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View Poll Results: Which class would you start on a fresh server?
Druid 11 33.33%
Shaman 5 15.15%
Enchanter 8 24.24%
Magician 4 12.12%
Cleric 5 15.15%
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Old 08-16-2023, 03:06 PM
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Enchanter is not only one of the best soloers and best grouping classes but pretty much has no benefit from having started early in Classic.

Epic is a bit of a pain but also not mandatory.

Enchanter will always be the best pick, question is if you’d enjoy it. Some people think it’s a hard class but even a poorly played enchanter beats most others.
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Old 08-16-2023, 03:27 PM
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Enchanter is not only one of the best soloers and best grouping classes but pretty much has no benefit from having started early in Classic.

Epic is a bit of a pain but also not mandatory.

Enchanter will always be the best pick, question is if you’d enjoy it. Some people think it’s a hard class but even a poorly played enchanter beats most others.
I have a 55 enc on blue. He’s probably my best geared toon tbh. He was twinked when I made him though. I love charm killing but I’m worried how that might turn out with no cha gear starting out. Thoughts?
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Old 08-16-2023, 04:12 PM
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I have a 55 enc on blue. He’s probably my best geared toon tbh. He was twinked when I made him though. I love charm killing but I’m worried how that might turn out with no cha gear starting out. Thoughts?
CHA doesn't have much effect on charming, only helps the initial cast land.

The real benefit of CHA for enc is to lower crit resist chance on pacify fail and to increase mem blur chance.

I just started enc recently, but many people who have played enc have told me enc can level in cloth armor with some easily-found droppable pieces as you level.

When it comes to solo dungeon crawls, that sa diff story. You want to be able to reliably Paci without a crit resist. Same with mem blurs.. can spend a lot of extra mana trying to mem blur something after a charm kill, or to shake aggro, etc. But it's doable
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Old 08-16-2023, 05:01 PM
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CHA doesn't have much effect on charming, only helps the initial cast land.

The real benefit of CHA for enc is to lower crit resist chance on pacify fail and to increase mem blur chance.

I just started enc recently, but many people who have played enc have told me enc can level in cloth armor with some easily-found droppable pieces as you level.

When it comes to solo dungeon crawls, that sa diff story. You want to be able to reliably Paci without a crit resist. Same with mem blurs.. can spend a lot of extra mana trying to mem blur something after a charm kill, or to shake aggro, etc. But it's doable

I didn’t know that! I always thought charisma effected the duration of your charms along with the MR and level of the mob. If what you’re saying is true then it might be worth it to roll an enchanter instead of a Druid to start out fresh on a server. Once you get a gob gazu ring then enchanter becomes a lot easier imo
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Old 08-18-2023, 12:43 PM
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Druid or enchanter


Decisions decisions decisions
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Old 08-18-2023, 03:54 PM
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I’m worried how that might turn out with no cha gear starting out. Thoughts?
Having recently had to get my corpse out of HS north nekkid, less my soul bound keys, I'd say no CHA isn't a deal breaker.

Being gimped by not having a gcd clickie was much more of a factor, not sure its possible to get off the quick cast aoe stun + aoe mez fast enough on zone in w/out one.
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Old 08-18-2023, 04:36 PM
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Having recently had to get my corpse out of HS north nekkid, less my soul bound keys, I'd say no CHA isn't a deal breaker.

Being gimped by not having a gcd clickie was much more of a factor, not sure its possible to get off the quick cast aoe stun + aoe mez fast enough on zone in w/out one.
What race is your enchanter? My 55 Enc on blue is high elf but im thinking about rolling dark elf for the hide to break charm.
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Old 08-21-2023, 11:26 PM
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What race is your enchanter? My 55 Enc on blue is high elf but im thinking about rolling dark elf for the hide to break charm.
base CHA from high elf is better. Hide doesnt work all the time, and enchanters get a few different invis items for clicky use
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Old 08-18-2023, 12:57 PM
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The answer is enchanter.

Druid if you're just not a good player.
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Old 08-18-2023, 06:12 PM
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high elf, racial hide would be nifty but that high base CHA is great.
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