2554, RE: Feel free to ask more questions though if you want ...
Posted by Daevryn on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
>Okay, I am thinking Assassin or necromancer. I am leaning >towards Assassin, but I am not sure if that is available to >newbies or what path I would take to get it if not.
For a newer player I generally would recommend assassin over necromancer. Necromancer can be very good, but in a lot of ways it's kind of an "all offense, no defense" class, and while it potentially has a lot of deadliness in PK, my observation has been that newer players overwhelmingly end up on the "someone attacked me and I died almost instantly" side of playing a necromancer.
An assassin is a much more balanced and self-sufficient character overall; additionally, the ability to hide is a big boon in being able to pick and choose your fights. Only a very small subset of characters can detect hidden characters, and you'll always have a pretty good idea of which can and which cannot.
>What races are possible with these two and any classes that >may have to come first. (if thief is needed before assassin, >that's cool. I love theft. I am actually curious if player >theft is possible.)
Thief and assassin are separate classes, and while they're the two classes that have hide* and can detect hidden, they play decently differently. That being said, you can steal from other players in your PK range.
*I'm intentionally ignoring orc berserkers for this comment because while they can hide, they play much less like a stealth class in many ways.
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