Yet another solo class thread!

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ladykirax

Dalayan Beginner
yes another one of those damn newbie threads :p let me say i am not a newbie to live just SoD on live i played a cleric in a raiding guild . we were on dragon faction and i believe we got as far as valor been sooo long ago. SoD is a very different beast. I want a class i enjoy that can solo into the 60's that can allow me to trade skill ( i love to trade skill) , that's fun to RP with and when its time will let me get into raiding guild.

I have been reading threads all day and what ive learned is...

Bards=great soloists if your outside

Magicians = great soloists, but i made one and then found out they do not get all those really great toys here those are part of the fun of a magician for me.(not bitching just saying) and the whole no snare thing and no heals , man that's just scary stuff

Beast lords = good soloists but I'm not a huge fan of melee

Druids = Great soloists and one if my first loves made one here as well and what im noticing is and i may be wrong but alot of some nice loot is underground, underground = the sucks for a druid hehe.

Necros = Great soloists i mean not much i can say other than that, Oh well one thing i can say FD! one thing that does keep me back from them is evil faction hate to become KoS in towns or get limited on quests i can do because im evil...


Finally even though i can 2 box i don't want to its just not enjoyable for me so i want a stand alone class when i need it but also valuable to a raiding guild at some point and will allow me to gather equipment as i level so i don't look like a total idiot in pick up groups lol.

Oh and i want to add one more thing i also wnat to be in the bearers of truth so I'm not sure..are there any necros in the BoT?


so i am leaning towards druids or necros once i make the decision its becoming my main and I'm sticking with it till the end so any help would be appreciated
 
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chosing an "evil" class/race wont matter much on Sod. ie going with necro wont really give you many difficulties in cities. From your text you seem to be leaning that way and the class do fulfill all your requirements.

I'd say bard and druid are probably the best solo classes of those you mentioned, but all of them but the bst will let you do what you want... Ohh quite a few bards and druids around, as for raiding guilds though.
 
I don't really know that much about playing a bard.

I did not find Magicians to be a great soloing class. It is fair at best. It is a good class, but I had a hard time soloing, even with a high level druid bot healing between pulls.

As far as the beastlord, much like Live, they excel in soloing the easier dark blues, but have no tools for crowd control beyond their pet. And yes, they do melee.

I don't know why you say that underground is the suck for druids. The class has many abilities and can solo fairly well and you don't anything but sow and Harmony going under ground. The only 60+ outdoor kiting zones are East and West Commons (Plaguelands here) and not many druids really seem to solo there. Root rot, Nuking to death and DS tanking are the solo styles I have really seen. Here is the main thing that you need to know: Druid is by far the most popular class to box. That being said, many have a druid bot, but far, far fewer main the druid. I think you can solo fairly well, be able to get in a group and be able to get in a raiding guild. The main thing is that they are one of the best to pull a crowd and then DS/PBAE them to death in the end game. That is just incredibly powerful. Just know that there are many botted druids out there.

Necros are a great class. And like the bards I have not played one at higher levels. But while they are a great soloing class, I have heard many complain about getting in groups. I am not sure how much in demand they are in raiding guilds. They play the role of king of dps in very long fights. Glamrin is correct that the class is not Kos as much as you think.

I think bard, druid and necro is the real choice. Necro is the king of soloing, but ask some necros how hard it is to get in groups and guilds. Bards are desirable in groups and guilds. I would ask some bards how easy it is to solo without kiting outdoors, especially through the 60's. Druid is a win, but there are a ton of druid bots on the server. I don't know if that would bother you or not.
 
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Correct on Bards...

Great soloist if thiers room. Thiers a few indoor areas they can do thier kiteing trick just fine. Outdoors they can easyly kill things 15 levels higher then they are if you have the time and the mob in question isn't a caster and doens't summon.

Mages are certainly not a top choice for soloing. They have peaks of level ranges they solo well, and others were they solo poorly. Higher end Mages can go and solo areas that were not possible before, but it has a lot to do with the big Relic pet beating the stuffing out of things and useing your MS for chaos control.

If you want right out of the box solo... bard, Nerco, Druid would be my picks. You don't sound to keen on the bard. And if solo is your biggest thing.. then go Nerco. However druids are wanted more in groups (groups always need healers) and the ability to port around is fantastic.
 
I have to say bards do rock im certainly not knocking them they just don't fit my play style at the moment.
I love the druid I'm playing, as to worrying about druid bots? i don't much care about that. I know at higher levels guilds/groups would prefer dedicated healers/nukers. The problem i have and it might just be tactics is for example i went to the warrens for a little armor upgrade( don't laugh im starting from scratch here! and soft leather is nice) i got inside and ran across a 4 spawn of kobolds i couldn't harmony and i could not camouflage to get past them. If i rooted one then id have three on me. It made me wonder if i could even get in the door of kaladim lol where i know a nifty caster book is. So that's what gave me the impression Druids aren't so good indoors /underground
 
Necro is a great soloing class without a doubt. But does have issues with groups. The reason for this is multi fold, but basically the things that makes us great for raids and soloing impede our effectiveness in groups.

1. Necs don't do burst damage. We take time to ramp up and then maintain damage. An optimal fight for us lasts around 45 seconds to a minute, and most groups like harvesting boatloads of mobs.

2. Necro effectiveness is inverse to the effectiveness of a group. So low dps groups greatly benefit from necro dps and crowd control tools. As well as groups looking to do harder content. Most xp grouping involves killing lots of trivial mobs. And frankly, the server preference here is for an all melee group since there is no mana downtime.

3. Necros are the most mana inefficient casters in any group. Meaning that if you are trying to maintain mage-like damage you will experience tons of lost dot ticks for no real return with a slow casting, mana expensive spell set. This will be frustrating until you get your relic lich. ( However, we are the most efficient on soloing or on a raid boss. )

4. Binary resist system - Unlike the other int casters, we don't get partials. It's either go or no go. We do get significant negative resist adjusts because of it on certain key spells to compensate as well as the lich conversion.

So because of this you can expect to to spend a significant amount of time soloing in E/WPL and messing around with charming in various undead zones. On a personal note, I love soloing, raiding, and grouping with my necro, have a vast investment in him, and been complemented on my ability to play the class. But if I had to do it over again, I would never make a mained int caster of any type on this server.

Since you enjoy a wisdom caster, I recommend you stick with that as a main since you will be greatly desired in groups/ raids. I, however, suggest you have a nec on the side, its a fun class with a lot of variety.
 
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Nobody mentions a wizard for a solo class? Interesting...

But I'd have to agree, with space, a bard is an awesome solo class, and wanted for groups/guilds. But only one is needed on a raid, where many druids could be used for heals. Or necros for stacking dps. BSt are good solo classes, but can have issues on multi-spawns. (That's where bard/bst duo works nice.)
 
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Nobody mentions a wizard for a solo class? Interesting...
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No offense to wizards i did not mention them because its never interested me and they are indeed a good solo class so i have heard and read about.


Bohem i like your idea...and i think that is just what i will do.


I want to thank you all for helping me out and taking the time to respond to another best class post. It was a great aid to be able to hear your ideas and helped me alot with making a final decision. So if you see a little wood elf named Kaie running for her life past you give me a wave ;) and with any luck ill be grouping with the big boys in a month!
 
As a high level druid, I can solo almost any entry level 65 zone such as Eld's, DN, EW orcs, and VE/E tmaps (sucks druids cant bash). Put with a box, it's amazing what you can do with a druid, so I'm kind of impartial to druids.
 
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