if server has r99 code, blind gonna be pretty goog

doubt anyone ever gonna resist it

Also I dunno if you know this but ogres can be shamans.

Another tip is that they won't be in faydwer for a while and are KOS to guards, so 1-9 bracket for ogre is going to be some lonely monsters in the swamp and some lonely tall men in the ice, possibly crushing some random people who chose to start in qeynos area.

I think that if you get caught by a bard group you're pretty toast unless you're DAMNED close to a zone line or get a gate off. There's gonna be soooo much cc/dmg flying at you that moving after they're on you is unlikely (blind, root, snare, etc) to be successful with no MR/resists. SoC will help get you to zone line if you're close tho, can't argue that.

I think shammies are great but I agree with the other statement: if you're not in a serious perma group on day 1, ideally with a bard, you're already just in it for funsies, at which point I wouldn't pick a class that has such a tough climb and high risk (no pet for a while, which means you're taking damage/at more risk while fighting, and charming solo is lols)

29 is a horrible level for solo shammies, and cannibalize at 24 is a pretty damned risky proposition imo. Its no worse than a bunch of other classes really with plenty of its own perks, but I'd rather pick a class with more offensive potential early on if I were going solo and knew my days were numbered. I don't think 19-34 for shammy will be nearly as easy as people are used to if you have to keep hps high and risk low.

Whatever tho. It's all just nonsense talk if you're playing solo. Imo play any non-gear-dependent class you enjoy solo and play well, and enjoy the ride. Just make sure your class is fun in the first 20 levels because it's silly to plan for late-game potential if you have so much stacked against you.

^ Listen to this idiot

very few will ever see level 30

population and spawn competition is gonna make things VERY interesting, depending on numbers. Some race's lack of class diversity means less likely for GROUP competition in ogre/barb/eru areas tho, so they're probably safer areas in a lot of ways since you're more likely to get solo/duo aggression with limited spells instead of getting boned by a diverse class set of 5-6 people, if not more.

So agreed on your advice's premise: if you're solo try to avoid starting areas with diverse class pools to choose from... They're more likely to have serious some-control efforts by bigger groups/guilds.

After the 2-3 hours zone control will likely be in place for the majority of important lowbie areas, leaving easily 50% of the peeps quitting or rerolling mages in steamfont

The sololers with aspirations are in for a bad time, especially if enough red guild efforts are in place.

Most people will die from pve just fyi

That's depressing to even think about, but ya.

Crap like werewolf at WK zone line.

Its been said before but the Dark Assassin is going to break some hearts.

orc warlord is gonna protect cb