Thank you everyone for the information and feedback. I'm thinking that I will roll another toon to more or less, focus on while I play the ranger on the side. At least until SoV is released. Though, it is entirely possible that I'll get sucked into playing ranger full time. For whatever reason, I really enjoy EQ's take on the class.
I'll just throw my long winded thoughts below as I narrow the selection down. This is just rambling thoughts, so read only if bored. I'll include the names of some of the more prevalent toons from Xeg and Druzzil'Ro, in the event that anyone recognizes them.
Priests - I rolled a barb shaman last night for the sake of nostalgia and had a fun few hours with it. Though, I've actually leveled 2 of them back in the day. One shaman (Pericles) was sold in pre-kunark era (before Verant addressed account selling) and the following shammy (Wiery) was my main toon. Which, I spent more than half a year of my life logged into. While I enjoyed the uber power that came with my properly geared shaman at the top levels, I feel like I want something new. I guess I'm looking for a new way to experience the greatest game. I also played (Voltaires) elf/druid quite a bit as we were roommates. No desire to play a druid. - Cleric, highly possible choice -
Casters - I did play a mage into the mid levels before velious was ever released and wasn't overly fond of nukers. I did enjoy playing my buddy's necro (Viao) and another's enchanter (can't remember the name for the life of me). Though, I don't have a desire to play either class. - So, all casters are out -
Melee - I plvled a rogue on live last year. Even with all of the AA's and such, the class is still boring to me. I played a monk (Bumpn Uggliez) a bit and plvled one with my rogue on live (3box with shaman). Monks are definitely the more interesting of the two, but I'm not overly interested. I never leveled a bard beyond 20, but I did somewhat enjoy the class in classic while I was leveling. - Bard, possible choice -
Tanks - After leveling a warrior to 50 in Vel/sol era, they are a little more exciting than rogues imo, but still not exciting at all. SK, f-ing awesome class. I perhaps had more fun leveling my SK (Peel'n Deadskin) over any other class. That said, it's already been done and off my list (Still a bit tempting, actually). Paladins seem like fun, but definitely more challenging than an SK. Not too sure how they are received in groups now, as compared to the old days though. - Paladin, highly possible choice -
TLDR - Possible classes to play alternately to ranger are - Cleric, Pally and slight possibility of Bard
The wiki is down, so I can't really see the rundown of abilities for each class in the state of P99. So, I'll have to do that later. As always, if anyone has any thoughts or feedback, please share.
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