Or a Troll Warrior! :)

Hey all, found this thread useful. I'm thinking of rolling up on this server as well and read through this looking for advice.

I played EQ back in the day, starting before Kunark, taking a break until Velious and playing though until WoW stole my soul. I had a level 65? Paladin on Lanys T'Vyl which I enjoyed playing, as well as a 65 Wizard. I've played just about every class at the group and raid level, but only a few different classes in "Classic" EQ and only into the teens.

I don't know how long I intend on playing, or if I intend on ever making it to 50, seeing velious again, etc - but like many of you, I'm nostalgic of this whole period of the game and not much afterwards. Which is funny because I didn't join a top guild until much later, towards the end of PoP.

So, with all that said, I'm pretty sure I don't want to play a Paladin again much as I enjoyed it. I liked playing Bard (even if I was usually just one-hand boxing it during raids), and from reading this thread Bard seems like a good idea because it's needed and I remember it being a highly useful class when played well. My question, then, is: why aren't Bards being played? Difficulty or were they just not as useful in Classic EQ? Or are they just uninteresting to people?

I suppose Bard has always been one of those classes that fewer people played, I'm just curious if I'm missing something here. Thanks in advance.

Ferok

If I had to guess, you are partly correct.

Bards are just not everyone's idea of a good time. Also, there is a "bug" right now that makes it a little tougher to twist your songs. There's a delay issue, and so for some it's annoying enough to say f it and play something else.

a friend steered me to this site as well and am considering rolling up again for old times sake. i played a troll warrior from classic through pop but was considering de chanter or troll shammie. are those overplayed?

Jogun i vote you go shm

Chanters are a bit common still but shaman are most definitely not!

swampo?

Are rangers useless all the way through velious?

Pretty much, yes. They're subpar tanks and subpar DPS compared to other classes. So where does that leave them?

Pretty fucking dope once they stop being noobs without mistwalkers.