What class will you roll first on a fresh server?

[Treefall]

A mage because I've never played one before. Don't like the idea of having like no utility for splitting camps but like everything it can summon for when I can't stand it anymore :P

[Cen]

Bard isn't as popular on a emulator at first because they are one of the 3 classes who don't want ANY of the legacy items, have higher penalties, and just generally benefit a lot from creation when the 4 target nerf gets undone.

[real_sauga_yoot]

Enchanter or necro.

Rolled wizard on blue when it opened, yuge mistake. Luckily made a shaman alt early, so i bounced between the two while i played.

Wizard is a literal joke class outside of 32k raiding and while it gets better with epic+rend robe, the people getting those items will likely have proper alts to farm with and play in groups.

Made a subjective/objective "ranking" of classes for myself. High rating means good for the category, low means bad. Hodor.

[Trelaboon]

A Human Rogue probably, but also maybe a Human Ranger. Both are tied for my favorite classes. It would come down to when it released and how much time I expect to be able to spend playing the game. If it were to release today, I’d go rogue. If it were to release say a year from now? Probably a ranger. Life’s too busy right now to mess with the exp penalty, but it’ll slow down in about a year lol

[greatdane]

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

Made a subjective/objective "ranking" of classes for myself. High rating means good for the category, low means bad. Hodor.

I would put shaman at 4 soloability unless you're specifically talking about endgame play with epic, JBB, etc. Until you have the key components that make shamans great soloers, the class really doesn't belong in the same bracket as enchanter and necromancer. It's a 5 at level 60 with all the clickies and spells, but at like level 40, it really isn't any better than druid. Root-rotting with no snare and DoTs that break root is a mediocre ordeal.

[wuanahto]

anyone remember what xpac bard songs stopped doing damage at all to moving targets?

[Zill]

Correct answer is a Druid to charm solo and quad ASAP for ports and rake in early pp while camping items and cornering tunnelquest markets

Druid with manastone and fungi is dope

[MrOizo]

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

I would put shaman at 4 soloability unless you're specifically talking about endgame play with epic, JBB, etc. Until you have the key components that make shamans great soloers, the class really doesn't belong in the same bracket as enchanter and necromancer. It's a 5 at level 60 with all the clickies and spells, but at like level 40, it really isn't any better than druid. Root-rotting with no snare and DoTs that break root is a mediocre ordeal.

I have a shaman on Green and have been playing him since before Kunark. Sure, it was a pain in the ass previous to Kunark, but not because of JBB or Epic, but because of the spells. It's not till Kunark that we get the juicy spells. Imagine a lvl50 Shaman casting a lvl24 Cannibalize spell over and over non-stop. I still have nightmares about that, plus 20+ guys in raids sending me tells asking for 5 to more than 10 types (Stats, sow/shrink, regens & resists) of different buffs each. Most I get asked for nowadays is Shrink & FoS/STA.

Still, once Kunark comes out, he sure shares the soloing capability of an enchanter, although before that, I was hunting guards at freeport or clearing Ishva camp at a respectable pace. The shaman is a more stable soloer than an enchanter. Like I always say, the shaman path is a SLOW one. Heck, I've been soloing mobs in Velious that no enchanter would ever be able to solo (Royal Scribe and Huntsman, for instance).

That said, the shaman will kill at a much slower rate than a necro or an enchanter. But at the same time, their pros and cons is what make shaman + necro or shaman + enchanter such awesome duos.

[Keebz]

That ranking is all sorts of wrong, esp. for classic. Wizard is also a solid class for raiding. Necromancer or enchanter? Gurl, you basic.

[Ivory]

Definitely rogue!!! Can get mad rich SUPER early to fund tradeskills or buying stuffs.

Also can go into high end dungeons and try to secure some high value items early (you would be surprised what sticky fingers can get).