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Difficulty (*****): I would suggest that only experienced players who have the extra resources and have level 12+ friends to help them obtain some of the leveling items play this class.

Difficulty (***): Less experienced players (those unsuccessful in reaching levels past 9) should probably not play an assassin. They are not adept at fighting outside of a party and have limited success with casting healing spells. Level 6-9 assassins are also easy prey for any paladin of a higher level than themselves.

Difficulty (*): The barbarian is one of two classes that I suggest newbies begin with. (As I myself first became a more-or-less good player by using a barbarian.) Hit points aren't everything however, you need to know when to flee (or hazy) from battle before its too late.

Difficulty (*****): Locating and acquiring all the items necessary to level a bard can be hard (not to mention finding the correct training locations). Their method of item leveling like that of the alchemist is frustrating for less experienced players who tend to need to relevel frequently.

Difficulty (**): The priest is the second class that I suggest newbies begin with. Priests are a bit expensive to level at first, but the rewards in the long run are well worth it.

Difficulty (*****): Druids require items to level and some of them are hard to find if you don't know where to look. Besides their lack of useful skills, the druid has low hps and mps. Unlike the alchemist, the druid does not tick for 5/7 mp nor is there a boost in casting speed.

Difficulty (**): Warriors have to battle stronger training monster to advance than do barbarians. With their lower hps (albeit higher mps) than a barbarian, fighters are more difficult for inexperienced players to level.

Difficulty (***): Mages are an easy class... IF you learn to stun your opponents and flee if you run out of mps or they begin hitting you. It is because of this (the stunning thing) that newbies die and die again when playing a mage. Click Here for more info on Mages.

Difficulty (****): Without armor and without weapons, until you reach the double-digit levels, the monk is difficult to play. Newbies should definitely not play a monk until they firmly understand the concept that fleeing or hazying from a monster is better than dying to it.

Difficulty (***): he biggest problems that face paladins is that they are easy prey for higher level thieves and assassins. They must pledge at level 7 and at that point don't have much of a chance against a good backstab and bloodboil. The other problem I mentioned above, is the slow casting rate. An overall good class, but not one for beginners.

Difficulty (**): The biggest problem that rangers have is that they cannot heal themselves easily. Thusly they should under most circumstances group with others to avoid being hit as much.

Difficulty (****): The thief is a hard class to play because of their low hps. They are the type of class who needs to group in order to level with any speed. Definitely not newbie friendly, especially if they are chaotic, I suggest thieves for mid to extensively experienced players