New player quick questions.

[Jhaaz]

Originally Posted by Dumesh Uhl'Belk [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

More bards please!

Any of those classes would be useful though.

Exp is pretty close to what it was on live. It is not purposefully accelerated.

Manastones no longer drop, but are still traded on the open market.

Racial and class penalties are in game.

Penalties do not reduce xp gained, they instead increase the amount of xp required to level up. Race and class penalties are multiplicative.

Halfing .95
Barbarian 1.05
Ogre 1.15
Troll 1.2

Rogue .905
Warrior .9
Mage, Enchanter, Wizard, Necro 1.1
Monk 1.2
Bard, Paladin, Ranger, Shadowknight 1.4

If a race or class isn't listed above, it has no modifier. So, a halfling rogue takes .95*.905 = .85975 or about 85% of the xp that a human cleric takes to level. Similarly, a Troll Shadowknight takes 1.2*1.4 = 1.68 or 168% of the xp it takes a human cleric to level. If you have any other ?s about the modifiers or how they affect grouping and soloing, you can do a forum search or PM me.

Hmmm... new player here, was trying to decide a class. Another factor is the cost of gear, like the melee classes will need alot more gear to start off with than casters can get away with. Being new and first toon, means broke and no gear. Not sure it is wise to pick a class like say warrior that needs a ton of gear to not suck as a first toon.

Might play either a druid, wizzy or mage not sure yet. I really wanted to play a ranger but a naked ranger may not do so well off as a caster would, just starting out. I play a mage that was naked till like 45th lvl on the progression server, ;P.