I've been playing EQ now for 3 months, I play around 45-50 hours a week, and I have a long-surfaced problem. For some reason or another, may it be some inability of mine or that I just don't care for this game as much as I thought I had, I cannot choose and stay with one class! Now, before you start giving me suggestions, please remember that I've played for a good amount of time and heard a lot of advice, none which has helped as of yet.
I've given every class a try from lvl 1, and gotten them usually to lvl 8 or 9, the spell levels(my main is a lvl 15 ranger). I know, I know, trying a class to lvl 9 won't give you a feel for the class, I've heard that you must be anywhere from lvl 24 to lvl 40 to finally get to the 'good' part(s). I also had heard about the Test Server and the ability to /testbuff, and of course I ran over and tried it a.s.a.p. I tried every class there also, testbuffing them and playing a few adventures with each. Sadly, I still had no luck in finding a class I enjoyed.
Other ways I've tried to decide the right class for me were by doing those internet bubble tests (there's not that many out there, i found 2) of those two I took, I ended up in one a Anti-Hero, (for me that sounds like a Shd) and the other a Shadow Knight. So guess what I do next? No, I don't make an SK yet, I get back on my main after me long break in Test. There I talk to some guildmates and one suggests randomizing your choice and committing to that class. I then proceeded to Nnumber all the classes alphabetically, and then used the /random 1 15 command. It turned up to be a 4... guess what the fourth class was? A shadow knight. So my friend says something to the effect of, 'how many times has fate pointed you to an SK?'
>>Since this is mighty long you can take this time to<<
>>take a bathroom break or just blink a few times....<<
Within 5 minutes I had created a Female Dark Elf Shadow Knight and equiped her with some spare chain armour I had from my ranger. I played with her for a whole 3 levels before I got extremely bored! Yes, I know, the first levels are always boring... dont flame me yet. I gave up from boredom (which I learned is immature, when I told someone about my problem) and continued to make a bard (I think this is the 5th one I've made?) 30 Minutes and 1 level later, (yes it takes me that long I don't know why, I hunt in my newbie zone) I suffer from another fit of ennui and I come to you now...
If you think you can help me in ANY way, please post. The only thing I wont be open to are comments telling me to quit EQ, I might quit my characters often, but the thought of quitting EQ is depressing. Nevertheless, I need someone else's help because I cannot seem to do it myself.
>>Commence Posting, Flaming, and Advice Giving...<<
(PS. Thanks seperately just for reading that whole thing!)