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Originally Posted by Nagoya
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Top is easiest to play naked / self-funded, bot is hardest:
Magician
Wizard
Enchanter
Necromancer
Cleric
Bard
Druid
Rogue
Shaman
Monk
Ranger
Paladin
Shadow Knight
Warrior
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This is pretty close. I'd kinda break it into 3 brackets like this though:
Magician
Necromancer
Cleric
Druid
Enchanter
Wizard
Bard
Rogue
Shaman
Monk
Ranger
Paladin
Shadow Knight
Warrior
Top category relies almost entirely on magic to be effective, especially while leveling up. Gear is generally for convenience... gazughi ring for chanter, more hp/mp for casters, etc; it doesn't really expand what any of the classes can do too much without truly obscene levels of twinking. Chanters probably need gear the most out of any of these to get some early charisma gear, but a naked chanter is still stronger than most classes are geared.
Middle category can do ok without "funding" but will definitely not be shining stars. Melees need weapons, tanks need armor, wizards need mana to do anything but root+nuke solo and they'll often need to do that since groups aren't always happy to have them, etc. Budget gear is relatively cheap and effective, but you do need it to really hit your stride.
Warrior is alone at the bottom. They need threat weapons that are expensive at low levels (good procs from <20 are hard to find I think, high DPS weapons are good threat but are expensive). They need haste to boost their DPS/threat. They need armor to take hits and to boost their damage/hp/resists/dex. They need clickies/consumables to get around solo. Etc.
On blue, 1000pp can give a new character better gear than months of effort on a new, classic server would get you, and even a brand-new character with no connections on the server can make that with most classes by 30 if they work on it. On a new server, the gap between the top and middle and bottom gets enormous because you just won't be able to buy gear. Bronze drops and 2 int rings and stuff like that will be luxuries for a lot of players. Casters will be running around in full cloth with a cracked staff because they spend all their coin on their essential spells. Etc. BUT, as I said above, the classes that are relying on magic operate at nearly full capacity naked. The top group become godly. Even wizards move up from being an "ok when played well" to "pretty dang good" group option when your DPS choices are 1) pet classes, 2) other casters, or 3) melees with fine steel weapons.