Easiest class in Everquest?

[Spyder73]

EQ is not a hard game - time consuming yes, but difficult no

[GreldorEQ]

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

... are not playing the character to its fullest potential.

Your role in groups and raids can drastically change if you choose to use all of the tools in your toolkit.

The easiest class to play is the class played by the lazy player.

[Kruel]

I would say magician. They are easy mode. If you cant get a group you simply go solo. If you get a group then you literally make an assist key while not worrying about anything at all. The hardest thing they need to do is /petgetlost if they have a problem with their pet.

Rogues cannot solo at all. They need to fend for themselves even getting to certain zones etc. If they get exp it is because they sat and went LFG and finally got something. Once in the group rogues will need to worry about over agro management - just being on your toes at all times.

Mages literally sit were the cleric does and pet attacks. Randomly getting up to nuke sometimes. If there is an issue they can gate. Rogues will eat it.

Just my thoughts. When I have a new player wanting to learn the game and they aren't the best at games I would start them on a mage lol.

[Amyas]

Bard, pulling,CC,swarm Kiting,charm killing, song juggling.

Easy to play hard to master no way its bard.

[Cecily]

Mana song -> AFK. 90% of group role fulfilled.

[Kutsumo]

This depends on your definition of hard... Some classes are a lot more busy/tedious or require a lot more attention to play near 100% of their potential. Even those classes can be easy/lazy if you just chill and don't worry about everything you can do. Necro and Enchanter come to mind. Monk doesn't require much input, but you're expected to pull and pulling means no downtime to grab a drink between pulls or watch TV. That's hard for me because I can't focus for more than a couple of hours without a break on that class. Rogue on the other hand, I can grind for 6 hours no problems b/c all I have to do is hit assist, position myself, and press evade/backstab hotkeys.

[Baler]

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

I would say magician. They are easy mode. If you cant get a group you simply go solo. If you get a group then you literally make an assist key while not worrying about anything at all. The hardest thing they need to do is /petgetlost if they have a problem with their pet.

Except this is literally the thing that doesn't make them the easiest class. Solo magician is not as easy as solo necromancer. Mages get no root, fear, etc. So if they can't keep the mobs of their pet it's either gate out or game over.

[Baler]

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

Except this is literally the thing that doesn't make them the easiest class. Solo magician is not as easy as solo necromancer. Mages get no root, fear, etc. So if they can't keep the mobs of their pet it's either gate out or game over.

On the topic of rogues,. how well do they solo? Seems like they might have some trouble there.

I've officially changed my mind from cleric to necro, specifically iksar necro.

[Izmael]

Easiest - rogue. Most straightforward class ever, and sneak/hide is so OP.

Hardest - magician. Very small toolbox.

[Izmael]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not being a smartass I really don't really know what separates a good from a mediocre rogue

Not being a borderline retard.

Also zone knowledge from sneak and/or hide point of view.

Dunno what else, really.