginning which they totally are i guess.

[magnetaress]

PGT procs are pretty legit for sure as an easy weapon to get [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Gatorsmash]

People acting like this is some type of 1999 fucking mystery....

Everyone wants to be self sufficient. The class population scales directly from this. Only modifier is the hybrid penalty and people now twinking out those less self efficient melees

[Kanuvan]

i can barely solo some dark blues and most light blues on monk (best melee solo class in classic without 20k plat twink) using a incombat bandage exploit that was probably never intended, and i still am at 10% life sometimes to generic non casting mobs in sola

and on the flip side i need 10x as much plat to buy haste/hp/str/ac gear and "catch up" to caster ability to solo

i never knew what the developers were thinking when they designed melee vs caster in classic eq, the only thing melee has going is that its 50x more rewarding to get a new piece of gear where as with caster you notice literally nothing with new gear, they severely overestimated melee ability to "outlast" mobs with endless auto attacks that dont require any resource, its only good for raiding or if twinked

[Jibartik]

They would do what Wow Did, give melee players "spells" with names like "gut punch"

The dang rogue in that game was the enchanter lol

[magnetaress]

Progressing a rogue from classic scrap to kunark BIS is really rewarding on a populated box with active grouping.

[Gustoo]

Balance is what it is, you have to play passionately.

All the classes are cool. Some are less efficient and some solo not-so-well.

Hybrids took a best of both worlds penalty and on top of that are masters of very little. Still they are fun characters to be.

No twinking needed game is mad easy just long. Enjoy the journey.

[Gustoo]

Balance is flawless. Game is flawless and 100% complete, perfection.

Don't make me call the pope.

[magnetaress]

I solo'd a ranger to 38 on red by just doing snare, root, dot kiting and jousting and bow kiting b4 velious mob fear thing. And getting the few ranger weapons, like the root sword. GG

but I think exp penalty may not have been in

it took a few months irl