Most profitable player class?

romeo_longsword

romeo_longsword

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jan 2006

United Kingdom - London, China - Hong Kong

R/

Which class do you think its the most profitable in terms of farming and earing money?

Although I hear a lot about monk can solo almost everywhere, but I also understand Nercos are doing very well with their income as well.

What do you all think?

Miss Lanae

Miss Lanae

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

CA

Aequitas Deis

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by romeo_longsword
Which class do you think its the most profitable in terms of farming and earing money?

Although I hear a lot about monk can solo almost everywhere, but I also understand Nercos are doing very well with their income as well.

What do you all think?
I have a level 16 monk/war and I'm able to run most places by myself, so four more levels at minimum I think Monk is a pretty good bet with soloing

Tsunami Rain

Tsunami Rain

mmmmmmmm pie.

Join Date: Aug 2005

Honolulu, Hawaii

Favorable Winds [Gust]

Mo/

1. monk
2. warrior
3. necro
4. ranger

LightningHell

LightningHell

(????????????)???

Join Date: Aug 2005

Hong Kong

Guildless

Mo/

The Mesmer. Mesmer FTW!

Well, she has to rely on her Monk secondary.

Lord Cooper

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Black Death Knights

E/

The Mighty Elementalist!

Miss Lanae

Miss Lanae

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

CA

Aequitas Deis

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Cooper
The Mighty Elementalist!
yeah im suprised no one said that one yet...

I just created a new ele...hope ill b ok...

LightningHell

LightningHell

(????????????)???

Join Date: Aug 2005

Hong Kong

Guildless

Mo/

My Elementalist has been reduced to a 55 now...*sniff*

Anarki

Anarki

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Sweden

Almost Famous

W/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain
1. monk
2. warrior
3. necro
4. ranger
I agree.

Kidney Licker

Kidney Licker

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2005

Europe Server

The one you like playing with the most. After all you'll be playing with him/her over and over again. There are just some characters I can't play all the time.

I like my necro .

heavy metal rules

heavy metal rules

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

cape cod, ma

{bkr} bad karma ressurection

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Miss Lanae
yeah im suprised no one said that one yet...

I just created a new ele...hope ill b ok...
you won't

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain
1. monk
2. warrior
3. necro
4. ranger
Soloing, yeah. But if you're not into soloing, I've made nearly a million gold with my Ranger doing Tombs almost exclusively. She'd completed the game so I thought, what the hell. I'm one of those that does the infamous B/P groups there. I can easily make 4-5k a run in about 45 minutes, even if I don't get a Green drop. If I do get a Green, it's an added bonus (sometimes). You won't get uber-rich like a 55 Monk, but I'm satisifed. I have plenty of gold, nice armor and all the weapons I need.

**Note: this is not overnight, but over a couple of months.

Miss Lanae

Miss Lanae

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

CA

Aequitas Deis

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by heavy metal rules
you won't
lmao...

enlighten me?

Wolf Mane

Wolf Mane

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2006

white mantle legends

E/Me

theres n hope with ele's cos we cant solo or barrage or run which is where the big money is...

Big_Iron

Big_Iron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

The Edge

Tormented Weapons [emo]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Mane
theres n hope with ele's cos we cant solo or barrage or run which is where the big money is...
There are solo/55 Ele builds posted. I've never tried one, but some people claim they've been sucessful.

Bloodied Blade

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

R/

ellys can do things just fine...they just need a monk secondary.

Or you could just go echo nuking on a queen farm, apparently mind burn + Meteor Shower works really well on her (only from seeing it done... fire elly went Mind Burn and Meteor Shower, fastest queen run ever).

What Woody said is also right, E/Mo with good AoE nukes does pretty well. I've been wanting to try that Earth Magic thing that does tons of damage but removes conditions from enemies.

CKaz

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2005

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Mane
theres n hope with ele's cos we cant solo or barrage or run which is where the big money is...
You can certainly solo farm with an ele, and not as a 55
But you (normally) have to chose between handling physical dmg dealers or casters.
Based on mist form or obsidian flesh elites.

Also as mentioned you can 'iele' 55, and even UW with a ss/sv necro very well
[If some are soloing UW with them hats off to doing enough damage with so few slots/xtra attrib]

Heck you can even also Barrage, though yes it may not be Ranger leet level
And with Factions you won't be limited to fire mod to get conjure fire working with it (conflaguration)
Real quickly, fire and marksmanship attrib - extra to wildnerness/estore
[you might use two bows - generally zealous but if under fire, max vamp]
Favorable Winds, Conjure Flame, Conflaguration [factions], Barrage

And you can trap as a E/R tho not as well but then you can PBAoE...

I won't disagree other chars, even most, might work out better.
But don't say you can't. You can farm desert and shiverpeak spots.
But no you're not a great runner and I'm not sure Burning Speed will change that

Ryphen

Ryphen

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Over the hills...

Sanctu Maleficus [SM]

NUB QUESTION ALERT!!

What does 55 mean?

$hade.

$hade.

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Canada

[FiRM[]

R/

For farming Ele is pretty good because they got the splash damage but if they get surrounded by alot of strong enemies they can get taken down pretty easily so maybe best go monk secondary and ele primary or the other way around.

quickmonty

quickmonty

Ancient Windbreaker

Join Date: May 2005

Recently played around with an all earth ele build. It can solo just about anywhere that doesn't have enchantmet strippers. (running 4 enchants for energy management, armor and health regen) I don't use my secondary for this.

ap47

ap47

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sweden

Mo/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryphen
NUB QUESTION ALERT!!

What does 55 mean?
It means dropping your health to 55hp and use certain monk skills to be able to handle a lot of damage. Usually done by monks, but the same method can be used by other classes. Take a look in monk forum for more info.

ArisB

ArisB

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2005

LowLand Lions

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Wolf Mane
theres n hope with ele's cos we cant solo or barrage or run which is where the big money is...
With an elementalist you can solo farm the regions around lions arch.
It will give you 3 or 4 k a run, (more if golds are dropped)
You wont find much mx dmg weapons though, but mx upgrades can drop.

its easy farming, i got my 15K armor this way.

urgath

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tsunami Rain
1. monk
2. warrior
3. necro
4. ranger
Agreed, and it's not only for farming. Tell me how much time did you spend to get in a party doing mission or quest? If you're monk, you won't be waitinig a single second. The problem is that when you are healer you get nothing from the story line, cos observing red bars and compas is everything you do.

Francis Crawford

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

I'm pretty sure that solo farming with an elementalist is slower than with other professions, although I'm not sure because that's all I've played up to a high level.

Well, elementalists rock in Scoundrel's Rise, but that's an exception. Usually the regen on your energy is a time-killer.

I still haven't successfully soloed all the Luxon Settlement Ettins yet. The closest I came was killing all except the boss with a build that only had Stone Daggers and Aftershock for damage. It turns out this isn't enough to kill him.

AshBlade Arc

AshBlade Arc

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2005

World

W/Mo

I have a Lvl 20 Ele who uses fire spells only. This is my farmer. She can do Ettin runs solo and move quickly from one group to the next because of quick recharge. If using spell casters make sure to equip a weapon or artifact that halves your recharge time. These are only a 5 to 20 percent chance but they can be a life saver. Area spells can be great in farming but don't waste them on individuals.

phreakilla

phreakilla

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2005

napping some where in Snake Dance

The Alliance of the Dark Gate

W/Mo

if your a good mm necro can be one of the most profitable things in the game a thirsty river soloer makes average 5k per person at 5 slots so 30k in about 30 mins vs droks runs now worth 2k per person 10k for an hours worth of running, the most profitable i think is a m/r runner down in southern silverpeaks averaging
10k per person so 70k for 1 1/2 hours worth of work

$pIrIt $aMan

$pIrIt $aMan

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2006

at my pc

Greeklords

R/Mo

1.Monk(55hp or not)
2.necro(ss for teams MM solo)
3.Warriors(whatever build)
4.ranger(trapper ftw)