Mage or Necro For Farming?

[Reiker]

Mages excel at 1v1 fights ie. Allizewsaur or Hill Giants. Enchanter excel at farming named mobs in tough camps. Necros are in between.

[Maladien]

You have a cleric and worry about money.... Hit 49+ and rez for donations. You'll make money and make a name for yourself if you are just doing it for a donation of what the character can afford and not refusing to rez if they can't pay you XXXp. Team up with a druid/wiz friend and you can travel. Many ppl will pay you several hundred pp to travel to a zone and rez 2-3 bodies for them.

If you insist on spending time leveling up another toon instead of playing your main just to get gear/money for your main (as opposed to leveling an alt for fun), necro would be best imo. Like someone said earlier, mages are pure power, but they don't have the versatility of a necro in breaking camps (FD). Plus, you can charm in undead zones as a bonus [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] And don't forget a necro gets way better mana regen than a mage.

[Damaja]

In every MMO I have ever played (and I have played most of them) I have played a heal class of some type. I love playing support classes. I have never been a melee type person, mostly casters and healer types. I never really got much done in EQ back on live years ago, I was young and didn't want to work for anything, I wanted it right then, right NOW.

I loved the game, mostly playing on Vallon Zek during the early days, but now I have the chance to return to the game I loved years ago and play it as I should have. I am undecided on my Clerics race yet, I am still debating but I have time since I am working on my Necro but I am for sure playing a Cleric here as a main. Without gear and money that Cleric is going to be murder to level up, so gonna see if my necro can help in that area.

[mitic]

dont waste your time leveling up a necro if your going to play cleric as main. good wis stuff is cheap here

[Dersk]

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

I am undecided on my Clerics race yet

There are really only two possibilities. Erudite Cleric of Cazuc-Thule, or Dark Elf Cleric of Innoruuk. There's no reason to take an awesomeness penalty just to play a paler race. The only question is if you want to level up in the commonlands (*gag*) or in blackburrow.

Mmmm... gnoll fangs...

[Loke]

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

necros are better at everything, hands down. anyone that says otherwise is playing wrong

While generally speaking I would agree with this - I do believe there are a few instances in which a mage would shine over a necro. Mage chain petting is far more effective than a necro trying to do the same - and in an instance in which you're just killing one difficult boss, this can be a big advantage. I think mages were able to solo phinny, lodi, and similar group type mobs long before necros were.

But yea, generally speaking I would say necros are more effective soloers and farmers.

[Damaja]

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

There are really only two possibilities. Erudite Cleric of Cazuc-Thule, or Dark Elf Cleric of Innoruuk. There's no reason to take an awesomeness penalty just to play a paler race. The only question is if you want to level up in the commonlands (*gag*) or in blackburrow.

Mmmm... gnoll fangs...

Where are those bonus and penalties listed again? And omg no way I am gonna try to solo a cleric up lol, I would be pulled all of my hair out before I got 20 levels. oops nevermind I found em.

according to this chart, most races able to be Cleric don't have minus's on xp. I could be High Elf, human, or whatever.

[Dersk]

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

according to this chart, most races able to be Cleric don't have minus's on xp. I could be High Elf, human, or whatever.

I wasn't talking about a bonus to xp, I'm talking about a bonus to awesomeness. It's something you can't substitute with extra grinding.

[Damaja]

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

I wasn't talking about a bonus to xp, I'm talking about a bonus to awesomeness. It's something you can't substitute with extra grinding.

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But .............. awesomeness does not make it easier for a non solo class to solo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Sorbek]

As a magician at 52 the one thing I wish I had that necros do is lifetap. If I pull ago from pet I'm screwed in a dungeon. Likewise if I agro something and the pet can't get to it first and I have no where to move without agroing more I'm screwed.

That being said I picked Magician because its one of the few classes I've never leveled to 50+.