Ranger (current): Pros- Already Leveled and good gear

cons- Getting boring, hard to level, and cant find groups easy

Monk: Pros- quick leveling, can buy alot of gear, and would be fun unless I totally hated it.

cons- no spells, cant carry much.

Shaman: pros- Would be interesting, gets cool spears, dont need a ton of wis till higher levels, good solo'ers and groupers

cons- slower levelers, sits and meds alot

thats all I can think of right now... thanks for your help.

Unless you want to have true fun and play Necro!

Pros for Necro:
Life drain
good spells at high lev

Cons:
Not easy solo
Tends to get picked on

Note: My everquest experience is minimal, If you want better pro/cons ask like Maradon or someone

PS Necros are the best soloers out of all of them listed without serious twinkage.

[ 11-20-2002: Message edited by: adenine! ]

Can they solo past 35ish?

Pros and cons any different than mine?

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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael had this to say about dark elf butts:
Shaman. Shamans are the Way.

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the way of the jedi....shaman!

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NiteShadow thought about the meaning of life:
Are shamans quick to level?

Can they solo past 35ish?

Pros and cons any different than mine?

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I'm no shaman expert but here goes anyway. It depends if you're grouping or soloing. Grouping it will be the same as the others, soloing probably slower than necro and about the same as the monk depending on equipment. They actually solo better post 35 than before relative to the others. The pro/con really depends on what roles you want. In a group you're going to be doing a lot of buffing, slowing, and cannibalizing. Whether you mind or don't mind doing that is a large factor.

[ 11-20-2002: Message edited by: adenine! ]

Then it kinda slows down on the soloing front from 20ish to around 30ish (least it did for me). 30ish you can pick off Grifennes in NK or solo Tesch Mas gnolls in SK. It's not mad XP, but it's fairly regular. With a friendly Clarity it goes faster.

At 34, I'm told soloing gets easier now that you have the pet, but as I just made 34 last night with my shaman, I haven't had the time to try.

Keep in mind this is just my own ramblings, jaded by a few things. First off, I frickin' hate Kunark if I'm not playing an Iksar. I just get frustrated with having to run through zone after zone after zone of bad things to get to a place to hunt. And the guards always seemed to find me when I did go. Pain in the booty. I like Velious, but haven't had a chance to really get elbows-deep in the levelling there yet.

I just like being a shaman, though. I think it's Zaza who said in another thread that playing a Shaman means that you get to do a little of everything, and that's very appealing. Even if you don't solo every day, I guarantee you'll enjoy most days.

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Nekralt Avaane stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
you got the shammys right

Pros for Necro:
Life drain
good spells at high lev

Cons:
Not easy solo
Tends to get picked on

Note: My everquest experience is minimal, If you want better pro/cons ask like Maradon or someone

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Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...

Did you just say necros do not have an easy solo?

They're the easiest single solo, my friend.
And you missed something huge about necro pros; their DoTs.

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NiteShadow had this to say about (_|_):
The shaman is looking very tempting and what I know about the necro they are both equal contenders... I just need more info on gear and race and that research I will do myself... altough I would like to talk to a lvl 55+ shaman on the boards if we have one.

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Several knowledgeable shamans. Reynar, I think, is the highest. I forget, though. Toktuk's still in his thirties, but he's a bounty of info too.

I have a strong melee oriented mindset. When I started playing Rhiannah, I learned the hard way several times that Wizards are NOT melee oriented. It takes patience because a lot of soloing amounts to Root, Nuke, med, Nuke, Re-Root if necessary. And the exp can be slow soloing. (Don't let my character info fool you, I've only got her to 14. I just wanted the Sorcerer title. )

A necro that can't fear kite is little more than a gimped shaman when soloing.

My opinion:

Pros:

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I want you to go into that bag, and find my duckstick. Its the one that says bad motherfucker.

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Frighteningly coincidental completely off topic fact: I just saw that movie for the first time today

These aspects get a bit better as you level, but post-50 it does get more challenging. Root-Rot becomes your friend, but there's also the shaman's ability to get a group. In PoP zones Shamen are prized above other classes for 1 reason... we slow things the best. Period. Mobs attack too fast un-slowed and do absurd damage. Yard trash in PoN was pegging me for 250+ per hit. Once slowed they're pansies, unslowed they're a nightmare.

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Shaman: pros- Would be interesting, gets cool spears, dont need a ton of wis till higher levels, good solo'ers and groupers

cons- slower levelers, sits and meds alot

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If you see a shaman sitting to med above level 24, kick them in the head. Shamans have the best mana regen in the game, they never have to sit and med post level 24.

Obviously I'd vote shaman, even at the lower levels you can be doing so much in a group, or still go solo something a lot of other classes wouldn't think about.

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Random Insanity Generator had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Unless you're getting C2 or C3 at 24, Can 1 is still faster....

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I was.

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Just Nwist Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa...

Did you just say necros do not have an easy solo?

They're the easiest single solo, my friend.

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Shamans solo the hell out of a Necro.

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Check out the big brain on Comrade Snoota!
Shamans solo the hell out of a Necro.

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Yeah, right. What universe are you from again?

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/dev/null painfully thought these words up:
Yeah, right. What universe are you from again?

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Shamans solo bigger more difficult stuff.
Necros solo more effeciantly.

Doubt you'll see a necro solo the sebilite protector, or any of the scar dragons in WW =)

Necromancer generally solo safer... fear kiting is just too nice

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/dev/null wrote, obviously thinking too hard:
Shamen solo better things

Necromancer generally solo safer... fear kiting is just too nice

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Yep, tank soloing stuff that hits for 450+ isn't exactly safe. But fun whenever you're bored. Not a good way to get experience though, I stick to groups for that.

I need to get him some more levels so that I can really start whoopin ass though.

I need to get off my lazy ass if I'm gonna keep playing EQ.. heh

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Beta Tested had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
We can't solo worth a crap anymore

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::snicker::

Yeah, of course we can't.

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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent Reynar said:
Doubt you'll see a necro solo the sebilite protector, or any of the scar dragons in WW =)

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You'd be wrong on both counts. At level 63 no less.

And another thing -

Seduction of Saryrn
1: Changing Appearance Into A Skeleton
2: Regeneration for 30000 Mana in 600 ticks
3: DoT for 37800 Hit Points (HP) in 600 ticks

(63hp/50mana)

Cannibalize IV
1: Decrease Hit Points (HP) by 148 (L58)
2: Increase Mana from 81 (L58) to 82 (L60)

(74hp/41mana)

I'd say Shaman mana regen takes a distant second place.

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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael was listening to Cher while typing:
Several knowledgeable shamans. Reynar, I think, is the highest. I forget, though. Toktuk's still in his thirties, but he's a bounty of info too.

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