New to EQ PvP
 

Hey I am planning to start up a character on R99 and was hoping to get some feedback about class selection. I am interested in trying out a Paladin, SK or Ranger. Can someone give me a quick rundown of how these classes perform in respect to PvP?

Any other general advice would also be appreciated!

Thank you in advance.

If you want to minmax then probably, of the options you put up, ogre or troll SK will give the best results. Realistically if you are new to the server most of your pvp experience will be getting ganked by pkers you stand no chance versus, or slap fighting against other undergeared nooblets. SK is not really a noob friendly class as you need a lot of $s worth of armor and weapons to be truly effective.

The most minmax 1st pvp character (imo and much of this is regurgitating other's posts) is either a halfling druid or human wizard. Both have way better exp bonus/lack of penalty. Your ogre/troll SK is going to take forever to level and both human/halflings have exp bonuses. Druids and Wizards both can pvp reasonably without gear if they pick their targets correctly. Note that magic resist for twinked gankers is insane on this server, so don't expect to ever kill a well geared character, or even defend yourself for that matter... but your SK/Rang/Pall wasn't going to be able to fight a pker anyway. Both druid/wizard can gate and druids sow probably stands the best chance to escape an attack. To boot, wiz/druid can both port which will give much needed $ since the economy on this server is fucked as hell for new characters.

/opinion of a guy who has never end gamed EQ ever lol

Ranger terrible pvp unless u get wind striker (for mass pvp, u will still suck 1v1) Sk good cause HT. paladins don't die.

If you are starting naked I suggest Druid or shmn for ease of entry.

All classes pretty equal. Play what u want and fuck.

Mr poopoo said it well. Double post. Just one wipe Charlied this biach

Hmm, well from the sounds of it, it's probably not worth starting out a character if the primary gaming experience will be getting rolled by some guy in end game gear.

Maybe I'll mess around with a character when I am bored or can't find a group on blue.

Thanks again for the feedback.

Hmm that changes things a bit if you have money on blue. You can mbe trade blue for read and get some gear. Then your SK won't be too bad at all. Priority to a 2hd weapon of some sort then magic resist gear.

of the 3 classes i pick SK,because i am an SK :p

but velious is coming out soon and paladins get better and have a good Heal over Time spell,if you like to play support melee type.

id be a dwarf pally or ogre/troll sk

Roll whatever class you want, but ranger. Yes you will get killed sometimes. You're new to this server and people who have played here longer will most likely have the advantage.

It's really not pvp server, its a griefing server, who can grief who the most with out getting a ban, including bind camping, lns violations, naked kills, exp deaths, or just general harassment to waste your time if all else fails. The more you can piss someone else off, with out taking a ban, the better a pvper you are in the eyes of the killers, and to more of a nerd you are in the eyes of the victims.

gnome warrior, all stats in CHA