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Originally Posted by Capped92
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Hi all, looking for a class recommendation.
I want something that can:
-Solo reasonably,
-Is relatively underplayed,
-Is wanted in groups / end game raids,
Any other advice and tips for a completely new player to EQ is welcome, i have zero idea what im doing and havent even logged into the world as of this post. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
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So you want to be a unique snowflake that everybody wants to have around and can solo too. You're chasing unicorns dawg.
But you're basically describing a wizard. You'll never solo difficult targets like an enchanter/shaman/necromancer and will be completely useless without mana (no pet). You make up for this with root + strong single target nukes and quad kiting 29-34+ and can get around the world with ports (bit of a money maker too). Not many play wizards because they're crap in groups since many people here are pretty autistic and need to maximize DPS in groups so they can rush to 60 to start poopsocking raid targets as soon as possible. You are sort of useful in raids because porting, low-resist DD, and raid targets have max 32khp in Kunark era. Your utility will decline come Velious when some targets have hundreds of thousands of hit points, but you're still fairly useful if you have a team that knows how to feed you mana with mod rods and such. After all, 5-10 wizards blowing their mana on 2k a pop nukes is still a lot of damage fast.
The climb to 60 without a PL will be extremely boring and lonely. If you don't have good equipment starting out then quad kiting may be more difficult since you need a sizable mana pool to do it effectively. You will be abused a lot by people looking for cheap ports and unless you go /anon or /roleplay then you will be bombarded with tells asking for a port. I enjoy it because I like to do other things while I play so I just do a quad kite, go sit in a corner + hide, and come back 5-10 minutes later to do it again. Your mileage may vary.