Stupid main character choice crisis question

[hopped]

I have yet to have a real "main" on the server and keep asking advice on different methods of play but my biggest problem is that I basically like ALL the classes in this game and can't make up my mind. I am currently thinking of going with a Necro or Monk as an Iksar because through my past Eq experiences i have never played an iksar or leveled in Kunark. Currently working on a bard so I would be stripping him to gear the new toon... any suggestion on how to deflate an alt/main crisis?

Thanks to everyone in advance.

[Hailto]

You have to power through the boring times on one character and keep in mind that getting 60 opens up a whole new game.

[hopped]

Good point, but which toon do i take that far is my annoying part. I am not bored I think the problem is more of a "oh look it's shiny..." type of thing. I see a class and i like the mechanic of it so i want to try it out. So for a solo/group toon what is a solid option with the current population?

[Derubael]

You cannot go wrong with an Iksar sir. Find one of the more experienced Iksar fanatics on the server and ask them for some basic leveling advice. Cabilis is beautiful, terrifying, efficient, and amazing all at the same time.

I sit invis at the entrance to Cabilis from FoB almost 24 hours a day, because it's just that good.

**Edit** to answer your question, go necro for easy soloing 1-60 and cool factor, or shaman for easy soloing ~24-60 and also be greatly desired in groups (but expect to be VERY busy in groups at higher levels, especially if there's no cleric).

[bOONDOGGLE]

I have yet to have a real "main" on the server and keep asking advice on different methods of play but my biggest problem is that I basically like ALL the classes in this game and can't make up my mind. I am currently thinking of going with a Necro or Monk as an Iksar because through my past Eq experiences i have never played an iksar or leveled in Kunark. Currently working on a bard so I would be stripping him to gear the new toon... any suggestion on how to deflate an alt/main crisis?

Thanks to everyone in advance.

Pick one character (or create one - whatever). Make it arbitrary, it doesn't matter. Use "eeny-meeny-miny-moe" if you have to. Pretty much all classes are good once you get far enough into them (>inb4 "lolranger").

Funnel everything onto one character, either use it or liquidate it. No exceptions. You will have no other characters so you should have nothing in your bank besides spell/quest items (et al).

Delete all of your alts. You won't need them, they are only distracting you. Make a rule that you are no longer allowed to make an alt until you are able to fully gear it without spending any money (this should be around level 40-50, and by this point it will be pretty damn clear that you now have a "main").

Always worked for me.

[Tasslehofp99]

All of the classes ARE fun in their own unique way in my opinion.

My suggestion to you would to be just pick one, focus on leveling it to 60...regardless of the gear you have. Once you're at 60 you can get access to better camps/loot and then gearing up alts becomes very easy. I'd suggest a druid, just because they are fuckin awesome!

[Spacebar]

I have yet to have a real "main" on the server and keep asking advice on different methods of play but my biggest problem is that I basically like ALL the classes in this game and can't make up my mind. I am currently thinking of going with a Necro or Monk as an Iksar because through my past Eq experiences i have never played an iksar or leveled in Kunark. Currently working on a bard so I would be stripping him to gear the new toon... any suggestion on how to deflate an alt/main crisis?

Thanks to everyone in advance.

Iksar necro might be a good choice for you. If played right, you can really experience a lot of different aspects of the game (dps, cc, even healing depending on the situation). They are insanely versatile in groups and great for farming or soloing. You also don't need to have that great of gear when starting out.

Shaman are also cool, but can be expensive (especially in the higher levels, if you plan to get your high-end spells). Torpor goes for 100k+ and others can be around 20k+.

Monks are a great choice, too.

[hopped]

did the "eeny-meeny-miny-moe" approach which landed me on an enchanter. this will require a bit of selling off gear but overall not too bad... will be hard deleting some toons but I think this is probably best so I stop looking at them as options.

[bOONDOGGLE]

did the "eeny-meeny-miny-moe" approach which landed me on an enchanter. this will require a bit of selling off gear but overall not too bad... will be hard deleting some toons but I think this is probably best so I stop looking at them as options.

Dude, Enchanter sounds like an awesome choice. From the outside (a Shaman's perspective) it looks like one of the most fun and creative classes.

Plus you can get stupid rich from selling jewelry.

[bOONDOGGLE]

Also, Enchanter is a good choice because Charisma gear is relatively cheap. I have a Sacrificial Dagger if you want to help get you started. It's like +5int, worth around 100p but yours for free if you want it.

[Spacebar]

Dude, Enchanter sounds like an awesome choice. From the outside (a Shaman's perspective) it looks like one of the most fun and creative classes.

Plus you can get stupid rich from selling jewelry.

I agree. Enchanter is a great choice. My main was a chanter until I started playing my monk. Chanters are such a cool class and if played right, can really do some crazy stuff that most other classes wouldn't dream of. Just try to get through those early levels without quitting because the class does get better and better as you level.

[Swish]

did the "eeny-meeny-miny-moe" approach which landed me on an enchanter. this will require a bit of selling off gear but overall not too bad... will be hard deleting some toons but I think this is probably best so I stop looking at them as options.

I'd never delete any characters I'd worked on. A better thing to do is make a new EQemu account and just focus on logging that one in with your new character...and keep the other info written down somewhere and stored in an awkward place ;)

[Varren]

Enchanters are great, but you can't be an iksar. Necromancers are really fun and very versatile within a group or without if you're a skilled player, however you might have a difficult time finding groups sometimes unless you build a reputation as an excellent necro, as many people view necros as solo-only, or of limited utility in a group.

Monk is my personal favorite class for the reasons I mentioned in the other thread, followed closely by enchanter. Monks are very powerful, but it will be a big change of pace from your bard.

My advice, get some basic gear for a monk (5/55 rings and wu's quivering staff) and level it to 15 or so, then do the same for your necro. You'll have a fairly good idea what the classes are about by then (but won't have tried out FD yet of course). If you still can't decide which you want to keep, flip a coin. If you're disappointed at the outcome of the coin toss, you'll realize that you know deep down what you really want to play.

[Ravager]

Play them all if you like them all. Who cares how long it takes and if you have no real main? It's nice being able to switch gears now and again and play a different class. I'd recommend not worrying about gear for your toons though. The game is so much more fun to play untwinked.

Otherwise if you really want to twink them, here's how to do it fast and on the cheap:

Monk: 5/55 rings, Wu's Quivering Staff, Any cheap 1hb for skillups (or a pair of Trance Sticks for 200p more for better DPS 1-20), Wu's Gloves ~ 700p-900p
Necromancer: 5/55 rings, Smoldering Brand (or Water Crystal Staff if you want to save 450pp, but Smoldering Brand is nice to have to pass to every new alt you roll), Plat for Spells first 20 levels ~ 900-1300p
Bard: 5/55 rings, Vendor Bought Instruments, Cheap 1 Hand Weapons for Skillups ~700p

This is assuming you have that much in gear, otherwise for the really cheap:
Monk: Wu's Quivering Staff 100p
Necromancer: Plat for Spells
Bard: Vendor Bought Instruments, Maybe a set of Banded Armor ~90p

[Spacebar]

Enchanters are great, but you can't be an iksar. Necromancers are really fun and very versatile within a group or without if you're a skilled player, however you might have a difficult time finding groups sometimes unless you build a reputation as an excellent necro, as many people view necros as solo-only, or of limited utility in a group.

Monk is my personal favorite class for the reasons I mentioned in the other thread, followed closely by enchanter. Monks are very powerful, but it will be a big change of pace from your bard.

My advice, get some basic gear for a monk (5/55 rings and wu's quivering staff) and level it to 15 or so, then do the same for your necro. You'll have a fairly good idea what the classes are about by then (but won't have tried out FD yet of course). If you still can't decide which you want to keep, flip a coin. If you're disappointed at the outcome of the coin toss, you'll realize that you know deep down what you really want to play.

Not entirely true with iksar illusion (and that quest was pretty cool to do). I agree with the monk thing, though. I started with my chanter, but once I started really levelling my monk I just fell in love with the class. However, chanter is still my choice for a caster and Necro a close second caster wise.

[Messie]

I have yet to have a real "main" on the server and keep asking advice on different methods of play but my biggest problem is that I basically like ALL the classes in this game and can't make up my mind. I am currently thinking of going with a Necro or Monk as an Iksar because through my past Eq experiences i have never played an iksar or leveled in Kunark. Currently working on a bard so I would be stripping him to gear the new toon... any suggestion on how to deflate an alt/main crisis?

Thanks to everyone in advance.

When I first started I created a halfling druid. easy w vendors (no faction issues), fast exp, and class that can make cash.

At level 19, I realized it was not for me. I made an iksar monk (I too had never attempted an Iksar toon) and fell in love. Sure, sometimes it's hard to vendor or bank, but it is possible, and totally worth it. I find now that I can vendor at druid rings, ec tuns, gypsies, sneak selling. It's kind of fun being able to (basically) kill any guard you want knowing you're already KoS anyway! As far a banking goes, you can always buy gems from vendors as you see them to be able to "convert" your cash into lighter weight.

Plus, you get to be the elite Norrathian race, so that's a positive about becoming iksar, also.

As far as transferring, I would find a nice high level druid to transfer some stuff for you to FoB. I believe I paid the druid 100pp to safely tranfser some items.

Send me a tell in game, I'll try to help you out finding someone to hike your gear out to your Ikky if you choose to go that path!

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Also, Enchanter is a good choice because Charisma gear is relatively cheap. I have a Sacrificial Dagger if you want to help get you started. It's like +5int, worth around 100p but yours for free if you want it.

I appreciate the offer, by stripping my bard I will probably have 10k or so to setup an enchanter though which should yield some decent gear.

[Utmost]

If yer an asshole IRL roll an SK. Just be nice in game.

[hopped]

I actually think going enchanter will solve my identity crisis im having and allow me to get some decent cash later on. If I want to be whatever race, I can. I can also be pretty useful in groups overall. I'll see though I don't know if I have made up my mind.

[Ravager]

I actually think going enchanter will solve my identity crisis im having and allow me to get some decent cash later on. If I want to be whatever race, I can. I can also be pretty useful in groups overall. I'll see though I don't know if I have made up my mind.

Deck out the enchanter then and buy some bare minimum cheap gear for the monk and necro if you still want to tool around with those. It really doesn't take much gear to make either of those two classes effective and fun to play. Especially if you go with iksar.

[hopped]

I think making an iksar will make things more difficult for me to reach EC to consider swapping out for another toon.

But I am looking through all my others I've played so far and here they are....

15 Human Bard
18 High Elf Cleric
22 High Elf Enchanter
19 Halfling Druid
17 Half Elf Paladin
15 Barbarian Warrior

I've spent way too much time playing the game of EC and not enough of EQ heh

[slappytwotoes]

You're playing just like I played on live... lots of lvl 10-40 alts with the funnest part being the buying and selling to equip a new toon. I never raided, never guilded.

This time around on p1999 I got 60 and joined a raiding guild etc but both playstyles are valid and very fun. Note that they're very different in terms of immediate gratification vs. long-term reward. It can be hard to switch gears actually.

[Uteunayr]

You cannot go wrong with an Iksar sir.

Especially as a Necromancer. Do not make my mistake. If you start a Necro, go Iksar! Or go Human for Bertoxxulous, because he's an awesome god, but realistically, go Iksar! The old Necro wiki didn't point out the real advantage being an Iksar gives you, so I rolled a DE, and leveled up. Got Lich, and Demi-Lich, and have regretted it ever since. I'd race change in a heartbeat if I could transfer my no-drops.

[Swish]

I've spent way too much time playing the game of EC and not enough of EQ heh

I think half the server is totally mezzed by EC and trying to play the economy, its disgusting :p

Play to group, meet new people, level and have fun... :p

[hopped]

I think I have to go Iksar because I have NEVER played one or leveled in Kunark, ever. So my choices are monk (which I hesitate due to a lack of haste on any melee) and Necromancer which I could setup pretty solidly... I think what might make me commit to a toon solidly is drop all my plat on like a Jboots MQ because then I HAVE to play that toon lol.

[Lisset]

I thought you were already decided on chanter.

[hopped]

I thought you were already decided on chanter.

It's a solid option, I'll probably go with it. It's also my highest level toon.

[loramin]

I have a (slightly) different perspective ... which results in the same answer others have given. You said that your problem was the "ooo shiny" issue of liking all the different classes/aspects of EQ. I really think some classes let you experience more aspects of EQ than others, and as an alt addict I think you'd do best with one of them.

IMHO the following are the most multi-dimensional classes:

Bard
Druid
Enchanter
Necromancer
Shaman

Out of your list of existing alts, that leaves:

15 Human Bard
22 High Elf Enchanter
19 Halfling Druid

Your Enchanter is the highest, and you eeny-meeny-ed it, and it is arguably the most powerful class in the game, so that really seems like your best bet. But if for whatever reason you don't want an Enchanter main, all three can solo or group, are multi-dimensional, and can farm gear/plat for your future alts, so there's no wrong choice between them.

[LizardNecro]

Lizard Necro is the best

[Ravager]

I think half the server is totally mezzed by EC and trying to play the economy, its disgusting :p

Play to group, meet new people, level and have fun... :p

This. This doesn't require any EC investment.

Don't fret about haste for a melee class, especially a monk. Sure it's nice, but it isn't necessary at all, unless you're trying to level as fast as possible. 23/28 Wu's Staff is hasty enough. I've got a level 35 human monk that soloed most of the way there with little more than a Wu's Staff and I'm not really interested in getting him haste until I can get a free sky belt anyway.

I'd wait on the JBoots until you can camp a ring or you know for sure you want to play that toon as 73% of your bankroll is quite a bit to drop on a luxury item. Sow pots are cheap anyway.

[Marglar]

alts are fun, but you know what's even more fun? having one character that is capable of camping the items you want for your alts, or being able to earn money at a reasonable rate, etc.. the server isn't going anywhere, you'll have plenty of time to play more classes, just tough it out on one of them and get the ball rolling ;)

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

Roleplay Ogre Shaman. Make it a habit of canni yourself to death and then going "Oh no! Me so dumb! Magic hard!!"

[radditsu]

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[hopped]

Since my bard is geared I am going to stick with him to 20 or so and see how grouping is for bards. I don't feel like spending my time in EC today trying to equip something.