Classes to avoid playing in the p99 meta?

Absinthium · #1 05-04-2023, 12:24 PM

I was perusing the forum and came across the following quote:

‘the secret to playing a good paladin is not playing one - and rolling a warrior instead. after you get proc'ing weapons and other classes understand how to mitigate aggro - youll be happy you forgot about Paladin which is completely pointless in this era. nobody plays paladins or rangers or wizards on P99 for a very good reason.’

I was wondering why this is the case, specifically with Wizards as it’s my favorite class

TripSin · #2 05-06-2023, 11:45 AM

You don't have to listen to everything you read. Nothing stops stupid people from posting stupid opinions on the internet (including myself). Play whatever class you want or resonate with. If you end up not liking it, you can try something else. People successfully play paladin on P99.

Different people enjoy different things. The person who wrote that probably enjoys raiding (as much as anyone can enjoy EQ p99 raiding, anyways) while other people might think raiding is a complete waste of time and not at all worth participating in.

Videri · #3 05-06-2023, 08:48 PM

TripSin is right. “Play whatever class you want or resonate with.” And that “People successfully play paladin on P99.” Even from a raiding perspective, hardcore raiders need a 60 paladin around to buff them with Divine Strength. And a well-geared paladin can perform valuable tanking duties including planar trash, Kael trash, HOT trash, and Plane of Sky. It’s annoying to tank those with warriors due to the chancy nature of warrior aggro. A paladin pushes a couple buttons and aggro is LOCKED.

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The person who wrote that probably enjoys raiding

But you know what’s weird? Wizards are awesome and/or essential for raiding.

Ennewi · #4 05-07-2023, 06:58 PM

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TripSin is right. “Play whatever class you want or resonate with.” And that “People successfully play paladin on P99.” Even from a raiding perspective, hardcore raiders need a 60 paladin around to buff them with Divine Strength. And a well-geared paladin can perform valuable tanking duties including planar trash, Kael trash, HOT trash, and Plane of Sky. It’s annoying to tank those with warriors due to the chancy nature of warrior aggro. A paladin pushes a couple buttons and aggro is LOCKED.

Trakanon is one of the better targets for paladins wanting to be MA. DA engage, click off, hit sanctification, cast flash of light, and toss out cures/heals after. Even just as a support though, it's not bad. Reaper, SF, LH, and then DWBP which is good for recoveries, spamming it on shamans as they canni down to rebuff the raid.

magnetaress · #5 05-06-2023, 11:55 AM

Wizards are good at what wizards do.

If the meta is raiding wizards are top dog.

If the meta is boxing, powerlevelling and farming wizards ate poor.

Ench is #1 pizza enjoying. Necri #2. Shm #3 because I need to actually invest a lot in shm to reach necro and ench lvls of pizza delivery.

Enderenter · #6 05-06-2023, 12:09 PM

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

I was perusing the forum and came across the following quote:

‘the secret to playing a good paladin is not playing one - and rolling a warrior instead. after you get proc'ing weapons and other classes understand how to mitigate aggro - youll be happy you forgot about Paladin which is completely pointless in this era. nobody plays paladins or rangers or wizards on P99 for a very good reason.’

I was wondering why this is the case, specifically with Wizards as it’s my favorite class

If you enjoy a wizard because you can travel the world trivially, or because you can blow up 32k hp raid targets, go for it.

If you enjoy a wizard for DPS in a group xp context, I think you will be disappointed. They're a bottom tier sustained dps class.

ChairmanMauzer · #7 05-06-2023, 07:35 PM

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

I was perusing the forum and came across the following quote:

‘the secret to playing a good paladin is not playing one - and rolling a warrior instead. after you get proc'ing weapons and other classes understand how to mitigate aggro - youll be happy you forgot about Paladin which is completely pointless in this era. nobody plays paladins or rangers or wizards on P99 for a very good reason.’

I was wondering why this is the case, specifically with Wizards as it’s my favorite class

That person's opinion about Paladins is wrong.