Starting class for a brand new player

[nickymccormack]

Hey guys (and gals) .

I started out with a BW yesterday asy first char. Is RDPS the way to go initially, loving the game but not too sure about the class. Is an engineer a good starter class?
Also what's craft / gathering skills that I should go for?

[tazdingo]

any ranged class is a safe bet. BW is probably the most difficult, glassy, immobile and damages self. engi is very tanky and SW is mobile enough to stay safe. destro mirrors are pretty much the same

tanks are pretty easy too if you build them durable, i'd just avoid SM for now cause they're pretty fragile out of the box

cultivate/apoth to make your potions. as a new player you probably wanna just slot armour talis on your first char and they're pretty cheap. just make heal pots and some for your main stat, worry about defensive pots later

- woops meant cultivate. also try the miracle grow addon. cultivating is the easiest and most reliable way to get your basic pots and you can always make a farm toon for butchering later

[nickymccormack]

Awesome, I'll roll an engineer then and go cultivate and apothecary, exciting stuff!