I Just Don't Know Anymore...
I've been playing AO for about a month now, and I must say that I am getting kind of frustrated. I keep rolling new characters, trying out different professions, trying to find that perfect one. The problem is that I just can't decide on one. I really would like to roll a character and stick to him/her, learn a profession inside out, take it all the way to 220. But which one? Please don't mistake this for some mundane "wat prof to chose??!!11" thread. I just really need help picking one profession that suits me, and sticking to it. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated, especially from veteran players who know the end game which I will be working toward. Please help.
NT's are not this soft mushy often killed thing everyone thinks
Just have to say that I often see references to NT's as being some sort of really hard prof to play, and that masochists love them.
NT is the first and only profession I have played in AO. I have been playing for about 5 months now, and I am level 175.
NT could not be easier to play IMHO. At lower levels you can root / nuke, or just kite mobs, and killthings many levels above you. At higher levels you can kite around massive amounts of mobs (using AOE nukes) for massive amounts of xp.
For example, I am now kiting in Penumbra. Not Hecklers of course, but I could kite them in Elysium as early as level 100... I wasted 35 at once one time back then. Now I am kiting dryads/tigers/rafters/ecorash/anything that gets in range - in Penumbra. In one single kite (about 6 minutes of work) i got almost half a level of lvl174ish xp. That's quite a lot.
It isn't a profession everyone will enjoy, but it fits perfectly my playstyle, and I have not had these frustrating times that I so often hear people refer to when talking about NTs.
If you wanna be an NT, keep your runspeed up, keep your nanocinit up, and have fun. It is NOT nearly as difficult as people make out. And it is also a great prof to have started with, cuz now I am rich from kiting and can fund my alts... whenever I get around to making alts hehe.
Kraxus Kringle / Majestic Squad Commander / 175 NT / RK2