Druid vs Shaman (without Torpor) as a solo class in Velious?
 

Since Velious is coming out sometime soon, I was just wondering what some of your opinions would be on which class would be the better class for a solo player in Velious, Druid or Shaman? Something to add is I will most likely never be able to get the Torpor spell, however I do have access to a Manastone that I could use on either character.

I normally only play solo because of the random times I am online, however having the ability to be a semi support / healing class also is appealing sometimes too, which is why I am saying Shaman or Druid, and leaving out Necro/Enchanter/Mage etc.

What are your thoughts / opinions?

Shaman > druid for soloing in velious imo

Shaman > Druid , For everything.

bet a druid can outport your shaman

Manastone isn't useless in Velious.

Druids have ports and bind. Bind somewhere cool... PoMischief, Western Wastes, Cobalt Scar, etc.

Quad/Root Rot/Charm Kite
Port to WC when OOM
Spirit of Oak -> Manastone
Gate back when FM.

Spend about 250 mana between gate/port/spirit of oak, but with manastone you should regen it back much faster than meditating without it.

Only big ticket mob druids can solo in velious is Lodizal, and possibly a few of the west waste dragons.

Wouldn't count yourself out on Torpor in Velious! Lot more raid mobs, so lots more spells should be dropping. A lot of groupable stuff too. I know I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

As far as your question, I know there are places to quad in Velious, so you could probably get to 60 faster on a druid. Soloing efficiently on a shaman is usually pretty gear-dependent (epic, jbb, fungi). I don't have any of that shit, and I can kill a lot of stuff, but because of the downtime it's more suited to farming items than exp. So I would say it depends on what you're trying to accomplish solo.

Sell your manastone (useless in Velious), and buy Torpor (the tits in Velious).

I don't think Kunark spells will drop in Velious. If anything, prices may increase as people move out of Kunark and into Velious.

Torpor will only drop in Kunark.

Velious raid mobs only drop Velious raid spells (of which each class only really gets 1). Which makes them ridiculously common (especially since some like Lodizal die every 12 hours and always drop 4 spells). Which *SHOULD* make them cheap. But who knows with this server.

Sell MS, buy torpor