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[Delekhan]

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

This is partly why I am not very interested in any new green server.

Having to play X class and farm in order to play Y class that you actually enjoy, meh.

I think the grind overall is a killer for me and I think if I ever do play on a green server I'd wish to keep it to a minimum. I.e. avoid classes that lead you down the grinding rabbit-hole and instead just go with ONE class and focus on grouping and having fun.

Now I'm thinking Cleric or Druid or Bard, and I'm somewhat on the fence on the bard due to the xp penalty and how it actually CAN get crazy expensive if you decide to go all the way with drums of the beast and whatnot. Having at least Gate is really helpful as well.

You don't HAVE to, but it makes things a whole lot easier when even getting a magic weapon is difficult. If your goal is to lead the pack and min/max then that's the way to go. If you just wanna group and play whatever you want, it doesn't matter.

[Ooloo]

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

You don't HAVE to, but it makes things a whole lot easier when even getting a magic weapon is difficult. If your goal is to lead the pack and min/max then that's the way to go. If you just wanna group and play whatever you want, it doesn't matter.

Yeah as usual there are two totally different mindsets coexisting on the same server. Which they should. But early green was so much fun for me. Getting a magic weapon and infravision on my shaman felt like such a huge accomplishment, and other players were actually grateful that somebody could cast a vision spell on them. It was glorious.

[cd288]

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

This is partly why I am not very interested in any new green server.

Having to play X class and farm in order to play Y class that you actually enjoy, meh.

I think the grind overall is a killer for me and I think if I ever do play on a green server I'd wish to keep it to a minimum. I.e. avoid classes that lead you down the grinding rabbit-hole and instead just go with ONE class and focus on grouping and having fun.

Now I'm thinking Cleric or Druid or Bard, and I'm somewhat on the fence on the bard due to the xp penalty and how it actually CAN get crazy expensive if you decide to go all the way with drums of the beast and whatnot. Having at least Gate is really helpful as well.

Yeah I’ve never understood Blue players who go to green and do this. Like you literally already have the ability to twink characters on Blue why go to a new server just to play a class you don’t necessarily want so you can twink new characters on Green?

And it’s not just people who want to “lead the pack” it’s a ton of casual players doing this too

[Chortles Snortles]

overcoming the XP struggle in rags is part of the fun tbf

[Jibartik]

killing mages on pve servers with trains should be considered gameplay.

[Jibartik]

If you want to min max and your plan is to make a mage, so you can level a warrior next month, you're bad at min maxing.

[Ooloo]

I can understand why people might do that for legacy items, cause fashionquest is a hell of a drug, but blue players who didn't come over to green until after legacies stopped dropping are a complete mystery to me. (the vanilla legacies btw not like beads and stuff).

[Keebz]

It's not really worth making a farm class first if you want to play something else imho. All the gear you can buy is disposable by the time Kunark comes out. Just get what you wanna play to 50, get your legacy items, then come back for Kunark.

[sajbert]

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

It's not really worth making a farm class first if you want to play something else imho. All the gear you can buy is disposable by the time Kunark comes out. Just get what you wanna play to 50, get your legacy items, then come back for Kunark.

If you don’t mind doing the manastone camp, this is pretty much true. Also assuming you weren’t planning on making and enjoying playing X farming class anyway.

As Velious is nearing its end I feel less and less interested in solo play. I’ve also become grind fatigued and have little to no interest in farming a fungi, eyepatch of plunder, tstaff and beads just to make a monk or the like. If there’s a next time around I’ll be looking for a class that is inexpensive to gear and which can get groups with relative ease. Enchanter is the wise choice but Cleric appeals to me the most.

[cd288]

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

If you don’t mind doing the manastone camp, this is pretty much true. Also assuming you weren’t planning on making and enjoying playing X farming class anyway.

As Velious is nearing its end I feel less and less interested in solo play. I’ve also become grind fatigued and have little to no interest in farming a fungi, eyepatch of plunder, tstaff and beads just to make a monk or the like. If there’s a next time around I’ll be looking for a class that is inexpensive to gear and which can get groups with relative ease. Enchanter is the wise choice but Cleric appeals to me the most.

Once velious hit on green I started playing mostly on blue so I’m with you. Once they’re both in the same era there’s no real point anymore