Where to begin?

Thanks for the info. I may have to start in Tyria after looking at the Cantha models. I just love the Devil-lock hair style. I think the looks will tide me over with the grind.
(Not really fond of the Cantha appearences for the necro incase you couldn't tell).

As for my avatar, it isn't from Zelda, it is the original Black Mage from first Final Fantasy. He likes to dance, can't you tell.^_^ I agree that Tyrian looks better then Canthan, but are you going to let appearance decide?

The exact same guy's are in zelda for game boy...like oracle of seasons or something Hehe.

Being a MM in Tyria can be a pain in the ass in some places now since the nerf as unlike Cantha, not everything leaves a corpse and the nerf on Verata's Sacrifice was the biggest RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GO-up A-net have ever made.

All these people who say being a MM is much better now since the nerf obviously couldn't keep more than 10 alive for any length of time previously.

Only problem you will run into in Cantha, is if there's already a Necro in a group there's a 99.9999% chance He/She will also be a MM and you'll be fighting over corpses and both get hit pretty hard on BotM if you've both got 10 Ok, your last paragraph is correct, having two MMs means you have to be more careful about who is casting BoTM and sharing corpses, but its not impossible.

OTOH your first two paragraphs are just wrong. MMs were just brought back down to earth from being the gods of the battlefield. I have yet to hear from anyone that the pre-nerf MM was not the most dominant character in the PvE realm. Once they got their army rolling, it was a cakewalk to take down mobs. MMs made ToPK a walk in the park, MMs could solo many areas - if you count soloing using yourself and 40+ bodies to do the damage.

MMs were plainly overpowered for the PvE realm.


Where should a new MM start up? Starting in Cantha will give you access to a true MM setup earlier. Many necros don't go MM in Tyria until they've reached at least the northern shiverpeaks if not the jungle (they start up as blood/curse). You can be succesful in either area, so pick the experience that you enjoy more and remember that MMs have it fairly rough until you get near the max level.

MMs were plainly overpowered for the PvE realm. Actually they were nerfed because of the PvP whingers in Alliance Battles, notice no one really complained about them being overpowered beforehand, and A-net obviously didnt see them as being overpowered before the Preview event, otherwise they wouldn't have taken so long and right on the eve of the release Factions to nerf the crap out of them.

Actually they were nerfed because of the PvP whingers in Alliance Battles, notice no one really complained about them being overpowered beforehand, and A-net obviously didnt see them as being overpowered before the Preview event, otherwise they wouldn't have taken so long and right on the eve of the release Factions to nerf the crap out of them. QFT

Now, before this turns into a flamewar... I'll just say that you should consider a Tyrian Necro for the simple fact that you'll be able to unlock a lot of skills via questing. Also, getting to Cantha via Lion's Arch isn't that tough. Then you can buy any skills you want at Kaenig Center. Of course, you'll have to go capture the elites you want, but that's not to tough.

I love my Tyrian Necro. She's my favorite character by far and I've got the 3 million+ experience points on her to prove it. She's a versatile PvP character and a great farmer / PvE character. She's easily earned me 1gp for every two xp points.