What to twink? Wood Elf Ranger or Dark Elf Necro

[Iksar_with_a_plan]

Looking to start a new character and deck him out with some swag. I have my eye on both these classes.



I'm really looking for the most engaging/dynamic experience. I will be looking at soloing quite a bit, but will enjoy a group from time to time (Especially at higher levels w/ ranger). Also weighing in for my decision is unique quests offered for each race/class that I will be choosing.



Heres a couple more things i'd like to note

- I've never actually played a caster before in EQ because i've always enjoyed melee combat, but it could offer a fresh experience.

- I do appreciate the "lore" of the Ranger/wood elf combo more.

- The Ranger would be equipped with fungi, Swiftblade of Zek, Haste item, The Necro, a Zlandi heart, and a CoS. (obviously not just those items, im just including the major ones)

- I'll be looking at recording my Journey and posting some edited clips of highlights and walkthroughs.. (thats where more unique quests, and engaging gameplay comes in)

- I recognize that Necro is by far a better soloer than the Ranger, and I would like to be soloing a portion of the time. How far in level can a twinked Ranger go when it comes to soloing content?

[Whirled]

You have better equipment than my Ranger. Mostly solo to 52 so far.

[Troxx]

Ranger.

Necro doesn’t need more than naked/Rags to be effective (other than maybe CoS).

[Karthil]

If you're asking about pure return on investment, then a melee will win in twinking over a caster every time. Items just won't make as big of a difference for casters as they do for melee (with a few exceptions, like velious pants for chanters and clerics).

A Zheart will make your necro more efficient, but you're going to always be limited by mana and you can't increase the amount lich does.

Your ranger on the other hand can have haste, op weapons, and fungi, all of which will make the ranger a machine from levels 1-~40, and still very strong until low 50s.

Some caster items can change the game quite a bit, but mostly it just makes them more efficient (which isn't a bad thing at all). Melee items change them game quite a bit.

[Jauna]

way more mileage out of iksar necro and i dont see a hangup about iksar necros in your post.

slap stats into stamina, get raw hp/mana gear and go balls to the wall iksar necro

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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way more mileage out of iksar necro and i dont see a hangup about iksar necros in your post.

slap stats into stamina, get raw hp/mana gear and go balls to the wall iksar necro

I think I'll have to agree IF you plan on doing some "high-end" Velious Raiding. The "Soulwell Staff" from VP would be your first big-ticket item, then all the +HPRegen/+Manaregen and +HP/+Mana items you can get in Velious make Necros completely absurd lategame.

[Cen]

Wow these were my two characters on rallos zek. I swore to myself to not repeat my characters for p99
Great choices either way. Id pick the ranger since you goot the items and rangers are one of the most fun twinks if not most.

Dark elf necros are iconic, but in this min max age people poo poo them.

[bomaroast]

You have to be a healer to truly understand how crappy rangers are.

[Lune]

Swiftblade of Zek is a great weapon but it is not a good twink weapon, especially for rangers.

Dual wield doesn't get good until the 40's, in part because DW skill is low and OH never procs.

You will be much better served by running Silver Swiftblade from 1-20 and Woodsman's Staff from 25ish to 45ish.

A very-twinked ranger will actually out-solo your necro until 30ish. If you play your ranger like a warrior and don't use your spells you're gonna have a bad time and be bored and useless. Rangers are the best leveling tank for groups, one of the best pullers in outdoor zones and a great all-around asset until 50 or so when they become mediocre. They are the class I enjoy most in this game but the higher you get the more trouble you have finding groups because people want rogues instead, and most people don't realize Rangers make better group tanks than knights for the vast majority of content. It doesn't take a knight or warrior to tank a bunch of slowed sebilis mobs and rangers bring both agro management and dps, whereas a knight does almost no dps, meanwhile the cleric and shaman are sitting there at FM.

[Evia]

Ranger twinked to the teeth is a ton of fun! So I'd vote that.