alexhsg wrote:play what you like. whats nice and fluid for you and when you want an easier game or something to easier beat some things like boss places or bosses for charms go with something with nice pets. barb is now strong for this but please do yourself a favor and play first what you realy enjoy. playing with pets is a bit lame and mostly only feasable when you want play semi afk and have e easy time or need to beat something easy.
edit: i for myself playing sum barb as first char because i played meadian years ago and know i will play mostly all chars and just need first some charms for more lvl and overall fun with the follow up chars
edit2: now readed all what you wrote. as i said you mostly will ply every class or most of them, because they play all nicely and are fun.
So, the problem with this answer (which I see all over the forums) is, how does one just, "play what they enjoy", when they know nothing about the Median XL mod??? B/c in LoD, I LOVED the sorceress. I love casting. I love elemental spells. I like high damage from a distance. The sorceress, at its' best, can't do that in Median XL.... ele sorces arent as viable as they once were...the melee sorceress is better suited for gameplay walkthrough as well as endgame... (check the forums if you dont believe me) and I hate melee builds. Sure, you can add elemental damage to your melee build (rainbow damage), but it's not the same. So I hate when people say, "play what you like" bc it's not so much the class in Median XL as it is the playstyle. In LoD, you knew what class played what style. If you wanted a summoner, you chose necro... in Median XL, you pick a Barb for that. In LoD, if you liked melee, you'd love the Barb or a smiter or zealer paladin... in Median XL, you'd probably like sorceress more for melee.... it's all so different... so this answer of "pick what you like" isn't adequate for a new player. If you like casting in general, you'd probably have more fun as a traprat... if you enjoyed a bowazon in LoD, you'l want to play a crossbow necro in Median XL. If you liked the hammerdin in LoD, you'd like the Hammerzon in Median XL. From my personal experience, (to the OP) which is limited, the most viable build, starting entirely fresh with no gear/friends to help you out, is the Traprat Druid. I've tried every class except Assassin, and walked through the game with each, and trprat was the easiest.