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Loraen's Class Selection Guide
There seems to be a new thread every other day on the forums about which set of minmaxing classes to play, so I thought I would chip in my two cents. I should mention first of all that I think the most important attributes for 'success' on Project 1999 (using this word in the loosest way possible) are: understand basic game mechanics, play a lot, and be nice. That being said, here are my opinions on each classes' strengths and weaknesses:
The first five columns are the relative effectiveness. Pop is the relative popularity, 25/50/60 is the relative strength at each level (for example enchanters are weak at lower levels and strong later while magicians are the opposite), Epic is the ease of getting your epic, Gear is gear dependence, and Actions is the amount of clicking. Good duos are your effectiveness purely as a duo; many other combinations (like Bard/Cleric) are very reasonable duos if you want to play with a friend and have an easy time forming groups. Everything else should be pretty self-explanatory.
| Class | SoloXP | SoloPP | Duo/Trio | Group | Raid | Average | Pop | 25 | 50 | 60 | Epic | Gear | Actions | Skill | Good Duos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warrior | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5.6 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | Shaman, Druid (low levels) |
| Monk | 5 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8.2 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | Shaman, Druid (low levels) |
| Rogue | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 5.8 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 4 | Shaman, Bard, Necromancer, Druid |
| Bard | 10 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7.6 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | Rogue, All Low HP kiters |
| Ranger | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 4.6 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | Shaman, Druid (low levels) |
| Paladin | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4.8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 6 | None |
| Shadowknight | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6.2 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 6 | Shaman, Druid (low levels) |
| Cleric | 5 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Enchanter, Magician |
| Druid | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | Pretty much anything until 40+, then go quad |
| Shaman | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8.2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 8 | Pretty much anything really |
| Wizard | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5.2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | None |
| Magician | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Enchanter, Necromancer, Magician, Shaman, Cleric |
| Enchanter | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 9.2 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | Enchanter, Necromancer, Magician, Shaman, Cleric |
| Necromancer | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | Enchanter, Necromancer, Magician, Shaman |
