What's with all the druids?

[kariden]

I can be in a group with people that crazy ninjaloot and I get nothing or be forced to ninjaloot and end up on blacklists OR can play a druid and solo my xp and money.

[Prospect]

Druid is the easiest class to play, I enjoy just mashing my face against the keyboard and still look good while doing it.

[JaVeDK]

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

Druid is the easiest class to play, I enjoy just mashing my face against the keyboard and still look good while doing it.

I disagree. Wizard is by far the easiest class to play - I should know, played one for 4 years on live [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Malrubius]

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

Druids are like the Cadillac of classes in classic EQ.

Cadillacs are not that common and do not have a lot of utility. Druids are more like the VW Bug of the 1960s. Great starter car and they're everywhere. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Uaellaen]

foooook VW [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tallenn]

Anyone that made a druid in the hopes of getting rich by porting people is likely to end up disappointed. Honestly, there are much faster and FAR less boring ways to make money than playing taxi.

So why make a druid? I have one, and am playing him right now (posting while i med [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]). They aren't the best soloers- that goes to necros or mages, depending on who you ask, and both of those classes can solo stuff that would be suicide for a druid. Mages and necros are also both more wanted in a group- at least for DPS. Druids have decent DPS, and also add considerable other utility to a group, but can't touch a mage or necro for DPS. Also for groups, there are just so many druids out there that there just aren't going to be as many spots available as there are druids who want to group.

So again, why make a druid? Just ports? Wizards can port, can solo, and also beat druids in group DPS. So why not wiz?

That's just it- it's not any one thing that makes druids so popular to play, but a combination of all of them. SoW, ports, ability to solo, usefulness in a group, good at farming stuff, good at power-leveling others. Really, the only thing druids are best at is getting from one place to another, and not really by a whole lot over wizards.

Being a druid is just plain convenient.

[Omnimorph]

As mentioned, druids just have nice things [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Heals, dots, ports, sow etc. nice versatility and relatively easy to gear.

[Arkanjil]

Like any class that has quite a bit of versatility, they lack being experts at any one thing, especially as far as a raid is concerned. Sure, they are arguably the best power-levelers, but they aren't the best healers, damage dealers, buffers....they are just medium...but they have a large array of tricks.

[Tseng]

I did it because we can summon food and water. Best spells ever.

[kai4785]

I rolled a Druid for SoW + Teleport. Period. The two things that I felt like I couldn't live with out this time around.

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

I did it because we can summon food and water. Best spells ever.

What about Forage? Also, Clerics and Mages summon food and water.