Girlfriend Going to Try P1999 - Thoughts on a Class?

Cypher. · #1 07-30-2012, 11:35 PM

My girlfriend will be trying EQ (and video games in general) for the first time soon and I've been trying to find a class to steer her towards that wouldn't be overwhelming but at the same time compliment my ranger since I assume we'll be duoing a bit. When I gave her the list of classes, she picked out a chanter but I think a chanter might be a bit more for a starter toon. So far I've come up with:

- Paladin: Plate for survivability, LoH, rezzes later on, fairly intuitive, can do some light PLing.
- Monk: FD, Mend, good damage output, again can PL at the lower levels. (FD pulling might be a bit much though)
- Necro: Easy.
- Bard: Useful, nice utility, can probably AoE kite with some instruction.

What do you guys think? Anyone have any prior experience with something like this?

Shiftin · #2 07-30-2012, 11:44 PM

shaman would be able to buff all of your attributes, heal you, haste you, and she will have a pet, which girls love.

also, don't play a ranger.

Austrianna · #3 07-30-2012, 11:59 PM

Wow, we had a GM Shiftin on Bristlebane back in the day. This is only the second time I've seen a character with that name. So weird! ;p Brought me back haha

Shadius · #4 07-31-2012, 02:44 AM

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Wow, we had a GM Shiftin on Bristlebane back in the day. This is only the second time I've seen a character with that name. So weird! ;p Brought me back haha

Who were you on BB? I played on BB from basically release until about 2003.

karsten · #5 07-31-2012, 02:58 AM

girls suck at video games and so shouldnt ever play enchanters because you and your group will all die. Vella is the only exception to this.

girls are to be clerics and clerics only, due to the fact that you'll have to box her to get her to level up and she'll suck anyways, but at least then you'll have a rez bot!

also kubark! you're welcome ol pal

quido · #6 07-31-2012, 03:30 AM

Envvy is one of the best enchanters I've ever seen here.

Danyelle · #7 07-31-2012, 03:57 AM

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

girls suck at video games and so shouldnt ever play enchanters because you and your group will all die. Vella is the only exception to this.

girls are to be clerics and clerics only, due to the fact that you'll have to box her to get her to level up and she'll suck anyways, but at least then you'll have a rez bot!

I disagree, I knew an amazing enchanter who used to play here who was female. It is true that cleric is one of the classes female players tend to flock to for some reason, at least in my experience. Not for the reason you listed though.

Edit: PS. I know you were trolling, but still.

LordFresh · #8 07-31-2012, 12:24 PM

she is hot? Picture to prove it or else everyone will know you are secretly boxing the toon!!!

Houdiny · #9 07-31-2012, 12:28 PM

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

girls suck at video games and so shouldnt ever play enchanters because you and your group will all die. Vella is the only exception to this.

girls are to be clerics and clerics only, due to the fact that you'll have to box her to get her to level up and she'll suck anyways, but at least then you'll have a rez bot!

Disagree with this completely. On EQ live we had 2 female Enchanters in our guild and 1 male, who didn't raid all that often because of RL work and other issues. We really only had 2 raiding Enchanters most of the time both of which were girls. Those two girls locked down Rathe Council in PoP better than any guild on our server at the time. As a matter of fact we loaned them out to two other guilds trying to get through progression and were stuck on Rathe Council.

Being an Enchanter has nothing to do with gender. No class really does if you ask me.

AimAce · #10 07-31-2012, 12:02 AM

Make her play a druid, so she can transform herself into a super cute wolf <3 Most importantly, its a class that benefits from twinking (a bit), and at the same time has complete solo capabilities!

On the other hand, if she is COMPLETELY new to games, you should probably give her one of the melee classes. Because spell casting can be arduous (not hard necessarily) for a completely new player. Monks, rogues and the like are a decent bet.