Most enjoyable alt? (POLL)

[Hitmonkey]

Just did the Raster/spawning brother Qwinn Bataan death-march on my monk (45) and now just cant get into it even though I love every pixel on that guy. Been trying to avoid this at all costs -but- going to need an alt toon and after some reading just cant decide, so looking for some input. Had a epic'd SK, necro , mini shaman and rogue years ago on live, have about 5k in the bank and a fungi on the monk to switch over if I really needed to.

Thanks for the input.

[nilzark]

Drood

[Tecmos Deception]

I pick alts based on what I want to do that I can't do with my main. Rogue main? Solo alt. Caster main? Melee alt. Etc.

With a fungi monk main you can do basically everything except cast spells. You've done necro and sham, if you loved one do it again. If not, think of chanter or druid or cleric, depending on if you want solo or solo and group capability.

[nostalgiaquest]

chanter. I had a blast doing the solo thing on mine. and groups are always happy to have you.

Or druid.

[Caiu]

Bard or Ench. Since you have a fungi I'd lean towards the bard personally.

[mickmoranis]

Twinking a rogue is fun cus you can solo to 35 with brutal dps and fungi regen, but after that its the same thing only super boring in a group.

I would definitly not reccomend swapping from a melee class, to a melee class, if youre bored of the melee class youre on already.

Im not sure you would like to play an enchanter because tis all about waiting for shit to spawn, but its much more rewarding than waiting for raster to spawn, but then again so is anything.

If I were you id roll the wizard, on red99 then get back to your monk when you're ready or if you hate red. Since u love em afterall.

[Qtip]

Enchanter. No need to explain. Once you hit 29+ its the best class in the game.

[mickmoranis]

hes gonna LOVE working on his enchanters epic on blue, its much much easier than monk on blue. :rolleyes:

[Diogene]

I main a chanter, and every other classes I tried to alt felt dull and boring, both grouped and solo. Nothing compares to enchanter gameplay. Havent tried necro though.

[mickmoranis]

Monk in grouping is easily as busy as an enchanter, folks remember this dude disliked literally doing the one thing an enchanter does best, waiting for mobs to spawn. So idk why ppl be suggesting it.

[mickmoranis]

I mean i get it, enchanter is the best class in the universe. But still, u know?

[Hitmonkey]

I pick alts based on what I want to do that I can't do with my main. Rogue main? Solo alt. Caster main? Melee alt. Etc.

With a fungi monk main you can do basically everything except cast spells. You've done necro and sham, if you loved one do it again. If not, think of chanter or druid or cleric, depending on if you want solo or solo and group capability.

That's kind of what I was thinking. Definitely leaning toward a Caster and something I cant do on my monk

[Triiz]

You sir are looking for a bard.

Bard can track, cast spells (songs), and melee a lot at lower levels. Bard also has the advantage of no forced downtime, unless you are charming for hours straight in later levels. The only downfall of bard is being the envy of all your peers.

[BirryDaKir]

With a fungi and money to buy a granite face grinder, 65hp/6ac rings and other necessities you may want to consider shaman. I find them lots of fun and very versatile when well geared. Very good solo and in groups as well. They cost a fortune in spells 50+, but they are crazy strong at 60.

[Nycon43]

Will echo what was said earlier and recommend to not play another melee. Probably want to stay away from wizard as well, unless you actually intend to level to 60 and raid on it.

[Twochain]

Enchanter..

They are cheap to gear, the most OP class in the game other than a level 60 torp sham (which costs 200k+ to have one) and are A LOT of fun. My 57 enchanter can solo a lot of nice cash camps.

I have a twink ranger right now. It's a lot of fun, but not practical since i already have a 60 monk. Monks are like a better version of a ranger, without the track ability and low level druid spells. I will probably level it to either 30 so she has sow, than use her as an EC tunnel mule, or MAYBE (prolly not) level to 46 and perma park her somewhere to track targets.

Just leveled a rogue. Was a lot of fun. More fun than i thought it would be. However.. monks should out DPS rogues by the end of p99's timeline.. so ya. Plus I really think you should keep your fungi on your monk.

Wizards are kinda cool. I'd love to have a high level one. But jesus christ all that sitting.

Bards are pretty sweet. Super useful in groups, even more so in raids.

[skarlorn]

Voted enchanter, was so much fun to play as an alt while leveling my main OG warrior, which was like the least fun thing to do until level 52.

Although I would now say that a properly twinked monk/sham would be great

[mickmoranis]

Voted enchanter, was so much fun to play as an alt while leveling my main OG warrior, which was like the least fun thing to do until level 52.

Although I would now say that a properly twinked monk/sham would be great

leveling a shaman from 45-49 with a JBB is the most fun Ive had in one night playing EQ heh

[skarlorn]

Enchanter..

They are cheap to gear, the most OP class in the game other than a level 60 torp sham (which costs 200k+ to have one) and are A LOT of fun. My 57 enchanter can solo a lot of nice cash camps.

Yeah, even with a lowbie enchanter, I was making a lot more plat than with my main warrior, even just running around doing clarity service. Pretty funny stuff

[Rygar]

SK is pretty sweet even though the option wasn't listed. Can solo some decent content and won't have as much downtime if you swap that Fungi over.

Can tank, FD (sooooo nice for those AFKs and sticky situations), pull, and can rampage tank on raids. Downside is won't be that different than monk except you can cast spells and not do as much damage (but your epic is crazy hard / expensive).

I guess I always just liked and admired SKs.

[Loke]

If you want to mostly group: bard
If you want to mostly solo: enchanter
If you don't know: enchanter

Bards can absolutely solo, but pulling for 15 minutes and then running in circles for another 15 minutes over and over again is about the most mind numbing experience I've ever partaken in. Bards are however a blast to play in groups if you're the type of person who likes being busy and enjoys finding little ways ti maximize your play.

I played a bard first, so my take on chanters is that they're very similar to bards, but the things they share in common are way easier on a chanter. Want to haste on a bard? That is one less mez you can perform. Chanters just cast haste and its gtg. Mezsing on bards requires you to get good at targeting to cycle through mobs (cant rely on tab, especially in dungeons), but on a chanter you can just toss out AE mez and you're golden for 24 seconds.

I found bards more challenging and more fun in groups, but enchanter gives you more options in terms of play style. A bard really needs a trio or more for a solid group, but a chanter can team up with just about any caster or priest and make it work.

[EliteJackson]

After playing Necro and Shaman to 50+, most melees were not interesting to me. I like to press buttons and have little downtime.

Thus I created a bard and realized that it is fun as balls. And no xp penalty now, so slightly less carpal tunnel.

P.S. Macros ruin all the barding fun. The RMI is a badge of honor that makes your cock/tits swell up with pride

[alexnoshinku]

Enchanter all the way!!!! :D

[greenspectre]

The first time I swarm kited 10+ orcs in Oasis I was stuck on bard. And here I thought it was going to be a grind to get to dual wield level! Not to mention your best newbie melee weapon, Sionachie's Partisan, is only 50-100pp. You don't even have to cash in that fungi!

[Maner]

hes gonna LOVE working on his enchanters epic on blue, its much much easier than monk on blue. :rolleyes:

What is so bad about chanter epic on blue? I had verina and vessel at lvl 42 and epic at 50. Would of had epic at 46 but it took forever to get the stupid hate drop.

[skarlorn]

Bards can absolutely solo, but pulling for 15 minutes and then running in circles for another 15 minutes over and over again is about the most mind numbing experience I've ever partaken in. Bards are however a blast to play in groups if you're the type of person who likes being busy and enjoys finding little ways ti maximize your play.

Back when kekephee played here, I hung out with him IRL once and he showed me how to bard kite in SK. Long story short, it was 'get this pack and then RUN IN CIRCLES FOR AN HOUR"

I remember looking at him, a late 20s something dude in his parent's home, hunched over the box, yammering about running in circles for hours on end, and the metaphor just became way too fucking real.

[Caiu]

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I think your employment status is showing sir
It really isn't that bad since none of it can be MQ. Not like during Kunark that's for sure.

[skarlorn]

kekephee and i have known each other for over a decade so a little dunkage here and there is a requisite 4 keeping it real

[Triiz]

Bards can absolutely solo, but pulling for 15 minutes and then running in circles for another 15 minutes over and over again is about the most mind numbing experience I've ever partaken in. Bards are however a blast to play in groups if you're the type of person who likes being busy and enjoys finding little ways ti maximize your play.


Swarming is just one piece of the solo bard arsenal. Outdoors bard can arguably charm solo 1 v 1 mobs faster than an enchanter. For a bard it's very easy to keep both mobs constantly dotted, around lvl 50 or so the damage from all 3 chants adds up quick.

Sure a bard can't charm a pet, throw 60% haste on it, give it some weapons and let it annihilate 5 mobs in 30 seconds like an Enchanter, but for xping bard charm is nice.

[Maner]

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I think your employment status is showing sir

I work an average of 48 hours a week. Like I said, the chanter epic takes at most 1 group to get any one piece of it. Meaning the chanter epic isn't hard, the worst part is finding stuff up. Please stop projecting though, since you were the one who needed to steal wifi from mcdonalds or visit the library to even post....