Combo - new player

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Hi,

Currently trying to get my friend to play on P99, except he has never played before. I played an ENC mainly back when Kunark came out for about 4 years and a Beastlord later on.

What is a good combo on P99? Basically I want to level quick. We both don't have a ton of time to invest in the game so we need classes that will level at a good pace and not be too item dependent...since we are both new and have nothing.

I do have a human mage currently and he is decent at soloing, but I still seem to be leveling very slow. People have told me they get their mage to 50 pretty quick. So I feel like I'm doing something wrong. Does anyone have any guides on where to level?

Thanks