I can see it now... you're all weak.. Dey's just waiting to pounce...
Rares
I might not be able to PK, but that doesn't automatically mean I play those sickening Healers, you know.
If the rares are botched up a bit, I can see things being a little trickier for melee types. If it's people just venting their anger because they've lost their shinies or similar, then tough.
Dey
Yes, life is difficult for blademasters with no shinies. I didn't lose them, I can't find them because they are all taken.
Roll an invoker - lack of saves = lots of hellstream
L-A
I'd say roll a battle mage, LEAST eq dependant class I have ever seen.
L-A! When did you come back man?
Is it me or are rares back in now, and in the best numbers I've seen since the first instance of their downtime?
Yeah, they are back. I think either a few of the rare-hoarders either got purged, deleted, or something. Or maybe our complaining finally got something done. 
Well no matter what the reason was, all I've gotta say is woo hoo.
or boo hoo, everyone else is decked too. and they will stay decked when I die. 
I'd say roll a battle mage, LEAST eq dependant class I have ever seen.
I always used to think Invoker was the best class with little EQ until I realised that they wouldn't have their fully-charged staff. BMG still has all their defences as well as their offensive capabilities with just a weapon and a blade to dance. Definately have to agree there.
Of course, I remember the time I killed a decked cleric, decked myself out, and then said cleric came back and destroyed me with just a cracked wooden shield and a silver club.
Dey
Its a myth that you need a fully charged staff to kill people as an invoker.
Battlemages are (were??) weak to large damage afflictive spells (ie invokers) and this can only be negated with eq. They also have no way to natively cast sanctuary.
From the get go an invoker can 2 cast people to death. Battlemages can 2 round people but its not as likely. There power is that they can stand and fight, not that they kill fast.
Ironically, I have had 2 lvl 50 bmages and 0 lvl 50 invokers 
L-A
Its a myth that you need a fully charged staff to kill people as an invoker.
Perhaps so, but an Invoker is much more effective with a fully charged staff than without. Whereas EQ for a BMG will improve AC, saves, hp, mana etc, their actual abilities don't really rely on much apart from a decent dancing blade. Invoker, EQ affects the same, but a fully-charged item allows them to PK a lot more effectively.
Although, you could say the same argument about any class in better EQ, really.
Dey
Its a myth that you need a fully charged staff to kill people as an invoker.
Ironically, I have had 0 lvl 50 invokers
L-A
meh, L-A.
can you kill as an invoker without a fully charged staff? yes.
can you kill quicker and more effective with a fully charged staff? yes.
would you be gimping yourself by not using a fully charged staff? yes.
trust me. mana charge is your friend.
Maybe mana charge is your friend, but for it to be your friend to still have to be an invoker, and who the hell wants to be an invoker?
WC
Maybe mana charge is your friend, but for it to be your friend to still have to be an invoker, and who the hell wants to be an invoker?
WC
Signed.
Soooo true.
Word.
Invokers are heavily eq/consumable dependent.
-Sachi
That is not to say they are COMPLETELY dependent like melees. Moreso than communers and bmg though.
well invokers require very few items really, one staff can be all you need really(based on your race selection). svs do help mind you, But I always seem to do far better when Im using utter crap than when I am armed to the teeth. I realize this only exemplifies why my forum handle is what it is
Welcome to the life of a warrior. Though its worse since they can hardly get any eq themselves.
Its a myth that you need a fully charged staff to kill people as an invoker.
From the get go an invoker can 2 cast people to death. Battlemages can 2 round people but its not as likely. There power is that they can stand and fight, not that they kill fast.
L-A
What you aren't saying is that while invokers can two cast people to death, it will take four rounds without a fully charged staff.