I'm yet another person who is returning to EQ after a year or 3 away. I'm going to start up a second char/account to box around with but I'm having trouble narrowing down a class. My plan is to have a "main" account and then use the 2nd account to level up my first char, a mage, with and then use that 2nd account to level up other classes in the future.
I've read through lots of forums and posts and the Shaman keeps coming up as a recommendation. Shamans seem well suited towards leveling with or levelling up my other chars with the buffs, slows, quickness line, potions, and even a res spell (wow i've been away long). It looks like the only thing missing is mana regen(for other classes) and early crowd control, apart from ghetto mezzing adds. At any rate, the Shaman just sounds plain fun. I've come to ask the experts... will this class suit my long term goal of helping other classes level up on my "primary" account?
One thought I'm having is trying the old LDONs with a mage, a shaman and adding a healer merc and a tank merc. My only real concern here is the lack of solid crowd control without pacify or mez. Has anyone tried this setup before?
Thanks!