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Old 02-23-2011, 09:22 PM
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I'm planning on coming to P99 myself. Not sure about what to play. I plan on Soloing mostly since my play times can be weird at times but I am stuck on the two top choices.

yes yea /sigh

Necro vs Mage

I am thinking from past experience the Mage is gonna be so much easier to level than a Necro. I have never really played a Necro much .... mostly Mages so I know more on them than Necros. I dunno, what would you guys suggest from the two classes? I have never went past the lower 50's on Live, so many years ago that I played. I have never been to the Planes either.

Between the two pets of the two classes, how are they at soling?

I want to solo mostly, once 50 I am sure I'll group.
I want to be able to easily make cash to support myself.
I want to be useful at 50 - not sure which of the two are most useful.

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Old 02-23-2011, 09:27 PM
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Well Kunark is about to drop on us in a few weeks, and with Kunark comes a hell of a change to the Mage. The fire pet goes from a beastly tank with monk dps and a DS, to a wimpy little fire wizard lol, so i'd say just purely based on that, Nec might be the better choice.
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Old 02-23-2011, 09:34 PM
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Well Kunark is about to drop on us in a few weeks, and with Kunark comes a hell of a change to the Mage. The fire pet goes from a beastly tank with monk dps and a DS, to a wimpy little fire wizard lol, so i'd say just purely based on that, Nec might be the better choice.
are mages effected retroactively or just from 51 and up? I was going to recommend to my friend to play a mage because they are great to level up at least atm....
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Old 02-23-2011, 09:38 PM
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interesting, I would love to hear more from others as well.

One thing I thought of, with this Kunark expac coming, this should free up a lot of the classic zones ... making my leveling up a lot easier right? I figure everyone and there brother will be in Kunark.
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:20 PM
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Mages are completely worthless without their pet. EQ isnt very forgiving when it comes to pets. They are op in classic, but they sure arent in Kunark.

Necro can solo better than a mage while having the utility to be useful to a group. While their pets arent as good as a mages, they more than make up for it with their vast arsenal of abilities.

Unless you are crazy enough to get the mage epic, definitely go necro.
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:27 PM
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mage fire pet just sucks 51+, i believe the lower level ones stayed the same?

as far as soloing in kunark, i remember a mage friend of mine always dying, and a necro friend of mine who always used to fear kite to great effect. hehe
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:33 PM
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Unless you are totally sure you want to be a mage, you'd probably enjoy necro more. A LOT more versatility, more efficient, more abilities, more tools, etc.

It's pretty much like this: if you play a necro, you give up a little bit of pet strength and a little bit of nuking strength to gain feign death, UD charm, UD lull, self mana regen buff that is equal to or better than clarity, fear, snares, DOTs, heals, twitch, hour long levitate + UD breathing, and I'm sure I'm forgetting some stuff.

Just FD alone makes it no contest for me.


OH, and lifetaps, how could I forget to list lifetaps haha
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Old 02-23-2011, 11:34 PM
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wow I had no idea mages turned so poor with kunark. right now all you read is how great mages are...
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Old 02-24-2011, 12:06 AM
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FORGET mages and necros. If you want to play the most overpowered class in classic, get from 1-60 in a jiffy, and have no trouble finding groups, there one and only one choice: RANGER.
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Old 02-24-2011, 12:06 AM
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Kunark mobs have a vast increase in strength while mage pets after 50 become more balanced, which makes them weaker. It should have always been like that imo..
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