Noob wtb answers!

[Snukie]

Dont be fooled. Soloing a Wizard in PvE can be long and boring till lvl 29 when you are able to Quadkite. If you plan to play a Wizard without any support or group of friends buy a good book cuz you will be meding alot.


If you choose to play a chanter be aware a chanter has quite high learning curve and especially in groups you are the one most likely to die since almost everything you do puts you on the top of the mobs hate list. BUT you will be wanted and needed. Soloing the chanter is a very easy. While you wont be able to deal massive dmg your crowd control ability will let you break camps where other classes may struggle and with charm soloing never gets boring.


In PvP you need to think outside the box. You will die alot, not because the chanter is bad but because of you. Your first impulse in PvP will be " Damage i need to do Damage" which will get you killed. Twelve years ago i played on a PvP Server as a Mage and Necro. The only fight i still remember was against a chanter. It went down like this.

Me: " Hehe Chanter easy kill."

I start attacking

Me: " Pet why arent you attacking?"

Pet shrugs his shoulder,

Me: " Ohh little Chanter mezzed me oh how cute."

Mezz wears off

Me: " Har! Now you die!"

You are out of mana

Me: " WTF?! How?"

You are stunned

Me: " Abort plan ! Abort plan!"

You feel encoumberd

Me: " Where is my str? Where are my stats ! Help wtf is going on? OMG Hoax!"

You have been slained by the "shitty" damage of the chanter now go hide and cry in the corner.


Again you dont kill with DMG as a chanter...as a chanter you have other ways and you are one of the key classes in any Group PvP or PvE. The only class that comes similar close to it is maybe the bard. Be prepared to be first target in PvP even before the healer...but trust me nothing is more fun than killing someone in PvP as a chanter. It wont be fast kills but you will see how people start to panic as they slowly loose their HP while you are in full control of the battle.

[Tassador]

Druids are terrible in group? What game do you play? Have you seen what sonic bats do to naggy?

[pickled_heretic]

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Druids are terrible in group? What game do you play? Have you seen what sonic bats do to naggy?

you are correct in stating that druid charming can be effective. charming in general is extremely effective, and that's part of the reason why enchanters are so powerful. still, i can count on one hand the number of druid's i've seen able to effectively utilize charming in a group environment, because most of them are terrible at this game and partly because druid charming is extremely limited. as far as raids goes: the ability to use charm against raid targets in old world classic is essentially limited to nagafen and vox. using lvl 50+ charmed pets in the planes will be dangerous and unreliable until kunark comes and the level cap is raised.

in the many cases where druid charm cannot be used, what else do they bring to a group? subpar heals, subpar dps, subpar buffs, all things that specialists do better. the versatility that allows the druid to perform well in a solo environment is exactly what limits his usefulness in a group environment.

[Snukie]

Who said it was a druid charm ? :-D

[Softcore PK]

Bards take a bit of learning, but they are the most fun pvp class in the game imo. Very powerful, but not in ways that are very obvious at first (kinda like enchanter, as Snukie put it).

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[Tassador]

ok more detailed info on why druid > you

1. powerlevel - this is a form of grouping without grouping which druids exceed.
2. transportation - porting members to the spot for raids(very fucking important)
3. jack of all trades - variety of spells that can be a big help like CHARM ANIMAL and SONIC BATS. ENSNARE
4. dwayne wade - spirit of cheetah (necessary at times to save yourself in outdoor zone, can port friends back later to retrieve corpses)
5. hulk hogan - buffs/heals/dots/nukes
6. peter pan - evac when shit gets rough.
7. community -GROUP SPELLS LIKE PACK REGEN AND PACK WOLF FORM.

[Softcore PK]

Druids can turn into trees, and that's pretty cool :P

[pickled_heretic]

in your typical group:

if a cleric, tank, or enchanter/bard goes afk, the group shuts down until they return.

if a mdps goes afk, they will be sorely missed until they return.

if a druid goes afk, nobody will notice unless they are told beforehand. (or 5 minutes later when someone finally notices that you haven't moved)

[Melveny]

If you want a class that you can excell in pve and pvp that are also user friendly and not to huge of a learning curve, necro and Druid.

The other classes can be difficult pvp. Some say Mage, mages are terrible in pvp but good in pve. I do not recommend a melee or hybrid. Enchanters take skill or you will fail. Wizards are pretty easy but don't have many options spell wise, ppl chose this class knowing what they have because They have experience with the game.

[Tassador]

once i finish my druid its time for a Halfelf warrior with a SHARKJAW CUTLASS baby!