New player looking for some tips !
 

Hi Everyone !
First of all, im new to the game and to the forum, so if this thread is in the wrong place please accept my apologies.
I wanted to tell you guys that i started playing with a human cleric, im lvl 4 right now and im having a real hard time. Im getting killed very often, and im not sure what am i doing wrong. So if someone could gime a hand with some tips on how to survive being a cleric id be most grateful. Im also looking for someone to be my godparent in this, i guess i can be a good aprentice. Anyhow, just wanted to say hi and to introduce myself. The name of my character is Eramir by the way.
See you in Norrath and thx in advance !

Clerics can't solo is my understanding; you do next to no damage and if anything happens to sneeze at you you're fucked.

If you're looking for a class that can solo and support, try a druid or a shaman? If you do end up getting someone to take you under their wing I suppose you could be their healbitch on the cleric. :P

Howdy sir!

Save yourself a lot of heartache and roll a necro/mage if u want easy lvling.

Druid if u want ok lvling but porting later on to make money to fund your cleric twinking.


Shaman are great soloers but without gear its still rough...even with gear its rough till 34ish.

You can play a cleric just fine, just don't expect to solo very well (you can get by with root-nuking undead if you are really hell-bent on it). Go to Crushbone (or Orc Hill in GFay first) and find a group, it's what clerics are for~

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I really liked the cleric... do they rely that much on items on money?? And how about a paladin?? Thx again for the help !

Paladin's require you to gain 40% more experience to level which could really have you pulling your hair out.

I'd say stick with the Cleric and try to group/duo. You can solo but it will take longer.

Clerics are not at all gear-reliant. You can do just fine without money.

I am fairly new to p99 and my first character is currently a level 15 Paladin. Some spells are bugged, the melee apparently is totally off and you miss when you shouldn't and yes the XP sucks ass. But I love it, because its what I really like to play.

Play the character you feel is just baddass and you will MAKE that class work. People say Pallys cant solo really well at all. Well I made up for it for selling bonechips for 10 years and then started blacksmith and have been selling gear for a while. This allowed me to buy awesome gear in EC to beef up my character. I can now solo camps by myself.

- Of course im only level 15 though and who knows what the future holds, but you get the idea! Besides I am a tank and should be grouping anyway, just as a cleric should.

Soon I will have a Ghoulbane and make undead shit themselves. But I work 10x harder on the Pally because it's what I really enjoy.

Are you a Freeport cleric or a Qeynos cleric? Pretty sure I have a spare set of medium banded, a shield, and weapon that could help you get started. I just don't get over by Qeynos often.

This game takes some getting used to. Can always use more clerics so I encourage you to stick it out. You really just need to get in groups... social aspect is a big part of eq anyway.