The easiest and simplest class to play?

[magnetaress]

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[HandOfFate]

Wizard > Mage > Rogue

For Wizard: Wait till mob is at 25-50% /stand > /cast nuke > /sit.


For Mage, all you do is /assist > /pet Attack > Nuke at 50%. On raids you sit there and summon sticks.

Rogue: /assist > /attack on > backstab. CR can take skill in certain zones.


None of these take a lick of skill.

[Vaarsuvius]

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

Wizard > Mage > Rogue

For Wizard: Wait till mob is at 25-50% /stand > /cast nuke > /sit.


For Mage, all you do is /assist > /pet Attack > Nuke at 50%. On raids you sit there and summon sticks.

Rogue: /assist > /attack on > backstab. CR can take skill in certain zones.


None of these take a lick of skill.

Yeah, looks like you have played a mage for a long time [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
I won't claim it's rocket science, but there's a bit more to playing a Mage than your description could have one think.
I must be doing it wrong because reading the job description it's so obvious I should be 60 by now.

What about debuffs ? you know mages get some, don't you ? that thing some pepole cast to help other party members land spells (like slow) on mobs. But you can't cast them too early to avoid aggro, but no too late either.

what about keeping a DS on MT at all time ? yeah ok that's 2 clicks but this free dmg can add up real fast when you spend a couple hours in a camp.

what about knowing which of your 5/4/3 pets is the best suited vs the mob you're killing when soloing. Guess you have to try/ die & learn

What about chain casting, have you ever tried to do it vs a mob that will kill you within seconds if there isn't a pet between you and him ?

What about getting in range of mobs to get hit to avoid you pet dying, just long enough to land a heal on your pet but no too long to avoid low hp aggro.

BTW, we mages can't slow/ snare & kite/ fear kite/ root/ root & rot mobs, we just have to send buffed pet and nuke/ DoT

Damn, those mages really are the easiest class to play....

If I was an AH, I could also write Clerics are easy to play, but I won't because I know squat about them

/target MT
/cast heal
/sit
/gems

Playing a shaman can't be hard, can it ?
/target MT & melee dps
/cast buffs & haste or /cast group buff
/assist MT
/slow mob
/canni

or when you solo
/slow mob
/send pet
/root
/cast DoTs
/canni
/profit


Did I forget something about those slackers ? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No offense meant in my answer, but each class may appear as a stupid easy one to play, but I don't think there is one.

[pivo]

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

... What about debuffs ? you know mages get some, don't you ?

what about keeping a DS on MT at all time ?

what about knowing which of your 5/4/3 pets is the best suited vs the mob you're killing when soloing.

What about chain casting, have you ever tried to do it vs a mob that will kill you within seconds if there isn't a pet between you and him ?

What about getting in range of mobs to get hit to avoid you pet dying, just long enough to land a heal on your pet but no too long to avoid low hp aggro...

Oh boy, what I got myself into, since I now have Magician also. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Seems like it can get quite complicated. For now, very first levels, I like it, even better than Druid. I will level them both up to some 10-12 and see which one I like better then. This may take me few months looks like lol.

[GnomeCaptain]

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

Wizard > Mage > Rogue

For Wizard: Wait till mob is at 25-50% /stand > /cast nuke > /sit.


For Mage, all you do is /assist > /pet Attack > Nuke at 50%. On raids you sit there and summon sticks.

Rogue: /assist > /attack on > backstab. CR can take skill in certain zones.


None of these take a lick of skill.

All you've pointed out is that bad and amateurish play doesn't take a "lick of skill."

[pivo]

Thank you for all your answers, still digesting them, didn't understand everything, nothing new i n my case ;-)

For now, I'm battling, how to install EQ99 on Linux. After 4-5 hours and two different Linux distros (MX & Manjaro) still no success. For now I'm giving up, will later try on Mint. I found Linux guide thread here on this forums, but for now it is not working for me.

Of all your suggestions, seems like Wizard may be the simplest, easier, best fit for me? Not looking to power level. I will slowly level and try to enjoy the game. I typically don't play end of game content, raiding... I'm just too bad player for this, Also, not much time for playing...

[Izmael]

Simplest AND easiest has to be Monk.
- Very few keys to click. Autoattack, Mend, Kick, Feign Death (FD). You can just know these 4 and be just fine. You'll need to learn how /assist works eventually but that can wait until you're 20+

- High survivability - you can FD and dodge 99% of dangerous situations. As soon as you learn the main stuff about FD, you'll almost never die until you get to the highest levels.

 

The main FD stuff is:
- For FD to work, you must turn autoattack off first, if you're autoattacking
- FD can fail, and you get "XX falls on the ground" message.
- A mob hitting you with a spell will break your successful FD. This includes AE spells and spells the mob started casting before you FD'd.

Mend is a self-heal ability. Mash it when you're hurt and eventually you will heal some HP.


That's pretty much all you need to know to play a Monk for a very long time. Zero spells to worry about, no mana. Your bare hands are deadly weapons too. No need to worry about getting any for a long time.

[pivo]

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

Simplest AND easiest has to be Monk.
- Very few keys to click. Autoattack, Mend, Kick, Feign Death (FD). You can just know these 4 and be just fine. You'll need to learn how /assist works eventually but that can wait until you're 20+

- High survivability - you can FD and dodge 99% of dangerous situations. As soon as you learn the main stuff about FD, you'll almost never die until you get to the highest levels.

 

The main FD stuff is:
- For FD to work, you must turn autoattack off first, if you're autoattacking
- FD can fail, and you get "XX falls on the ground" message.
- A mob hitting you with a spell will break your successful FD. This includes AE spells and spells the mob started casting before you FD'd.

Mend is a self-heal ability. Mash it when you're hurt and eventually you will heal some HP.


That's pretty much all you need to know to play a Monk for a very long time. Zero spells to worry about, no mana. Your bare hands are deadly weapons too. No need to worry about getting any for a long time.

Monk sounds interesting, will try it out, thanks. Is FD a spell?

[loramin]

I think Monk and Warrior both deserve an honorable mention as very simple classes ... but I still think it's hard to argue either one of them is simpler than Rogue (or Wizard/MAge, but it's more of an apples to oranges deal to compare melee to Int caster).

[ldgo86]

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

I think Monk and Warrior both deserve an honorable mention as very simple classes ... but I still think it's hard to argue either one of them is simpler than Rogue (or Wizard/MAge, but it's more of an apples to oranges deal to compare melee to Int caster).

Being able to pull as a monk has a high skill ceiling tho. So many bad monks out there.