After reading about how much money Druids can make just Porting...

[Vondra]

Originally Posted by Beaniron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And I love my Paladin dearly. I just hope I don't regret choosing this class later in the game. I hope I can actually get into groups later and not be shunned for being a hybrid.

Should have no problems there, tanks are in demand.

[Beaniron]

Originally Posted by Vondra [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Should have no problems there, tanks are in demand.

More than Clerics/healers in general? Doubt it.

[Vondra]

Originally Posted by Beaniron [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

More than Clerics/healers in general? Doubt it.

Sometimes there's extra tanks, sometimes there's extra healers. Just depends.

I'm not going to say the world is covered with clerics, but it's not like there's constantly groups of 5 standing around looking for one so they can play either. It's pretty common for groups to be ready to go but need a tank.

[pallius]

The secret to making plat is leveling up and getting in groups where expensive items drop.

[zanderklocke]

Originally Posted by pallius [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The secret to making plat is leveling up and getting in groups where expensive items drop.

= a class that can do Fungi camp.

Honestly, if you want to make the big bucks in this game and be able to afford uber items 50K+, the best bet is to make a class that can do duo Fungi camp or solo other valuable camps. Enchanters, shamans, and necromancers can lead the good life in terms of farming items to get rich.

For other classes, you have to find a way to hustle in the economy.

[RhondaWellingsworth]

I can tell you first hand that people are lying about how much they tip porters. I've ported the people in the thread talking about 50-200 plat tips - that's face value, nothing less.

You make WAY more money dping pickups, or going and getting someones friend from a noob zone. I made 4k in a day porting this guys buddy around norrath to get him all his spells early and to sit in the tunnel and thorns him in ec for a couple hours.

That was probably twice the amount of money yould make porting in a week, save sitting in the tunnel 8 hours a day spamming port locations

[Handull]

a druid can be fun, and can get you plat, but yeah its not always great. i always liked when I was leveling up the ability to port around and look for named mobs with loot. I could zone into MM, get a crown from maid and a robe from advisor and sell that pretty easily in ec for well over 500pp. now you might get 1-200 pp for those if they sell at all, and the high end items cost more than ever. was do-able to try and save up for a manastone (~100k) on just ports, PLs, and random farmed loot. seems a little more unbearable today with the price of gear and such, but just do what you find fun, it is a game.

[Pint]

I can confirm best first class is in fact paladin. You just gotta get your grind on.

[Beaniron]

Originally Posted by Pint [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I can confirm best first class is in fact paladin. You just gotta get your grind on.

Well, one thing that's cool about Paladins is they actually get pretty decent spells and buffs. Resolution, Naltron, and Shield of Words are all solid HP/AC buffs only beaten by Heroism and Natureskin, I believe, Pallies also get a 90% Res and they get Greater Healing at Lv39, which means they can actually be HEALERS if necessary through the. They also get Celestial Heal (HoT) and Superior Healing, something Rangers don't get.

And they have, by far, the coolest looking weapon in the game, the Fiery Defender.

[rafaone]

From my personal experience (Played a druid 65 on live and currently got a 52 here), you wont be able to make a lot of money "JUST" porting people here and there. Sure, it can help you to easily buy some medium tier gear early but nothing more. Honestly, even if you stay all day long porting you will prob wont get more than maybe 300 pp/hour and thats with luck.

On the other side, the ability of druids to come/kill/go EC/sell/come/kill .. cycle its great. I usually do FM named cycle and check for nameds aswell on LOIO (Spear) and WW (Bandit lord) to say a few.

All of this said, a druid probably cant camp a high lvl moneymaker (Fung champ) and will have trouble killing in indoor zones (Even frenzy is a tough one). If you want to make TOP tier money then roll and enchy/monk or any class able to solo bosses.