Cleric or Necro?

[Zehrikrom]

I'm going to be making myself a new main. Follower of Bertoxxulous, of course. Unfortunately I can't decide between a Cleric and a Necromancer. Both of them are classes I really like playing. It's hard. Life is hard.

NECRO
PROS
- robes look cool on humans
- good soloers
- flavor
- kvlt as fuck
CONS
- can't see pants
- overpopulated
- might get shafted for groups because I can solo
- skeleton form... ick
- iksar elitism

CLERIC
PROS
- desired for groups
- plate armor
- so many buffs
- gate (do necros get gate too I don't remember)
- "I'd like to take a minute to talk about our lord and savior Bertoxxulous"
CONS
- class quest armor is gold, ew
- less flavor than necro
- would get mistaken for some lame light-spewing good cleric
- deity-specific cleric symbol quest is in Ak'Anon

Ignoring the lists and naming some non-superficial reasons to play either class is probably the best course of action here.

[Muggens]

Cleric!

[Sorn]

NECRO
Pros
- You can be both one with the undead AND kill them effectively!
- You actually get a snare with your fear, unlike clerics
- You have a lot of utility
Cons
- Women's lib has yet to free necros from the bondage of long dresses--I mean robes
- You smell funny

CLERIC
Pros
- All groups all the time, they love you
- When paired with a druid, you can fear-kite everything
- You don't feel a need to associate yourself so closely with rotting corpses
Cons
- Good luck soloing anything when there are no groups available
- You have ONE job, dammit (usually)

[Ele]

NECRO
PROS
- robes look cool on humans
- good soloers
- flavor
- kvlt as fuck
CONS
- can't see pants -- You can get the Flayed Skin Armor set out of Karnor's, which shows up as a wine-ish purple leather without a robe graphic and is human/erudite only.
- overpopulated -- There are probably more clerics than necros on the server.
- might get shafted for groups because I can solo -- learn to necro well and groups will want you. Find groups near undead get into the charm game for some awesome dps, can also pick up a Staff of Undead Legions for even more dps against undead (lvl 46+). You can share HP, Mana, and CC once you get root/short duration mez.
- skeleton form... ick -- gotta live with it for uber mana regen
- iksar elitism -- hate the haters, roll your own bread

CLERIC
PROS
- desired for groups -- can also solo undead, mostly root/nuke and other stuff too, just not nearly as efficient as necro.
- plate armor
- so many buffs
- gate (do necros get gate too I don't remember) -- Both have gate.
- "I'd like to take a minute to talk about our lord and savior Bertoxxulous"
CONS
- class quest armor is gold, ew -- much better stuff is piece meal and there are some awesome Velium jewelcraft + hp, +mana bracers/rings/earrings for really cheap now (for which ever class you decide)
- less flavor than necro -- the flavor is what you make it, roleplay it up and refuse to help lighties.
- would get mistaken for some lame light-spewing good cleric -- let that be part of your sthick, they think you are going to help, then you watch them die and laugh
- deity-specific cleric symbol quest is in Ak'Anon

[Daldaen]

Go Iksar Necro. You won't regret it.

[Monty405]

All Healers (Clr, Shm, Dru) and Int casters (Necro, Mage, Wiz, Ench) have both gate and bind affinity.

[Pyrocat]

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

Go Iksar Necro. You won't regret it.

[Zehrikrom]

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

Go Iksar Necro. You won't regret it.

I'm cursed with special snowflake syndrome and can't bring myself to be the race 80% of necros are, no matter how good the racials happen to be [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Sorn]

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

I'm cursed with special snowflake syndrome and can't bring myself to be the race 80% of necros are, no matter how good the racials happen to be [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Go gnome or go home [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Daldaen]

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

I'm cursed with special snowflake syndrome and can't bring myself to be the race 80% of necros are, no matter how good the racials happen to be [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Then be an Iksar who refuses to use Lich?

Or be a crazy person who uses Arch Lich!

Really, after 34 on a Necro you won't even notice what race you are. Skeleton til you die.