I was a warrior back in the day and it was a huge rush to be tanking a giant boss in a corner while having 10 clerics chain healing you and everyone hoping you don’t die while your health bar flickers like a light bulb ready to die
Necro best solo class. You can snare kite. Multiple mobs at the same time while regenerating your mana from your hit points then life tap your hit points back. Pull goes bad you feign death and reset.
Back in 1999 with all the races and classes to choose from, something about a barbarian shaman called to me. So on the rodcet nife server so began the journey of Beouwulf
I just tried it, and I think it's an awesome game. I'm playing on an RP server because usually they're very popular. That's one video might want to make for us noobs, is explaining the servers. I've been hearing EQ has many unique servers.
23 years ago I enter Kelethin as a lvl 1 Wood Elf Ranger. Orc Hill, Towerr of Crushbone/Throne Room are still magical in my mind. End up Full Giant Armor with Temple of Veeshan Gear and Participated in many first one of the original serverst, E’ci. Was fortunate to Raid with Uber Guild, …Reconstructed…the Rangers of that guild even allowed me in their private Ranger Guild chat(I was the only player w/ this privilege). I had a standing invite with them but oddly I stayed independent. Thanks to the Rangers of Reconstructed. Luclin ruined the game imho and I stopped shortly after release.
I played on E'ci as well. I was in a guild with a bunch of co-workers and friends called Crystalline Sphere, later to merge with another guild and rename ourselves Destiny Awaits. A bunch of us worked for Electronics Boutique at the time and when they finally convinced me to start playing I think Kunark was just launching. I rolled a Wood Elf Druid and promptly made the decision to trek from Greater Faydark to Qeynos to level. Because I would get lost like crazy. So many good memories from playing that game with my co-workers and friends that I'll never forget. I agree that Luclin ruined the game. Then PoP completely destroyed my main source of income as a Druid which was porting.
Former E’ci player here, too. So much great memories in EQ, I played a High Elf Wiz and actually stuck with him through all the expansions. Extremely frustrating class early days but in the end was pretty fun. I remember Reconstructed very well, one of the strongest guilds on the server. I was in a smaller guild(can’t remember name) that formed a partnership with like two smaller guilds to do raids, one of them was Last Hope.
@@-bdl2696 this isnt true, we had alchemy back then. we also had speed buffs and short term buffs that really pumped you up. shaman were needed a lot for Fear and Hate raids as well as resist buffs for the dragons. Shaman were always top notch.
Def kunark and Velious. Actually, with Puppet Strings (rechargeable), + CH scythe, etc. So under those conditons, and a Troll, yes they're best in classic too if you're a badass. Then the clicky pet earring from Karnor's for when you need it but thats Kunark. Cheers.
Play Project 1999 if you're feeling nostalgic. Huge community, 2 large pop servers. It stopped at Velious, will go no further. Sad for the folks that missed the transitions, cheers.
No, couldn't. We're they good at soloing? Sure. Outperform a group of 6? Absolutely in no way. No fungi monk is going to take down 4 yellows simultaneously like a good group can
In PoP my guild was elemental planes but not quite plane of time and I mained a ranger. My alt was a very decked out iksar monk. 20s to 50s he was basically best in slot. Fungi, amygdaen war mask, cloak of crystalline waters for 36% haste ect. At 52 I stopped leveling and grinded out about 20 AA for things like being able to bandage to full and some defense stuff. By 56 I had the Monk epic, flayed barb skin leggings and ornate armor from the planes. I was soloing in the plane of justice next to full groups and I was keeping up with their pace and had less downtime. So yeah a monk with the right gear can solo mobs better than some groups but there was a heavy dependence on gear. My twink had better gear than any lvl60 and most 65s. Just goes to show how overpowering you can get with the right gear.
I became a better EQ player by SOLOing. Hands down. I stayed in Guk until I got it right. Zones like Guk is a amazing zone to relearn the game in. It forces you to be better. To not depend on other players. I left EQ back in the day cus I reached level 35 and couldn't solo. I was powerless without a group. Those days are over.
I miss playing this game. With headshot, I would say the best class for exp during the max level around 90-95 ish was the ranger. I could get anybody plvled so long as they could get exp in my group and 1000s of AAs within a week or so. With the knock back root / WS I was able to pull/Tank the highest lvl zones in the game since I could plvled my own AAs to 14k. Although he was a beast I would have to say the best character In groups I played was shaman. The shaman just came natural for me.
I did this with my buds ranger, pl til 46, then headshot everything in PoJ til 51. Did it w/ casters and melee ofc. Best pl in the game. I guess they do have a reason for existing! Cheers.
Original. Best class is druid. Hard at very low levels, but once they get there dots and sow ( later wolf form) they can easy solo to 50. Which is the top level. Quad kiting. Plus you can teleport your self. MAGE is also really good. And probley the best class for someone just starting. Because they solo great. And are cheap to level. They get food and drink spell early. Best for highest mobs soloing. Sometimes two mobs med while med is attacking. Ranger is really good. If it follows the original up dates. Ranger were power houses. Kiting Necro is ok. But can be hard to play if you don't understand them. Fear kiting. Note. Soloing past lv 5. You will never match something equal to you. Also a HUGE key is numbers. If you can kill 5 blues in the time it takes you to kill 1 higher level. You will get more xp. And if you can kill non stop low blues. You will get the most xp. Also you will find you get more xp soloing lowbies then grouped fighting reds Rogue are very fun to play, but hard to solo. Just keep doing low xp mobs. Back stab. If you want to always be in a party choose cleric or chanter. But parties can be hard to find. So waiting hours to group and kill mobs. You lose a lot of xp. This is why you should go solo. Btw worst class is SK. Which is sad because I really like thier whole idea. If you want A good mix of solo and group choose Shaman. Dots and kiting once you have sow. War and pally. Group dependant. But are really slow soloers Did I leave anyone out? Oh yes wizards and bard. Ok wizard can be good solo, but like Necro you have to have the nack. Bards are jack of all master of none. And watch playing music around guards. They can be good at solo or very bad. Both are good in groups. Race. Pick something with good eyesight. Or deal with it until you can kill willowwisp and get light stone lv. 12? Evils are fun, but KOS is not. And all evils have areas other evils are KOS. So good is best. Bad thing is class may limit race. Oh how many time my barb Shammy was stuck in tunnels to and from Black Burro, because he couldn't see, and some knoll beats on him and kills him because he can't see to fight back. Things you should take up Fishing, for those long boat rides and waiting for boat. Smithing to make banned armor Shammy alchemy once you can.
How dare you call SK the worst class! Best group tank in the game, it can solo better than warriors and rogues, and it's also a decent puller! Solo xp as an SK is pretty bad but sometimes you can actually get decent xp from it. Definately not the worst class but definately low down on the list when it comes to dps. Though with pet, dots, and constant smacking you can actually get better dps than warriors in some cases.
You will have to start with a solo Caster Mule . then Start a Melee if you want a tank main. (And you don't box , I run 1 toon at a time- this is how it was done in the old days with Dial-up LOL) So on the Next TLP I will start with Sham . Shams at low level don't solo well but Alchemy will help and then those Potions to main tank (also supply's you with a early game income , selling Potions to other players. Once you get Pet Upgraded DOTS , Heals and Slo . around 32-35. Then you can Solo . And be a Mule for your Tank main. Necro is also a sold Solo Class , and Druids and of Course Mages . Next TLP is sometime in May hope to see ya all there.
I started off as a Ranger on p99 Teal, lol. If they ever release a new green I won't do that again. I had a lot of fun, but woooo was that a tough grind! Having a lot of fun on my Evil Erudite Cleric though after Pineel dropped. If I was to do it again, I'd start with a caster, or healer. Most likely a Druid for my first class just to farm up gear and money for my alts.
I played back in 99 when EQ first released. My main was an ogre shaman. I soloed probably 70-80% of the time I played. I only got to around 50 or 55 before I stopped playing, but it was actually a lot of fun. My secondary character was an ogre warrior. He was a lot harder to solo with, so I did a lot more grouping with him. Got him to about 35. I also played a troll shadow knight (around 25) and a dark elf necromancer (around 20). I tinkered with a gnome magician, an iksar monk, a wood elf ranger and a human bard, but found those classes a lot harder and/or less interesting.
They can solo dragons in Velious with top tier gear. Trolls/Iksar as that regen can be the difference between life and death. Then again the cheap CH 1 charge scythe would work as well for non regen races. No stun from the front does help though on o Ogres.
So glad to see this video, I know this is late but BARDS ARE SOLO GODS. No game has ever been able to bring the bard class to anywhere as close as OG Bards. Former destroyer of raids Timmeh Sullon Zek and ofc who could forget Speed. I mained Ranger/Bard. Early rangers were bleh but once we got AA's some fun fun fun.
I started in 2001 and am currently playing. I have pretty much one of every class as I get bored easy..lol. My funnest time was raiding on my Enchanter there is a certain thrill having 5 mobs mezzed and hoping they don't break.
Necromancer. No game has ever reproduced the feeling of power and evil I felt with my EQ necromancer in lich form soloing ice giants from 25 years ago. When I joined a guild I pretty much had to switch to my tank because no one wanted my necro when I had a badass tank alt. I was basically forced to play the class I hated because I was decent at it and my poor necro rotted away. I remember being yelled at for not rolling on items because I considered my tank my alt and the GM refused to accept it. “your our main tank there is no way I’m going to let you claim a necro as your main now roll idiot.” Lol
I played Bard in original release - you’d never believe how much people wanted bard song buffs and bard run speed, but omg, this class was set up to give you repetitive stress disorder because you had to “twist”, as in keep hitting 3 keys every few seconds to maintain 3 songs for your group, and 4 if you were extra twisty. But speed, so wanted as this game took forever to traverse. But a fun class to play apart from the repetitive stress.
Bards are the most challenging to play not just conceptually but physically, I destroyed my wrist and had to stop playing for months. But you can do nearly anything and everyone is glad to have a bard around. If played well, Bards are the ultimate puller class.
Curious, did PoS ever get the pathing bug fixed? Use to run raids there, pre-kunark. Biggest issue was pathing and aggro. Mob aggro would happen even when the mob was flying far above you. Also, did P99 keep the Bee weapon in game. Talk about making a Paladin OP. Was nerfed out after maybe 6 people got it (across all servers). At the time it was like a 6/12 weapon (probably wrong on that). But with the weapon bonus, it was hitting at hard as weapons from planes of power, but came out in vanilla. It was I think an 18/12 weapon in vanilla EQ - with maxed skill, was incredible. Was happy to see rogue on the list, almost thought you would bypass them. Early EQ, I'd call rogue maybe the top class. Imagine a raid with 2 well equipped warriors, 20 rogues, a few bards for songs, 1 Shaman, 1 Druid, 1 enchanter, 3 SK for debuffs, 1 Paladin, Beastlord didn't exist yet - so skipping that, and a handful of clerics in rot. Rogues were out DPSn Wizards. Why they didn't rank higher in a list that seems to focus solely on dps in raids? A monk can solo more than almost any class, unless they kite. But not a single kite class was included before melee classes. So melee alone, and solo; monks win. They could pull, and in certain situations you even needed a monk pull chain. But raid talk and on bosses alone, rogues were at least second best if not the best class. Played a monk, my fan boy attitude of the rogue class is based off what I saw. Between Luclin and PoP I was in the top 5 monks on all servers and I also led a great many early raids before Kunark was a thing (I was second on my server with Monk epic 1.0 - Thank you Hoss for doing the raid for me - when I was not a member). So, I think these question can be seen as valid. What the F is a Sizable Satchel? I remember Tear'dal bags, which I farmed and supplied an entire server (not that I expect anyone to know this, but I farmed the pyramid for skins and it would take on average 6 hours to get a skin and you needed two and made the bags with tailoring - for the small chance someone would know this). I remember Treasure Hunters Satchel and the other dragon bag (can't remember which Naggy had and which Vox had), but Sizable Satchel - not even trying anymore are you? Those bags had 8 or 10 capacity, and with the haversach and EE bag made the monk. WTF, 40 capacity and 100% redox. Sad. Ranger, has run speed buff? F, it's called Sow and doesn't work in all dungeons. Must be outdoors, right? Lastly, Luklin? Sorry Luclin? Yeah, this video irritates me. Be someone who saw Velious drop and need to upgrade from 64 MB of ram to 124 to not lag constantly. Then here this guy say how things were? I played this game when Sony owned it (Qeynos - backwards is SonyEQ - yeah he probably didn't even know that). I went through Velious selling the 7th Coldain ring MQ (as a well geared monk could solo to that point). Speaking as someone that has gone through 99% of what he talks about, be a rogue or a cleric. You wont ever want for a group. If you are ok with a bit of time wasted, be LFG as a Warrior or Monk or Enchanter. If you want a guild, be a rogue. No guild will turn down a rogue that can spend the time needed to do the pre-stuff for an epic. Epic 1.0 isn't that hard after the solo stuff is done. Want to suffer un-ending torment on your epic, be a cleric trying to get the guy in Naggy's lair (Spent over 70 hours awake here, to use my older monk to pull a train and kill people who tried to steal the camp) - but you can still be guilded before you get an epic as a cleric - or be the monk that spends unending hours in Lower Guk (literally camped that spot for 112 hours without sleep before I got my pipe) - to become slightly better than a monk with a Jade Mace and KD. Want to kite, be a druid, bard, or Wizard. Want to dominate things you shouldn't, be an enchanter (and charm things you shouldn't). Want to waste countless hours of time, go to PoM and solo a furry midget that has a drop table that is similar to Alice in Wonderland or the Chessboard. Cards for the win (if the author of this video understands the above where I said he wouldn't, and even if he does that there is no chance in H that he understands what I am talking about now - even though I gave him a hint by saying cards for the win).
Solsek-Ro in the house!!! Monk. The Best Pet class in the game when a group is trying to steal your camp. It felt good to travel fearlessly as a Monk. The TRUE power of the Cleric is that Everybody loves him. Especially the proactive ones offering "traveling Rez services" at the tunnel. I would run from Lower Guk, to Overthere. Folks would trip over themselves trying to give me plat, and a port back home. Pappy Papadopulos always delivered. Waiting for the boat in Oasis, buffing lowbies & rescuing them from Lockjaw & Cazul. Those were good days.
I always enjoyed a Shaman & Monk duo back in "the day" & just Monk for soloing. I've tried getting back into EQ a few times over the last couple of years, as playing free, & it just no longer holds me captivated very long. I wanted to explore & see the sights I never got to see before, but cannot even with paid for, resubbed for a couple of months, piss-poor Mercs. Still, it was a good nostalgic video, thanks.
Back in the day nobody played Shadow Knight, because they had an exp-penalty for being a hybrid class that was actually worse than warrios and necros. Troll SK was the ultimate trap, because they had a double exp-penalty. That pretty much takes care of the worst class of all time. Other than that, rangers and druids were pretty weak.
I think I’ve finally made up my mind about class choices whence I start back up on mischief or the new TLP in April/may thanks to your many detailed long form videos about the state of game and classes!….. Mage for soloing/dps and having fun because their pets are sick and OP. Bard for some melee dps and group buffs/run speed/group necessity which I enjoy and will probably always have a group and a Cleric because they are OP and I like healing and again grouping which I’m sure I’ll always have a group and won’t have to worry about soloing… My only question is about Zerkers, you mentioned they are DPS? I come more so from EQ 2 and there Zerkers did great dps but we’re like Godly instoppable AoE Tanks/Dps at the same time. But in Eq 1 they can’t tank or do both? They are just purely physical DPS? Thanks and greatly appreciate all your vid’s and time to make them! Cheers.
Oh yeah Eq1 & Eq2 zerkers are different. They were the Aoe warrior right? In Eq1, I guess they're basically a 2hander rogue. Top tier dps. Thank you for the compliment. Was wondering if you had one of those ASMR labor channels.
@@IonBlaze1 is that a thing? ASMR Labor working? Might be a good idea and I might look into it LOL and yeah Zerkers were mad AOE tanks and it fueled their tanking by getting hit and even losing health. They had OP Health regen by hitting and getting hit which was OP and didnt need a healer similar to ShadowKnights. Tanking in Eq2 was fun challenging and chaotic! ❤
@@jacobshandymantreeservicel2522 yeah there's channels making a killing on TH-cam. They show time lapses of what they do. Lawn mowing, pressure washing, car detailing,etc.
great list... shamans/enc are my go to... had a shaman on the latest TLP, but i hated that they allowed boxing... that ruined the experience for me and i quit after 2 months
Pro tip: necros can be some of the best pullers and are preferred in some cases like ToV. Their screaming terror, FD, and Quivering Veil of Xarn make them near essential in some cases.
What's Everquest like now? I barley got to play. I've mostly been playing MMOs like classic wow but wondering what the progression servers and timelocked ones are like as I tried the live version of Everquest a while back and didn't enjoy it much down to some of the updated models. What's the highest pop way to play Everquest as of right now?
For high leveling populations, you got 2 main choices. You can go with an Early EQ emulated server for free called Project 1999 Green or you can pay to play on official servers that just started. Thornblade & Mischief servers. Project 1999 is more hardcore & exciting. Official servers are friendlier to casual grouping/raiding play and time commitments. They have a lot of quality of life features that cut down time sinks.
@@cremetem I started on P99 on launch (God, 13 yrs ago? There are two servers with both having population of 1k+ during peak. Join Green server as its newer and last I checked they were still in Kunark. If you play Blue, I can hook you up with some gear/plat. Cheers, God bless.
on tlp classic....the best groups for speed leveling are Enchanter, cleric, mage, mage, mage, mage. Enchanters are the best in classic as they still have top dps in leveling even with the 30 percent charm nerf. Monks are deadly and compete for that top dps with out needing much gear and using just their hands. Cleric are still the go to healers as CH is only needed for those Hole and planar charms. Everyone loves mages while leveling though they are useless in raids because of Mitigation of the Mighty on raid targets. Shamans are very good if you like buffing. Raids are buffing, slowing, and spot healing. Necromancers find themselves in a weak spot , they are still the solo king but solo is trash on tlps and is very slow. Paladins, rogues, rangers, and wizards arent very good in classic. Druids are good because of being a healer but when it comes to raids they just become taxis....Through it all leveling and raids...Enchanter probably becomes top class for all the things they can do in classic. You need them in leveling groups, they are top dps with their charms, and you need them in raids. Cleric will be your top healing spot as they complement the enchanters, they can survive heal agro with their divines, Monk is also a top class as they do not need much gear, a good monk can out dps a enchanter's charm, they are the pulling king by split pulling with feign death....A runner up class would go to SK and Bard as they are also needed.
Classic: Monk. They were OP compared to rogues, even subpar wars to the point of embarrassment. Unless you have a 12/13 poker (GL) as there are 2 in classic, 1 very hard to get. Shamans maybe ENC in Kunark. Shamans hands down in Velious once they have Torpor, Malo, Fungi (dont go Ikky same regen as Troll) & can't use bracer clicky). Go to 0 P99 and see what shamans can solo. Golems in PoF, no shit. Hierophant is easy, Tranix is easy (done it myself many times). Just a broken class, so fun. Torpor really taking the cake. Rogue is my favorite class though. I MEAN CLASSIC, not whatever garbage they've done to game these days. Cheers.
Game is so different now. 20 years ago I was one of the only / first high level monks on my entire server, and I remember no one really knew how powerful the class was or could be, and having people freak out when they saw how hard I punched. Towards the end of Velious when the monk mitigation nerf hit, I found myself playing my Rogue more than my Monk simply because it felt like both characters were relegated to damage dealing, but my Rogue had higher damage, and was just more fun to play because there wasn't really any loot restrictions, and monk gear/weapons were super hard to come by on my server. Monks were still way better at solo'ing and pulling of course, and even now when a new P99 server launches, Rogue is probably one of the worst classes to main because they're so gear dependent, but have no real way of farming plat.
Enchanter is also a top tier puller atleast through Luclin since they don't have to stick around for DPS and have infinite mana without medding due to low cost of spells. They pull much more efficiently than monks do. If you have a class that can SoW them then they are also better than Bards. When pets were allowed to tank Enchanter was the #1 group tank, #1 group DPS, and #1 group puller lol.
Paladin you need to use flash for aggro. Rangers ( using flamelick) and Pally will out aggro SK thanks to those low lvl spells. I was a SK and worked this out to be the case.
Early on a brand new TLP, I would have to say Enchanter, Cleric and maybe Bard because they all provide either something no other class can provide and/or are just so good at what they do (Cleric) that no other class can really replace them in groups. Cleric because it is OP at healing and every group or raid will want one or even multiple. Seriously, since a Druid or Shaman is all you really need for heals in most group content, the OP healing of a Cleric makes group encounters trivial. Also if your just healing, gear isn't all that important on a Cleric and all you need to really focus on is Wis and Mana. Since they are so damn good at healing, they tend to be the most vital class for a group because no group can run without a healer. Finally, since a healer is a required class, it is very easy to start your own group if you can't find one. Enchanter is also very good because it is also one of the least gear dependent classes at least as soon as you get Charm and Clarity. Charm gives you amazing DPS with very little mana usage and Clarity boosts your mana regen rate. As far as grouping, even if the players in a group don't realize all the tools you can bring to the group, everyone wants you if for no other reason than you have Clarity, Mez and Haste. Bard because of its unique buffs and mechanics. It, like the other two, are also not that dependent on gear as most songs work just as well naked as fully kitted out. The rest of the classes are just filler. Wiz, Mage, Rogue, Monk are all interchangeable DPS though the Monk will get some love due to its pulling capability. Shaman and Druid tend to just be looked at as a back up healer though Shaman gets some love when slows become important. War, SK and PAL are all interchangeable Tanks. Necros just get no love in a group, last choice all the time though since I finally played one to high level on a TLP, I have realized they bring a lot more to the group that most people suspect.
Disagree with some, but most people don't realize a necro can mezz (anything) at like 34. Up to level 50 or 54 mobs iirc. Absolutely useful. In guk, charm undead to break an empty camp, + lull. If you want that FBSS, a good necro can be just as good as an enc or better as they can EASILY solo it like I did many times. Then made a shm for farming and undisputed king. Cheers.
Looking at just how many classes are mana dependent really makes the case for out of combat regen. I remember it took around 20 min to regen early on then each expansion climbed to 40 min with kei. Raids went from 4 to 6 attempts a night depending on how many wipes to 2 to 3 attempts in the time it would take to do just one. Mana is so huge for any class that depends on it.
Wizards was so mana dependent early EQ that it made raiding and exp grinding with PUGs frustrating at times. Thank goodness they added mana regen on gear later on.
The problem with Shamen is that it's an easy class to box. They're not important enough to need to be mained and having a pocket healer that never runs out of mana is handy. As you pointed out, early on they're needed for buffs, but since all their buffs for the first few expansions are single target, having some pocket shamen in a raid is a convenience. And a few classes can take advantage of having a pocket shaman to make a really low maintenance boxed duo.
Eh, give a shaman a set of Puppet Strings and see what they can solo, even just classic. They can solo the non DT Golems in POF in KUNARK. But yeah, not the undisluted king of solo til Kunark & Velious.
Started as a DE Necro in 1999 and could not see anything...so I quit and made a human warrior. Played him till lv 25 and gave up and rerolled a druid when they launched the Quellious server. Was OP till they nerfed DoTs. Played till Luclin then stopped. Was fun though for sure.
I was 9 years old when Everquest came out and my dad LOVED Everquest. He wasn't good at it but he certainly thought himself an expert. I was his leveling buddy and my class choice was Troll Shadow Knight, I thought they were so cool. They were like Darth Vader I thought. (LoTR movie didn't come out yet mind you so the big scary sorcerer in armor was Vader.) My dad hated my choices though. He hated my class choice and race pic so we were forced to start over and at this point, Frogloks came out. I loved these guys and made myself a Froggy Warrior. ...My dad decided I didn't take the game seriously enough and essentially abandoned me in the game. Meta was a foreign concept to me, I was a kid! There were better combos but for me, it was always about what I thought was cool/fun.
I play Beast Lord and Shaman. The reason being Beast Lord heals for pet is great but healing other horrible. Shaman have great heals however their pet is behind Beast Lord and BL get pet focus. So combo of the two is great.
This really depends on your play style, goals, and what you're looking for. For example, the Bard is kind of the ultimate class, but its support and is very challenging to play. Warrior is super simple and powerful but has very little flexibility and desire for groups. Enchanters are terrible soloers and very one-trick pony in groups as they provide little damage, but are incredibly desired for their specific utility. Monks are terrific pullers, nearly as good as a Bard, but are really only wanted in a group for that and suffer from weight issues, etc.
Trust me, its not that bad on P99. Clerics are more than happy to rez new players, hell, they're more likely to give you some loot than take whatever donation you could afford. Cheers.
How come people say warrior are low dps when they get crits / triple attack / flurry even monk dont get flurry till pop Seriously warrior can outparse monks if used as dps they just werent well known or used to that theme
Warriors are insane dps wise with gear. Procs alone man. Evenomed Blade, VP procs, NTOV procs, Primal weapons. They're power houses dps wise end game. But you're not competing with a competent rogue double backstabbing with my McEpic (they had to give us something for the abuse in classic), and a good (esp proc'ing) offhand. Cheers.
And when I say pull sneaky... you NEED to know how to pull in EQ. PERIOD. Especially in these times of the game lifespan. Where if u cant solo...u have no business playing the game. The game slows down when you get to level 30. You cannot just run and gun in zones where u can get the most EXP but guess what...the game is dead so u gotta learn how to solo the zone.
It goes by truth NOT what class your really good at. Druids are a cheat code to EQ. Hands down. The only down side is they take forever to recover magic engery. You can solo EQ as a Druid. Without a merc. Alot of ppl running around with mercs cus they know damn well they don't know their class well enough to solo. I solo with Druid in EQ without a merc
Magicians really weren't that good until you got your epic. Before that soloing blues was about the best you could do and good luck if you get three mobs
Totally forgot to mention the druids ability to apply thorns! The thorns capability is important to mention because they are what make us desirable in raids and groups while also putting us on an equal level with shamans. I would argue Druids and Shamans are dead equal in healing capability considering we get the same spells at the same levels I believe. Don't worry tho as Druids we got that coming - the shit end of the stick. We're as wanted as r kelly fans inside toys r us.
Yea...bards can do that as well. And bards are required for raiding. Sure they stack but 32k hp dragons died pretty quickly on P99 as people know what we're doing now, what to stack, etc. Cheers.
I agree thorns is significantly strong, however, it cannot even come close to competing with slow/malo/torpor, those 3 spells completely annihilate the druid, and put shaman near the top for most important class.
Enchanter, Shaman, Bard, Cleric, Monk, Necro.... Don't get me wrong, I love SK's (eventually I'll get my 46 SK on p99 to 60 with my other mains) but that is by far not the best two classes statically. Cheers.
But this just a point of view coming from somebody that refuses to group or join a guild. I dont reply to anybody in EQ. Grouping is another story of who is the best class
Druid. You can port yourself outta a corpse run. The best class is a druid. Hands down... some of the zones in EQ are mazes and I promise you...you will not get outta them without a map.
In classic. They drop off a cliff unless you're in an outdoor zone, where little loot is found. Now if they can charm animals in dungeons, not too bad. What I find funny, even Tigole thought druids were broken & that was his only alt. Shamans were so underrated to the point of embarrassment. Edit: Rogues, stay in sneak/hide during pulls, no corpse run. Dragging corpses to ent. Melees, insta click cheap WC port thingy. Other classes can gate or FD. I do think it was complete BS they nerfed evac in indoor zones (where its needed most.) God bless, cheers.
1.Druid 2. Necromancer 3. MONK Any other class...have fun dying alot. In a dead game where you need to be grouped up in.... it's best to go with classes that can port in a tight situation or pull sneaky.
Or be a enchanter (aoe mezz). Or a good bard that can mezz 3-4 mobs. Or be any class that can gate. Or use insta gate clicky to WC for melee. Or be a rogue and always be in sneak/hide so you don't die when the puller fucks up, and you can bring corpses to ent to speed up the process. Cheers. Edit: Necros can mezz anything as well, so yeah, Lotta options.
@@gerainedoss7123 It's not, actually. This was discussed at the 05 or 06 FanFaire, in Vegas. There was an extensive Lore Thread about correct pronunciations, that spawned from the FF discussions, on the old SOE forums.
I was a warrior back in the day and it was a huge rush to be tanking a giant boss in a corner while having 10 clerics chain healing you and everyone hoping you don’t die while your health bar flickers like a light bulb ready to die
The ultimate in healing is when you heal someone unconscious (purple health bar) before they die.
Former EQ classic player. Veeshan. Fires of Heaven. Miss those times terribly.
Legendary guild!
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great video, thanks for making it. i found it helpful to hear how each class progresses along the xpacs.
Necro best solo class. You can snare kite. Multiple mobs at the same time while regenerating your mana from your hit points then life tap your hit points back. Pull goes bad you feign death and reset.
Back in 1999 with all the races and classes to choose from, something about a barbarian shaman called to me. So on the rodcet nife server so began the journey of Beouwulf
I started on RN too
I was on Druzzil Ro. My favorite characters were a HE enchanter and a barb rogue (rouge lol)
started on RN myselff, was a Warrior, if i remember right his name was Zukuukduk lol
I started a monk on RN in December 1999. Still have him. Level 106 presently. Got merged into Povar.
I just tried it, and I think it's an awesome game. I'm playing on an RP server because usually they're very popular. That's one video might want to make for us noobs, is explaining the servers. I've been hearing EQ has many unique servers.
Great content. I like your voice and cadence of speech as well!
23 years ago I enter Kelethin as a lvl 1 Wood Elf Ranger. Orc Hill, Towerr of Crushbone/Throne Room are still magical in my mind.
End up Full Giant Armor with Temple of Veeshan Gear and Participated in many first one of the original serverst, E’ci. Was fortunate to Raid with Uber Guild, …Reconstructed…the Rangers of that guild even allowed me in their private Ranger Guild chat(I was the only player w/ this privilege). I had a standing invite with them but oddly I stayed independent. Thanks to the Rangers of Reconstructed.
Luclin ruined the game imho and I stopped shortly after release.
Thank you for the story Wil. I liked how you described those early zones.
I played on E'ci as well. I was in a guild with a bunch of co-workers and friends called Crystalline Sphere, later to merge with another guild and rename ourselves Destiny Awaits. A bunch of us worked for Electronics Boutique at the time and when they finally convinced me to start playing I think Kunark was just launching. I rolled a Wood Elf Druid and promptly made the decision to trek from Greater Faydark to Qeynos to level. Because I would get lost like crazy. So many good memories from playing that game with my co-workers and friends that I'll never forget.
I agree that Luclin ruined the game. Then PoP completely destroyed my main source of income as a Druid which was porting.
Former E’ci player here, too. So much great memories in EQ, I played a High Elf Wiz and actually stuck with him through all the expansions. Extremely frustrating class early days but in the end was pretty fun. I remember Reconstructed very well, one of the strongest guilds on the server. I was in a smaller guild(can’t remember name) that formed a partnership with like two smaller guilds to do raids, one of them was Last Hope.
why do you think luclin ruined it if that's when ranger really grew in strength?
Ahahahaha sure
i am biased, i played a shaman and i loved it. i think they were the best class for every expansion.
not in classic, but by Kunark they were A+ with Torp
@@-bdl2696 this isnt true, we had alchemy back then. we also had speed buffs and short term buffs that really pumped you up. shaman were needed a lot for Fear and Hate raids as well as resist buffs for the dragons. Shaman were always top notch.
Def kunark and Velious. Actually, with Puppet Strings (rechargeable), + CH scythe, etc. So under those conditons, and a Troll, yes they're best in classic too if you're a badass. Then the clicky pet earring from Karnor's for when you need it but thats Kunark. Cheers.
Play Project 1999 if you're feeling nostalgic. Huge community, 2 large pop servers. It stopped at Velious, will go no further. Sad for the folks that missed the transitions, cheers.
Iksar Monk w/Fungi Tunic was the most broken OP class in the game. Could solo pulls that took whole groups to kill.
No, couldn't. We're they good at soloing? Sure. Outperform a group of 6? Absolutely in no way. No fungi monk is going to take down 4 yellows simultaneously like a good group can
In PoP my guild was elemental planes but not quite plane of time and I mained a ranger. My alt was a very decked out iksar monk.
20s to 50s he was basically best in slot. Fungi, amygdaen war mask, cloak of crystalline waters for 36% haste ect.
At 52 I stopped leveling and grinded out about 20 AA for things like being able to bandage to full and some defense stuff.
By 56 I had the Monk epic, flayed barb skin leggings and ornate armor from the planes. I was soloing in the plane of justice next to full groups and I was keeping up with their pace and had less downtime.
So yeah a monk with the right gear can solo mobs better than some groups but there was a heavy dependence on gear. My twink had better gear than any lvl60 and most 65s. Just goes to show how overpowering you can get with the right gear.
I became a better EQ player by SOLOing.
Hands down. I stayed in Guk until I got it right.
Zones like Guk is a amazing zone to relearn the game in. It forces you to be better. To not depend on other players. I left EQ back in the day cus I reached level 35 and couldn't solo. I was powerless without a group. Those days are over.
I miss playing this game. With headshot, I would say the best class for exp during the max level around 90-95 ish was the ranger. I could get anybody plvled so long as they could get exp in my group and 1000s of AAs within a week or so. With the knock back root / WS I was able to pull/Tank the highest lvl zones in the game since I could plvled my own AAs to 14k. Although he was a beast I would have to say the best character In groups I played was shaman. The shaman just came natural for me.
I did this with my buds ranger, pl til 46, then headshot everything in PoJ til 51. Did it w/ casters and melee ofc. Best pl in the game. I guess they do have a reason for existing! Cheers.
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Best class is druid.
Hard at very low levels, but once they get there dots and sow ( later wolf form) they can easy solo to 50. Which is the top level. Quad kiting. Plus you can teleport your self.
MAGE is also really good. And probley the best class for someone just starting. Because they solo great. And are cheap to level. They get food and drink spell early. Best for highest mobs soloing. Sometimes two mobs med while med is attacking.
Ranger is really good. If it follows the original up dates. Ranger were power houses. Kiting
Necro is ok. But can be hard to play if you don't understand them. Fear kiting.
Note. Soloing past lv 5. You will never match something equal to you. Also a HUGE key is numbers. If you can kill 5 blues in the time it takes you to kill 1 higher level. You will get more xp. And if you can kill non stop low blues. You will get the most xp.
Also you will find you get more xp soloing lowbies then grouped fighting reds
Rogue are very fun to play, but hard to solo. Just keep doing low xp mobs. Back stab.
If you want to always be in a party choose cleric or chanter. But parties can be hard to find.
So waiting hours to group and kill mobs. You lose a lot of xp.
This is why you should go solo.
Btw worst class is SK. Which is sad because I really like thier whole idea.
If you want A good mix of solo and group choose Shaman. Dots and kiting once you have sow.
War and pally. Group dependant. But are really slow soloers
Did I leave anyone out?
Oh yes wizards and bard.
Ok wizard can be good solo, but like Necro you have to have the nack.
Bards are jack of all master of none. And watch playing music around guards. They can be good at solo or very bad.
Both are good in groups.
Race.
Pick something with good eyesight. Or deal with it until you can kill willowwisp and get light stone lv. 12?
Evils are fun, but KOS is not. And all evils have areas other evils are KOS. So good is best.
Bad thing is class may limit race.
Oh how many time my barb Shammy was stuck in tunnels to and from Black Burro, because he couldn't see, and some knoll beats on him and kills him because he can't see to fight back.
Things you should take up
Fishing, for those long boat rides and waiting for boat.
Smithing to make banned armor
Shammy alchemy once you can.
How dare you call SK the worst class! Best group tank in the game, it can solo better than warriors and rogues, and it's also a decent puller! Solo xp as an SK is pretty bad but sometimes you can actually get decent xp from it. Definately not the worst class but definately low down on the list when it comes to dps. Though with pet, dots, and constant smacking you can actually get better dps than warriors in some cases.
You will have to start with a solo Caster Mule . then Start a Melee if you want a tank main. (And you don't box , I run 1 toon at a time- this is how it was done in the old days with Dial-up LOL) So on the Next TLP I will start with Sham . Shams at low level don't solo well but Alchemy will help and then those Potions to main tank (also supply's you with a early game income , selling Potions to other players. Once you get Pet Upgraded DOTS , Heals and Slo . around 32-35. Then you can Solo . And be a Mule for your Tank main. Necro is also a sold Solo Class , and Druids and of Course Mages . Next TLP is sometime in May hope to see ya all there.
The best class is the one you like to play most.
The shaman was my main in Everquest, I dabbled a bit into each class though.
I was a bard for 10 plus years and everyone asks for the mana song, it shows me they don't understand how powerful we are. People just wanna mana.
I started off as a Ranger on p99 Teal, lol. If they ever release a new green I won't do that again. I had a lot of fun, but woooo was that a tough grind! Having a lot of fun on my Evil Erudite Cleric though after Pineel dropped. If I was to do it again, I'd start with a caster, or healer. Most likely a Druid for my first class just to farm up gear and money for my alts.
I played back in 99 when EQ first released. My main was an ogre shaman. I soloed probably 70-80% of the time I played. I only got to around 50 or 55 before I stopped playing, but it was actually a lot of fun. My secondary character was an ogre warrior. He was a lot harder to solo with, so I did a lot more grouping with him. Got him to about 35.
I also played a troll shadow knight (around 25) and a dark elf necromancer (around 20). I tinkered with a gnome magician, an iksar monk, a wood elf ranger and a human bard, but found those classes a lot harder and/or less interesting.
Sk da bes class, duh. Ogre tuff!
They can solo dragons in Velious with top tier gear. Trolls/Iksar as that regen can be the difference between life and death. Then again the cheap CH 1 charge scythe would work as well for non regen races. No stun from the front does help though on o
Ogres.
So glad to see this video, I know this is late but BARDS ARE SOLO GODS. No game has ever been able to bring the bard class to anywhere as close as OG Bards. Former destroyer of raids Timmeh Sullon Zek and ofc who could forget Speed. I mained Ranger/Bard. Early rangers were bleh but once we got AA's some fun fun fun.
Played wizard, hated being oom and useless... Now i play a battle cleric and love it.
I mained a Wizard for 5 years, it was a great concept but very poorly implemented.
Okay I’m gonna do it… I’m reinstalling p99 and gonna try a bard. Damn you!
Let the ranger take the death touch first.
I started in 2001 and am currently playing. I have pretty much one of every class as I get bored easy..lol. My funnest time was raiding on my Enchanter there is a certain thrill having 5 mobs mezzed and hoping they don't break.
Necromancer. No game has ever reproduced the feeling of power and evil I felt with my EQ necromancer in lich form soloing ice giants from 25 years ago. When I joined a guild I pretty much had to switch to my tank because no one wanted my necro when I had a badass tank alt. I was basically forced to play the class I hated because I was decent at it and my poor necro rotted away. I remember being yelled at for not rolling on items because I considered my tank my alt and the GM refused to accept it. “your our main tank there is no way I’m going to let you claim a necro as your main now roll idiot.” Lol
I played Bard in original release - you’d never believe how much people wanted bard song buffs and bard run speed, but omg, this class was set up to give you repetitive stress disorder because you had to “twist”, as in keep hitting 3 keys every few seconds to maintain 3 songs for your group, and 4 if you were extra twisty. But speed, so wanted as this game took forever to traverse. But a fun class to play apart from the repetitive stress.
So you had to be a real musician ( pianist ) to play bard
Bards are the most challenging to play not just conceptually but physically, I destroyed my wrist and had to stop playing for months. But you can do nearly anything and everyone is glad to have a bard around. If played well, Bards are the ultimate puller class.
Shaman. My Shammy was tanking in Veeshan"s Peakin a duo with a Druid Healing. I can tank in a pinch Dps, buff, heal, CC to and could solo with anyone.
Curious, did PoS ever get the pathing bug fixed? Use to run raids there, pre-kunark. Biggest issue was pathing and aggro. Mob aggro would happen even when the mob was flying far above you. Also, did P99 keep the Bee weapon in game. Talk about making a Paladin OP. Was nerfed out after maybe 6 people got it (across all servers). At the time it was like a 6/12 weapon (probably wrong on that). But with the weapon bonus, it was hitting at hard as weapons from planes of power, but came out in vanilla. It was I think an 18/12 weapon in vanilla EQ - with maxed skill, was incredible.
Was happy to see rogue on the list, almost thought you would bypass them. Early EQ, I'd call rogue maybe the top class. Imagine a raid with 2 well equipped warriors, 20 rogues, a few bards for songs, 1 Shaman, 1 Druid, 1 enchanter, 3 SK for debuffs, 1 Paladin, Beastlord didn't exist yet - so skipping that, and a handful of clerics in rot. Rogues were out DPSn Wizards. Why they didn't rank higher in a list that seems to focus solely on dps in raids?
A monk can solo more than almost any class, unless they kite. But not a single kite class was included before melee classes. So melee alone, and solo; monks win. They could pull, and in certain situations you even needed a monk pull chain. But raid talk and on bosses alone, rogues were at least second best if not the best class.
Played a monk, my fan boy attitude of the rogue class is based off what I saw. Between Luclin and PoP I was in the top 5 monks on all servers and I also led a great many early raids before Kunark was a thing (I was second on my server with Monk epic 1.0 - Thank you Hoss for doing the raid for me - when I was not a member). So, I think these question can be seen as valid.
What the F is a Sizable Satchel? I remember Tear'dal bags, which I farmed and supplied an entire server (not that I expect anyone to know this, but I farmed the pyramid for skins and it would take on average 6 hours to get a skin and you needed two and made the bags with tailoring - for the small chance someone would know this). I remember Treasure Hunters Satchel and the other dragon bag (can't remember which Naggy had and which Vox had), but Sizable Satchel - not even trying anymore are you? Those bags had 8 or 10 capacity, and with the haversach and EE bag made the monk. WTF, 40 capacity and 100% redox. Sad.
Ranger, has run speed buff? F, it's called Sow and doesn't work in all dungeons. Must be outdoors, right?
Lastly, Luklin? Sorry Luclin?
Yeah, this video irritates me. Be someone who saw Velious drop and need to upgrade from 64 MB of ram to 124 to not lag constantly. Then here this guy say how things were? I played this game when Sony owned it (Qeynos - backwards is SonyEQ - yeah he probably didn't even know that). I went through Velious selling the 7th Coldain ring MQ (as a well geared monk could solo to that point).
Speaking as someone that has gone through 99% of what he talks about, be a rogue or a cleric. You wont ever want for a group. If you are ok with a bit of time wasted, be LFG as a Warrior or Monk or Enchanter. If you want a guild, be a rogue. No guild will turn down a rogue that can spend the time needed to do the pre-stuff for an epic. Epic 1.0 isn't that hard after the solo stuff is done.
Want to suffer un-ending torment on your epic, be a cleric trying to get the guy in Naggy's lair (Spent over 70 hours awake here, to use my older monk to pull a train and kill people who tried to steal the camp) - but you can still be guilded before you get an epic as a cleric - or be the monk that spends unending hours in Lower Guk (literally camped that spot for 112 hours without sleep before I got my pipe) - to become slightly better than a monk with a Jade Mace and KD.
Want to kite, be a druid, bard, or Wizard. Want to dominate things you shouldn't, be an enchanter (and charm things you shouldn't).
Want to waste countless hours of time, go to PoM and solo a furry midget that has a drop table that is similar to Alice in Wonderland or the Chessboard. Cards for the win (if the author of this video understands the above where I said he wouldn't, and even if he does that there is no chance in H that he understands what I am talking about now - even though I gave him a hint by saying cards for the win).
Solsek-Ro in the house!!!
Monk. The Best Pet class in the game when a group is trying to steal your camp. It felt good to travel fearlessly as a Monk.
The TRUE power of the Cleric is that Everybody loves him. Especially the proactive ones offering "traveling Rez services" at the tunnel. I would run from Lower Guk, to Overthere. Folks would trip over themselves trying to give me plat, and a port back home. Pappy Papadopulos always delivered.
Waiting for the boat in Oasis, buffing lowbies & rescuing them from Lockjaw & Cazul.
Those were good days.
How do you get your crits to pop up in the middle of your screen?
I always enjoyed a Shaman & Monk duo back in "the day" & just Monk for soloing. I've tried getting back into EQ a few times over the last couple of years, as playing free, & it just no longer holds me captivated very long. I wanted to explore & see the sights I never got to see before, but cannot even with paid for, resubbed for a couple of months, piss-poor Mercs. Still, it was a good nostalgic video, thanks.
p99?
@@steveolie985 Thanks for reminding me! I've read about that & known about it just haven't gotten off my bum & tried it yet, I definitely should.
One of my favorite duos as shm. Rogue as well once you get into Kunark + Velious. Just hold aggro and let them double bs all day.
Bards Always!
Back in the day nobody played Shadow Knight, because they had an exp-penalty for being a hybrid class that was actually worse than warrios and necros. Troll SK was the ultimate trap, because they had a double exp-penalty. That pretty much takes care of the worst class of all time. Other than that, rangers and druids were pretty weak.
Forgot the downside of Mag in Velious/Luclin of being modrod bots in raids :)
I think I’ve finally made up my mind about class choices whence I start back up on mischief or the new TLP in April/may thanks to your many detailed long form videos about the state of game and classes!….. Mage for soloing/dps and having fun because their pets are sick and OP. Bard for some melee dps and group buffs/run speed/group necessity which I enjoy and will probably always have a group and a Cleric because they are OP and I like healing and again grouping which I’m sure I’ll always have a group and won’t have to worry about soloing… My only question is about Zerkers, you mentioned they are DPS? I come more so from EQ 2 and there Zerkers did great dps but we’re like Godly instoppable AoE Tanks/Dps at the same time. But in Eq 1 they can’t tank or do both? They are just purely physical DPS? Thanks and greatly appreciate all your vid’s and time to make them! Cheers.
Oh yeah Eq1 & Eq2 zerkers are different. They were the Aoe warrior right? In Eq1, I guess they're basically a 2hander rogue. Top tier dps. Thank you for the compliment. Was wondering if you had one of those ASMR labor channels.
@@IonBlaze1 is that a thing? ASMR Labor working? Might be a good idea and I might look into it LOL and yeah Zerkers were mad AOE tanks and it fueled their tanking by getting hit and even losing health. They had OP Health regen by hitting and getting hit which was OP and didnt need a healer similar to ShadowKnights. Tanking in Eq2 was fun challenging and chaotic! ❤
@@jacobshandymantreeservicel2522 yeah there's channels making a killing on TH-cam. They show time lapses of what they do. Lawn mowing, pressure washing, car detailing,etc.
great list... shamans/enc are my go to... had a shaman on the latest TLP, but i hated that they allowed boxing... that ruined the experience for me and i quit after 2 months
How do you get your crits to show up in the middle of the screen? Nice vid btw!!!
It's a program called GINA. I have a video on it.
@@IonBlaze1 appreciate it!
Pro tip: necros can be some of the best pullers and are preferred in some cases like ToV. Their screaming terror, FD, and Quivering Veil of Xarn make them near essential in some cases.
LOL no. I mained a necro for YEARS and we were only invited to raids so that necro gear wasn’t wasted. Necros we’re solo gods but that’s it.
Monk. Always the best.
Human monks got shafted vs ikky. Higher regen FD than human sitting down. By a ridiculous margin.
What's Everquest like now? I barley got to play. I've mostly been playing MMOs like classic wow but wondering what the progression servers and timelocked ones are like as I tried the live version of Everquest a while back and didn't enjoy it much down to some of the updated models. What's the highest pop way to play Everquest as of right now?
For high leveling populations, you got 2 main choices. You can go with an Early EQ emulated server for free called Project 1999 Green or you can pay to play on official servers that just started. Thornblade & Mischief servers. Project 1999 is more hardcore & exciting. Official servers are friendlier to casual grouping/raiding play and time commitments. They have a lot of quality of life features that cut down time sinks.
@@IonBlaze1 Thanks for the info! Even as someone out of the loop on all this stuff your videos are great, keep it up!
@@cremetem I started on P99 on launch (God, 13 yrs ago? There are two servers with both having population of 1k+ during peak. Join Green server as its newer and last I checked they were still in Kunark. If you play Blue, I can hook you up with some gear/plat. Cheers, God bless.
on tlp classic....the best groups for speed leveling are Enchanter, cleric, mage, mage, mage, mage. Enchanters are the best in classic as they still have top dps in leveling even with the 30 percent charm nerf. Monks are deadly and compete for that top dps with out needing much gear and using just their hands. Cleric are still the go to healers as CH is only needed for those Hole and planar charms. Everyone loves mages while leveling though they are useless in raids because of Mitigation of the Mighty on raid targets. Shamans are very good if you like buffing. Raids are buffing, slowing, and spot healing. Necromancers find themselves in a weak spot , they are still the solo king but solo is trash on tlps and is very slow. Paladins, rogues, rangers, and wizards arent very good in classic. Druids are good because of being a healer but when it comes to raids they just become taxis....Through it all leveling and raids...Enchanter probably becomes top class for all the things they can do in classic. You need them in leveling groups, they are top dps with their charms, and you need them in raids. Cleric will be your top healing spot as they complement the enchanters, they can survive heal agro with their divines, Monk is also a top class as they do not need much gear, a good monk can out dps a enchanter's charm, they are the pulling king by split pulling with feign death....A runner up class would go to SK and Bard as they are also needed.
There is too much wrong with this to even begin. But I respect your opinion.
Classic: Monk. They were OP compared to rogues, even subpar wars to the point of embarrassment. Unless you have a 12/13 poker (GL) as there are 2 in classic, 1 very hard to get. Shamans maybe ENC in Kunark. Shamans hands down in Velious once they have Torpor, Malo, Fungi (dont go Ikky same regen as Troll) & can't use bracer clicky). Go to 0
P99 and see what shamans can solo. Golems in PoF, no shit. Hierophant is easy, Tranix is easy (done it myself many times). Just a broken class, so fun. Torpor really taking the cake.
Rogue is my favorite class though.
I MEAN CLASSIC, not whatever garbage they've done to game these days. Cheers.
Game is so different now. 20 years ago I was one of the only / first high level monks on my entire server, and I remember no one really knew how powerful the class was or could be, and having people freak out when they saw how hard I punched. Towards the end of Velious when the monk mitigation nerf hit, I found myself playing my Rogue more than my Monk simply because it felt like both characters were relegated to damage dealing, but my Rogue had higher damage, and was just more fun to play because there wasn't really any loot restrictions, and monk gear/weapons were super hard to come by on my server. Monks were still way better at solo'ing and pulling of course, and even now when a new P99 server launches, Rogue is probably one of the worst classes to main because they're so gear dependent, but have no real way of farming plat.
Enchanter is also a top tier puller atleast through Luclin since they don't have to stick around for DPS and have infinite mana without medding due to low cost of spells. They pull much more efficiently than monks do. If you have a class that can SoW them then they are also better than Bards. When pets were allowed to tank Enchanter was the #1 group tank, #1 group DPS, and #1 group puller lol.
Paladin you need to use flash for aggro. Rangers ( using flamelick) and Pally will out aggro SK thanks to those low lvl spells. I was a SK and worked this out to be the case.
Easiest way to get time's antithesis on mischief without buying it?
Early on a brand new TLP, I would have to say Enchanter, Cleric and maybe Bard because they all provide either something no other class can provide and/or are just so good at what they do (Cleric) that no other class can really replace them in groups.
Cleric because it is OP at healing and every group or raid will want one or even multiple. Seriously, since a Druid or Shaman is all you really need for heals in most group content, the OP healing of a Cleric makes group encounters trivial. Also if your just healing, gear isn't all that important on a Cleric and all you need to really focus on is Wis and Mana. Since they are so damn good at healing, they tend to be the most vital class for a group because no group can run without a healer. Finally, since a healer is a required class, it is very easy to start your own group if you can't find one.
Enchanter is also very good because it is also one of the least gear dependent classes at least as soon as you get Charm and Clarity. Charm gives you amazing DPS with very little mana usage and Clarity boosts your mana regen rate. As far as grouping, even if the players in a group don't realize all the tools you can bring to the group, everyone wants you if for no other reason than you have Clarity, Mez and Haste.
Bard because of its unique buffs and mechanics. It, like the other two, are also not that dependent on gear as most songs work just as well naked as fully kitted out.
The rest of the classes are just filler. Wiz, Mage, Rogue, Monk are all interchangeable DPS though the Monk will get some love due to its pulling capability. Shaman and Druid tend to just be looked at as a back up healer though Shaman gets some love when slows become important. War, SK and PAL are all interchangeable Tanks. Necros just get no love in a group, last choice all the time though since I finally played one to high level on a TLP, I have realized they bring a lot more to the group that most people suspect.
Disagree with some, but most people don't realize a necro can mezz (anything) at like 34. Up to level 50 or 54 mobs iirc. Absolutely useful. In guk, charm undead to break an empty camp, + lull. If you want that FBSS, a good necro can be just as good as an enc or better as they can EASILY solo it like I did many times. Then made a shm for farming and undisputed king. Cheers.
Looking at just how many classes are mana dependent really makes the case for out of combat regen. I remember it took around 20 min to regen early on then each expansion climbed to 40 min with kei. Raids went from 4 to 6 attempts a night depending on how many wipes to 2 to 3 attempts in the time it would take to do just one. Mana is so huge for any class that depends on it.
Wizards was so mana dependent early EQ that it made raiding and exp grinding with PUGs frustrating at times. Thank goodness they added mana regen on gear later on.
Which is what makes Bards so powerful and useful.
I'm rolling a Dark elf cleric on the new tlps
hi, i know this is an old vid but i just want to know how you have the crit's and other msgs popping up in the mid of your screen. Thanks in advance!
GINA. This is the video I did on it: th-cam.com/video/xJSF_OzcnRw/w-d-xo.html
@@IonBlaze1 wow, thank you for the quick reply! I'll check it out
The problem with Shamen is that it's an easy class to box. They're not important enough to need to be mained and having a pocket healer that never runs out of mana is handy. As you pointed out, early on they're needed for buffs, but since all their buffs for the first few expansions are single target, having some pocket shamen in a raid is a convenience. And a few classes can take advantage of having a pocket shaman to make a really low maintenance boxed duo.
Eh, give a shaman a set of Puppet Strings and see what they can solo, even just classic. They can solo the non DT Golems in POF in KUNARK. But yeah, not the undisluted king of solo til Kunark & Velious.
My Shaman was as good as any toon in the game. Still is. Forced nerfs in fact.
Magician: like having a squirt gun that emits Rangers.
so i should make every single class?
Started as a DE Necro in 1999 and could not see anything...so I quit and made a human warrior. Played him till lv 25 and gave up and rerolled a druid when they launched the Quellious server. Was OP till they nerfed DoTs. Played till Luclin then stopped. Was fun though for sure.
I played a shaman during Kunark and classic once because my guild lacked any shamans. Never. Again.
I was 9 years old when Everquest came out and my dad LOVED Everquest. He wasn't good at it but he certainly thought himself an expert. I was his leveling buddy and my class choice was Troll Shadow Knight, I thought they were so cool. They were like Darth Vader I thought. (LoTR movie didn't come out yet mind you so the big scary sorcerer in armor was Vader.) My dad hated my choices though. He hated my class choice and race pic so we were forced to start over and at this point, Frogloks came out. I loved these guys and made myself a Froggy Warrior.
...My dad decided I didn't take the game seriously enough and essentially abandoned me in the game. Meta was a foreign concept to me, I was a kid! There were better combos but for me, it was always about what I thought was cool/fun.
hmm Mage, or shaman, tough call.
Ive played mage for many years and I love the class. The biggest drawback for me is, because I love to dungeon crawl, no slows, and no snare.
Paladin always :)
I play Beast Lord and Shaman. The reason being Beast Lord heals for pet is great but healing other horrible. Shaman have great heals however their pet is behind Beast Lord and BL get pet focus. So combo of the two is great.
They're terrible dps themselves til max DW aa's. Also couldn't use Fungi. What the f was that nonsense? Cheers.
Not sure there is a best class, i love them all and play them all, sometimes i like to go heal stuff next time i like to bash em in the face :)
Rogue?
Kunark would be the “original expansion,” not Classic, as it’s not an expansion, but rather the base game. Semantics I know, but important.
15:00 shamans have group buffs...
This really depends on your play style, goals, and what you're looking for. For example, the Bard is kind of the ultimate class, but its support and is very challenging to play. Warrior is super simple and powerful but has very little flexibility and desire for groups. Enchanters are terrible soloers and very one-trick pony in groups as they provide little damage, but are incredibly desired for their specific utility. Monks are terrific pullers, nearly as good as a Bard, but are really only wanted in a group for that and suffer from weight issues, etc.
yup, i was a bard in Tunare but the orginal EQ bard can only manually change song which is really tired for small/big raid.
You must have grouped with some insanely bad enchanters lmao. Definitely in the early days enchanter was easily the strongest class solo or grp.
Are there xp penalties at the start of TLP servers?
Nope. They have a decent exp rate. At the 12th expansion, it goes up to Live server levels.
Trust me, its not that bad on P99. Clerics are more than happy to rez new players, hell, they're more likely to give you some loot than take whatever donation you could afford. Cheers.
no rogue?
How come people say warrior are low dps when they get crits / triple attack / flurry even monk dont get flurry till pop
Seriously warrior can outparse monks if used as dps they just werent well known or used to that theme
Warriors are insane dps wise with gear. Procs alone man. Evenomed Blade, VP procs, NTOV procs, Primal weapons. They're power houses dps wise end game. But you're not competing with a competent rogue double backstabbing with my McEpic (they had to give us something for the abuse in classic), and a good (esp proc'ing) offhand. Cheers.
Bard
Manaburn wizards
And when I say pull sneaky... you NEED to know how to pull in EQ. PERIOD.
Especially in these times of the game lifespan. Where if u cant solo...u have no business playing the game.
The game slows down when you get to level 30. You cannot just run and gun in zones where u can get the most EXP but guess what...the game is dead so u gotta learn how to solo the zone.
P99 is alive and well. 1k pop on 2 servers. Just as it was like 14 yrs ago on release. Cheers.
Chanter +1
Enchanter is op, because who else can become a tree?
Mages mages mages own legendary
9:00 wrong shamans have tash as well and mages
It goes by truth NOT what class your really good at.
Druids are a cheat code to EQ. Hands down.
The only down side is they take forever to recover magic engery.
You can solo EQ as a Druid. Without a merc. Alot of ppl running around with mercs cus they know damn well they don't know their class well enough to solo. I solo with Druid in EQ without a merc
Many classes can solo to 50, then 60. Doesn't make them the best. They're worthless in groups compared to a shm, enc, bard, even necro.
Magicians really weren't that good until you got your epic. Before that soloing blues was about the best you could do and good luck if you get three mobs
Not true. I soloed reds with my earth pet. You just need good buffs on the mage AND the pet, and the correct pet weapons for its level.
@@rfrost6896 I'm not believing it. They didn't even have merc healers back in the day and our heals were horrible.
Wiz, Dru, Nec
Best kiters, even better than SK or Enc
Wizard Quad Kiting was a rush, it took real skill and care about area and what targets, but it was the best solo xp in the game.
Necros are topping parses lol
Where? Also 2 necros can't cast the same dots or they cancel them, so they would alternate.
@@garrett3117 since when do necro dots cancel out? This last week we had a necro parse second, following a zerker. Necros are beasts if you learn them
@@shaunburns2179 Referring to old-school days friend. Even if Omens they were doing well. Sorry for misunderstanding, cheers. (Stopped after DoDH)
Totally forgot to mention the druids ability to apply thorns! The thorns capability is important to mention because they are what make us desirable in raids and groups while also putting us on an equal level with shamans. I would argue Druids and Shamans are dead equal in healing capability considering we get the same spells at the same levels I believe. Don't worry tho as Druids we got that coming - the shit end of the stick. We're as wanted as r kelly fans inside toys r us.
Funny comment man haha. Yeah druids healing definitely gets better over the expansions.
Yea...bards can do that as well. And bards are required for raiding. Sure they stack but 32k hp dragons died pretty quickly on P99 as people know what we're doing now, what to stack, etc. Cheers.
Thorns is great and all but nothing beats mage damage shields.
I agree thorns is significantly strong, however, it cannot even come close to competing with slow/malo/torpor, those 3 spells completely annihilate the druid, and put shaman near the top for most important class.
Bard... and not even mentioned.
Why do you call it "the original expansion"? Do you mean the "base game"? An expansion is exactly that .. something that expands from its origin.
There is simply no replacement for druid and SK
Enchanter, Shaman, Bard, Cleric, Monk, Necro.... Don't get me wrong, I love SK's (eventually I'll get my 46 SK on p99 to 60 with my other mains) but that is by far not the best two classes statically. Cheers.
@@garrett3117 well what do you mean "best"? every class is best at something, but those 2 are the most utilitous
But this just a point of view coming from somebody that refuses to group or join a guild.
I dont reply to anybody in EQ. Grouping is another story of who is the best class
Shaman is the worst class, has easily over 15 buffs that everyone wants.
I had to go double check in case I missed you mentioning thorns in regards to Druids. DISRESPECTFUL ON ANOTHER LEVEL MY FRIEND. EDIT IT IN! LOL =/
Thorns, what's that? The damage shield?
Druid.
You can port yourself outta a corpse run.
The best class is a druid. Hands down... some of the zones in EQ are mazes and I promise you...you will not get outta them without a map.
In classic. They drop off a cliff unless you're in an outdoor zone, where little loot is found. Now if they can charm animals in dungeons, not too bad.
What I find funny, even Tigole thought druids were broken & that was his only alt. Shamans were so underrated to the point of embarrassment.
Edit: Rogues, stay in sneak/hide during pulls, no corpse run. Dragging corpses to ent. Melees, insta click cheap WC port thingy. Other classes can gate or FD. I do think it was complete BS they nerfed evac in indoor zones (where its needed most.) God bless, cheers.
lies necro and shamy are the best classes
1.Druid
2. Necromancer
3. MONK
Any other class...have fun dying alot. In a dead game where you need to be grouped up in.... it's best to go with classes that can port in a tight situation or pull sneaky.
Or be a enchanter (aoe mezz). Or a good bard that can mezz 3-4 mobs. Or be any class that can gate. Or use insta gate clicky to WC for melee. Or be a rogue and always be in sneak/hide so you don't die when the puller fucks up, and you can bring corpses to ent to speed up the process. Cheers. Edit: Necros can mezz anything as well, so yeah, Lotta options.
Dying became a rarity once i rolled an S.K and got my gear and AA'S up to par.
FYI, Luclin is pronounced Luck-Linn, not Luke-Linn.
lol who says luke-lin?
@@Briansgate the voice in the video, apparently... 😅
Luke-Lin 100% for sure
@@gerainedoss7123 It's not, actually. This was discussed at the 05 or 06 FanFaire, in Vegas.
There was an extensive Lore Thread about correct pronunciations, that spawned from the FF discussions, on the old SOE forums.
@@KniteShayd2 I don’t doubt you’re correct. However, in my noggin....what can I say? LOL 😂