Posted by Kygolas the Absurd, Essayist in His Own Mind on February 28, 2000 at 22:51:58:
In Reply to: This is my view of what I have seen passing through the guilds etc... posted by Nobody on February 28, 2000 at 16:59:30:
Interesting, that it is the classes that are easiest to advance with that are the most common. I'd have to say that assassins and warriors are by far the most common, warriors obviously ahead. With the mages, i think that there tend to be alot of young mages about (below level 20) but if you take just characters level 20 and above, conjurers and transmuters, while still the most common mage types drop off more than you represent here, and transmuters i think are more common. As someone who pretty much only plays mages (and a bard of course for any of you who remeber kygolas) i was wondering what peoples opinion was concerning the overwhelming popularity of melee classes. Is it simply a matter of melee classes being easier to rank with?
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Who hasn't grouped with one.
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TRANSMUTER:Common
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Common to group with ... See them sitting in there guilds on par with the conjurer or though I think the conjurer think takes the cake these days.
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(easily disputed)
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INVOKER: Rare
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I can't remember the last time I grouped with one.
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PALADIN: Uncommon
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Saw them going in and out of their guild all the time when I was playing one.
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NECROMANCER: Rare
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Hello are they ever home. Maybe Zozsaul or what ever is making them popular again (but I haven't seen to many of the effects yet.)
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HEALER: Rare
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Grouped with one recently I would say becoming a touch more common but still rare.
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CONJURER: Common
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In the magic game there as common as warriors.
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DRUID: Very rare
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Where have all the druids gone ... they are around though.
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ASSASSIN: Common
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I changed this because I have travelled with a lot more assassins then thieves. Seen them in there guilds etc...
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THIEF: Common
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Just a little more uncommon then assassins but not by far.
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BARD: Uncommon
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There around ... pansies
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RANGER: Uncommon to Rare
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Seen a few around.
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SHAMAN: Uncommon to Rare
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This is a shame really but I would have to liken them with healers.
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ANTI-PALADIN: Common to Uncommon
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There are heaps of them ... just looks towards the empire.
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Look this is from my point of view at the times I'm on ... the characters I tend to play are evil so I would be only able to group with half the number of shamans out there (and this is an assumption) if you get what I mean.
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There are many variables and the only way to find out is by an actual survey.