10-18-2005, 08:35 PM
The sole thing I have to add to this is on the hunter class. While it is (imho) the most solo friendly class, having the least amount of trouble, it pays for that by being the most expensive class to run. Especially as you get higher and you can no longer find food that your pet likes in any great quantity. You can fish up food...but then you have to spend time fishing.
Here's a look at some of the costs you'll be looking at.
Gear is usually the least of the worries, with repairs (for a solo session, not an instance run) coming in around around the 50s to 1g mark.
I use Jagged arrows. A (16 slot) quiverfull of those will run you 1g 44s.
Food. Pets eat it like crazy, and after they hit 55 any food under level 45 isn't really worth it. They'll eat through the sub45 stuff in insane speed, and go through the +45 stuff fairly fast, too. A stack of 20 Roasted Quail for my cat = 1g 44s
I keep an extra stack of food around, just in case, and tend to go through a halfquiver of arrows per 'session'. So you are looking at roughly 2-2.5g a session, just to field your hunter.
That's not much, but if you are looking to maximize profit and minimize downtime costs, you may be better off with a rogue.
Here's a look at some of the costs you'll be looking at.
Gear is usually the least of the worries, with repairs (for a solo session, not an instance run) coming in around around the 50s to 1g mark.
I use Jagged arrows. A (16 slot) quiverfull of those will run you 1g 44s.
Food. Pets eat it like crazy, and after they hit 55 any food under level 45 isn't really worth it. They'll eat through the sub45 stuff in insane speed, and go through the +45 stuff fairly fast, too. A stack of 20 Roasted Quail for my cat = 1g 44s
I keep an extra stack of food around, just in case, and tend to go through a halfquiver of arrows per 'session'. So you are looking at roughly 2-2.5g a session, just to field your hunter.
That's not much, but if you are looking to maximize profit and minimize downtime costs, you may be better off with a rogue.
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