New player, 0 Plat. Which class can get me to 60 the fastest?

[Lhancelot]

Originally Posted by RDawg816 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Technically, but I don't think that's what he's looking for. I would suggest druid. Easy to get around and explore, can group or solo many different ways. It's a great way to experience classic EQ.

True.

Druids also are very self sufficient, as a druid you never got to beg for a port for a CR, or to get to that awesome dungeon you want to group at.

Well, porting to a dungeon to group might be a bit of a stretch, but it's still a possibility.

[Tuurin]

Originally Posted by RDawg816 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Technically, but I don't think that's what he's looking for. I would suggest druid. Easy to get around and explore, can group or solo many different ways. It's a great way to experience classic EQ.

His goal is to zoom to 55+ as quickly as possible so he can group with his buddies who already play on the server and are level 60. I wouldn't suggest leveling up a druid would be great advice for someone who wants to get into the higher end grouping game [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So actually I think bard is much more what he's looking for. Very fast path to 60, no gear needed other than maybe a couple of cheapo instruments and a suit of banded, and a very viable group/raid member that stacks with anything (even another bard) at 60.

[Evia]

I think the class you are after is bard.

[RDawg816]

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

I have zero plat, and told my friends I didn't want any free items or power leveling because I wanted to not only experience the server fresh, but also to see how well I can do for myself by the time I hit 60.

He wants to experience the game as he makes his way to 60. To me that says no bard swarming....

[Swish]

Cleric will get you there, but will you continue to enjoy healing, healing and healing? A lot of clerics burn out by the time they get to raiding.

[fadetree]

Fastest is going to be Enchanter or Necro.

[SoekiWiz]

The CORRECT answer is that you can swarm a bard to 60 faster than any other class can level on their own, and you can do it almost naked.

If that's not what you're going for, and you don't want people to hate you for swarming (lots of QQ'ers when people do that), I'd say go for something you can quad kite (Wiz/Dru), Fear kite/Root rot (Nec/Shm), or Charm kill (Nec/Enc).

Honestly though, play what you want to play. Enjoy the game! I wish I would have started with a mnk like I was on live instead of this punk ass Wizard.

[thufir]

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

Don't know how nobody has suggested the most obvious answer yet, but I'll suggest bard as the fastest to level and least gear dependent class there is. Amirite?

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

The CORRECT answer is that you can swarm a bard to 60 faster than any other class can level on their own, and you can do it almost naked.

If that's not what you're going for, and you don't want people to hate you for swarming (lots of QQ'ers when people do that), I'd say go for something you can quad kite (Wiz/Dru), Fear kite/Root rot (Nec/Shm), or Charm kill (Nec/Enc).

Honestly though, play what you want to play. Enjoy the game! I wish I would have started with a mnk like I was on live instead of this punk ass Wizard.

Is this really true now with the 25 target limit? I would think swarming would be more boring, less disruptive, and less XP these days.

(Not too late to change classes btw!)

[SoekiWiz]

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

Is this really true now with the 25 target limit? I would think swarming would be more boring, less disruptive, and less XP these days.

(Not too late to change classes btw!)

Sure is. A bard can still go pull a whole zone and swarm it if they want to, they're just not going to die as quickly. A big part of the bard's time invested to swarm exp is the actual pulling, not the killing.

I have a bard, and an enchanter I charm kill with. The bard levels faster, hands down.

[thufir]

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

Sure is. A bard can still go pull a whole zone and swarm it if they want to, they're just not going to die as quickly. A big part of the bard's time invested to swarm exp is the actual pulling, not the killing.

I have a bard, and an enchanter I charm kill with. The bard levels faster, hands down.

Interesting, would have expected the limit on snaring to bite bards in the ass once they got too many on the kite. Still pretty boring though, I imagine. =) And they don't have the ability to get good camps like a enchanter or shaman does, or even necro.