Bowman are more expensive than thief, because the thiefs can become dagger thiefs instead of throwing stars/knives. But, I admit, Swordsman are a safe choice too. And, as WindrunnerX stated, never become a mage first, until you get used to the game …
A problem with There is that a majority of the people wouldnt wanna play a game that doesnt really have combat or anything. Personally, its a bit too much like real life for my tastes.
I played darkages for about 2 years and what really got me hooked to that game (still hooked, just cant pay) is the huge range of options in community. They had a marriage option, with a whole bunch of side things; they had an amazing religion-syste…
Swordsman: Req- lvl 10+, 35+ str
+ Strong
+ Good defense
+ Variety of weapons
- No ranged weapons
- Not very high dex, leading to a huge range in damage (unless your stupid and don't add str and only dex)
- ...early armors look pretty gay
Sub-classe…
Bard class would be cool, but another sub-class they need is a beast-master type class for the archer, so you could make a monster temporarily fight with you or tame one as a pet or sometin.
If you played Dark Ages (and actually registered), they have a really good marriage system. They actually have churches that a priest can perform marriages and you can invite your (ingame/real) family to your wedding, and it shows up in your profile…