Thinking about playing PWI

Tiaque - Sanctuary wrote: »

1) I get bored real easy with grinding for levels, especially when almost everyone else is way higher than me and there isn't much to do at low levels. What's the exp rate like on PWI? I heard that 1-20 only takes a few hours, but that may have to be extended for me, cause I never level as quick as people on forums claim to.

Up until about level 40, you will level pretty fast. For some, fast means a few hours - others a few days, or a few weeks. It depends on how fast you want to go and your play style.

There is...grinding at higher levels, as much as people hate to admit it. You lose about 5% of your exp (with no cleric rez or Guardian Angels...with it, you lose less or none) for each time upon dying after level 10. However, once your quests run out at those higher levels (and they do), there's still plenty you can do. PWI has repeatable quests such as "Dragon Quests," "Justice Envoy," "One Man Army" (no exp reward, but good rep), as well as a "Crazy Stone" quest . Also at higher levels, you can gain good exp from helping lower levels run their "Call of Duty," which are challenging dungeons that you get approx. every 10 levels starting at 19.

Or you could just run up to mobs and kill until you level.

2) Are there decent skills at low levels? I have yet to reach a considerably high level on any game (except Shaiya because they have difficulty modes) and I'd like to be able to do cool stuff without having to be level 80.

Many of the skills you get at lower levels you will most definitely use at higher levels, and they will gorw more powerful as you level them. Depending on your class and what you define as "cool stuff," you will usually find yourself doing the cool stuff as early as level 19, though no later than 29 or 39.

3) What class should I choose? I know you probably get this all the time, but I'm trying to solve what may be my biggest problem in MMOs: I make 20 different characters and try to play them all at the same time, which keeps any one character from gaing too many levels. I've had really good success playing melee damage dealers and healers in other games, with less success at distance classes with low hp. I also find myself soloing a lot (parties seem hard to come by all the time) so I'm really thinking about a Venomancer.

If you want to make 8 different characters, make 8 different characters. If nothing immediately calls out to you, make one of each class and play it to level 20...get a feel for it. PWI does things slightly different from other games (at least to me), so try and test your ground before deciding what you like best.

However, here's a simple rundown...mostly from personal experience, so do what you will with it:

Blademaster: Very versatile class. You have a choice in specializing in at least one weapon path (more than one path not suggested until much high levels): blade/sword, fist/claw, axe/hammer, and polearm. Each has their own pros and cons. BMs are usually your secondary tank, if not your main one. Mastery: Easy to Intermediate

Wizard: Typical mage class. Very squishy, with low phys def, but high elemental resistances. Best kept at range, and they have been known to act as last-resort healers, due to their one healing spell. Wizzies are your magic/elemental DPS nukers, due to high damage output. Mastery: Intermediate

Barbarian: Cuddly meatsheilds ^^. Never played one, since I personally don't like playing male characters, and that's the only color they come in. High survivability due to large amounts of HP and phys def (especially in tiger form), with skills to actually pull aggro off everyone else. This is the best tank class in game. Mastery: Easy to Intermediate

Venomancer: The only true solo class of the game. These chics are an entire party rolled into one, with a pet acting as the melee tank, and the veno playing both the part of the magic DPS and healer. Requires some skill as a player, due to techniques existing from the player's skill, not the characters. I suggest finding someone of higher level to teach you how to properly lure and multi-tank with your pet by the time you hit 40, since your primary party role will be a lurer. Mastery: Hard

Archer: The typical sniper and ranger all rolled into one. These guys are a pain in the **** to level anytime before level 25 or so, however, that's just me. Must stay at range, due to damage reduction in melee. This is the party's physical DPS, with high critical rates. Mastery: Intermediate to Hard

Cleric: Buffer, healer, attacker...meet your utility class. These guys can do almost anything. Their starting skill does a physical attack based of magic damage, which can easily put them in the realm of Archer and Wizard DPS. Self buffs are available almost from the beginning, eventually leading to full party buffs. All-party heals are available by level 40, and Resurrection is learned by level 20. Mastery: Hard

Anything else you guys think I should consider feel free to tell me.

PWI offfers both a Player vs. Environment (PvE) mode and a Player vs. Player (PvP) mode. PvP servers force you into PvP mode after level 30, whereas PvE servers give the choice to switch in and out of a 10 hour-PvP mode at will anytime after level 30.

Before you play, consider whether or not you wish to participate in PvE or PvP and make your server choice accordingly:

Lost City: PvP
Heaven's Tear: PvE
Sanctuary: PvE
Harshlands: PvP
Dreamweaver: PvE

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I wish you all luck, and hope that you enjoy the game ^^

casexx wrote: »

3) What class should I choose? I know you probably get this all the time, but I'm trying to solve what may be my biggest problem in MMOs: I make 20 different characters and try to play them all at the same time, which keeps any one character from gaing too many levels. I've had really good success playing melee damage dealers and healers in other games, with less success at distance classes with low hp. I also find myself soloing a lot (parties seem hard to come by all the time) so I'm really thinking about a Venomancer.