Starting Character?

Probably a venomancer. I have at least one char for every class and most have made it past 19. My veno was definitely the easiest getting through that lol. Second easiest to me was either an archer or a cleric. Archers are pretty easy to play in general, but I'm not sure if you could say that a cleric is newb friendly.

edit: ahhh, I completely forgot about Tideborns! lol. I haven't played a psychic, but I know the assassin was incredibly easy in the lower levels (and the psychics around me were a thousand times better -.-). So I'd have to say the second/third choices would be a psychic or an assassin.

Yup, I agree with Veno. It was my first character, and is still my main even though I have a cleric and psychic as well, and it is by far my favourite to play.

If you're new to the game, it would be best to start as a venomancer.

A venomancer is a relatively easy class to play - and once you have your pet you can have that tank and help you kill your mobs. A good solo class that you can play while adjusting to PWI and learning the in-game mechanics. You can also squad up and ask other people about their respective classes to get an idea of what class you might want to try when you get more settled into the game.

An assassin is also an interesting first choice, but you need to be prepared to use potions when you start to hit the 2x levels (at least until you get bloodpaint, I hear that makes things a little easier) and you also need to watch out for monsters that can cast bramble on themselves.

I have not played a psychic but in the earlier levels they pretty much own. Relatively powerful attacks and a very early knockback keeps you at a safe distance while you shoot a mob down with spells.

Out of the three though, I would still say your best starter class choice would be veno.

I personally find assasins to be the easiest. Oh and heres a tip if your going to play a sin I suggest grabing a bow for bosses that have a nasty aoe so you dont take the attention of the cleric of the tank to res your buttb:laugh

Venos, clerics, and BMs are probably the top solo classes.

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What race/class in this game is more newb friendly and easiest to play at first?

Also, I know with every F2P game there is a cash shop and with every F2P game it's almost a requirement to buy things from it. So do not waste your time posting things such as "run away!! this are f2p but pay to win" b:thanks

I'm posting this here because the Class Discussion doesn't seem to have a General Class discussion sub forum.

Venomancers are the best solo'ers as they can use their pet to tank while they heal and throw in some attacks themselves. The fox form build is harder but ideal for PvP and may even be a better physical tank than their pet.

Psychics are like wizards hyped up on coffee and sugar. I don't think they hit quite as hard as an wiz equiv., but their cast times are much faster. This may mean even more problems with stealing aggro in teams but it's great for solo and grinding, at least in the early levels. They also gain a knock back skill earlier and their first one slows down mobs well, so with this and the short cast times, they rarely get hit. Their survivability would be as bad as a wizard's (if not worse) but they rarely let the mob hit them. Only in later levels do wizards surpass them overall, but for a beginner questing (aside from slow on foot) and grinding is like candy.

Archers deal great physical damage from afar and at some point early on get knock-back and such skills to keep their enemies away. The big drawback is you'll need to keep an eye on your arrow supply, keep topping up your MP for those skills that keep your enemies away longer and unlike BMs and barbs your HP will go down fast if you get mobbed (multi-aggro ganged up).

Clerics have buffs and healing abilities that are priceless to groups. I'm not as confident with their difficulty but from my experience they are hard to level in the earlier levels unless you use their skills right, use a full-attack build and ready to burn lots of MP.

Blademasters have considerably better survivability than wizards, but deal less damage and, at least in the early levels, can be slow to level. You'll have to be careful of what build you go for and use and level your skills wisely depending on your playing style/tastes/role. IMO they're hard at first but not as hard as wizards. BMs typically high pretty high equipment repair costs.

Barbarians have tons of HP and physical defence which add up to great survivability. In fact it's scary to see a relatively high level blue-named barb lying dead in a relatively low level area, especially where there're no bosses in miles. Barbs move fast, particularly in tiger form, which is great in the lower levels where you have to do a lot of travelling on foot. However their physical attacks are anything but fast and when they do hit they are pretty mediocre at best at early levels. High evasion mobs are thus a real pain too. Because of the generally slow levelling (from grinding and quests that involve grinding), repair bills and hard to balance attributes between str, vit and dex, many players drop their barbs by the mid-early levels. However, like clerics, they are often priceless to teams or at least very valuable.

Assassins to me are like a mix between a BM and archer, but mostly BM. While they deal relatively high physical damage, they are harder to level in the earlier levels. In the later levels they're supposed to pwn, but you'll still have to learn to use their skills right. In my experience their survivability is pretty poor considering and you really need to rely on the skills (thus your MP goes down fast)....and with the repair cost and skill management etc etc, assassins are difficult but pwn in the mid-high levels....and you manage them and their skills right.

Wizards may hit hard from afar but get hit harder. With pure-nuke builds you can easily take down mobs well before they can hurt you, but if you get swamped or steal aggro from a boss, you're finished. Also the casting time is very slow compared to psychics. With poor survivability and slow on foot ,the early levels can be really painstaking. But with patience and a few tricks up your sleeves, you can make a real nuclear launcher by levels 60 - 70. Just make sure you stay away from archers unless you can kill them in one or two hits....although archers (both mobs and players) can hit faster than you.

The easiest in my experience are venos while the hardest are wizards, but in the later levels they pwn. b:victory

Honestly I would go for the class that sounds like you would enjoy the most. You could play the easiest and/or the most newb friendly class and absolutly hate it.

Read the descriptions and choose what you want based on your play style. I know I went through quite a few chars before deciding on cleric.

I must say I am pretty agree with the above quote bout barbs -it was pretty big problem to grind solo before I got lvl90 gear and skills after-but now I luv my char-as said above has lots of HP ,definitely good survivability and decent dmg (crits also).I guess the effort just worth it.Maybe it wasnt 100%fun to play him all the time but at least he didnt die so easily even before 90;s -well its up to u-just sharing opinion