Warrior Questions from a Noob

[Shaun421]

Greetings all,

I am interested in creating a Warrior, a class which I have never played, and I wanted to gather some opinions and advice from the friendly forum folk. Searching through the net I can find very little information on classic everquest warriors.

So what are your thoughts on race selection and stat distribution. Also, what stats to look for on gear. AC vs Stats, Str vs Sta, etc. Good items to keep an eye on early levels? Suggested places to level up?

Any and all information on warriors would be helpful and muchly appriciated.

[Finawin]

STA is your most important stat to influence your HP

Tanks are HP.

Everything else is secondary.

[Zarniwooop]

Everyone levels in the same places.

There's not enough people on the server to really support much diversity.

One horrible note is that hhk has apparently been given a 90 percent exp penalty because someone was exploiting there somehow. Almost criminal that this hasn't been lifted or fixed. Brilliant old school zone.

So you'll do the starter dungeon where you live, ten get to oasis as soon as possible with everyone else on the server.

Then you'll go to uguk and sola then you'll go to solb and lguk.

Just about everyone on the server that isn't a solo class has exclusively leveled in those zones.


Edit: you can add mistmore to that along with a derv camp or two.

[guineapig]

Maybe Unrest... if you're playing a Dwarf or gnome. But Paly tanks do much better there.
Also, Splitpaw has been seeing some action lately too since I think it also benefited from the ZEM and more druids have been porting people around recently.
Then there are various derv and bandit camps, and HHP.... and Najena just cause it's so close to a city.
I think people only go to Befallen for quests and loot.

So it has been expanding outwards a little bit, but for the most part, Zarniwooop is correct.

[President]

One horrible note is that hhk has apparently been given a 90 percent exp penalty because someone was exploiting there somehow. Almost criminal that this hasn't been lifted or fixed. Brilliant old school zone.

I thought they only xp penalties the gobbo's in the basement? wrong?

[Shaun421]

Alright, so I have a pretty good idea of where to level. I think my more pressing questions are in regards to stats.

What race would you pick and why? What stats would you put your starting points into and why?

I see one person respond that STA is above all else. Agree or disagree? AC more important than stats?

[President]

Your looking into it too much.. Pick whatever race you WANT to pick.. pump your starting stats into STA + STR. (some could argue agi/dex but whatever). And get fighting.

In the long run, it's not going to matter all that much.

Really the only thing that may or may not piss you off.. is if you pick a non-large race, after armoring up, you will get encumbered really easy looting stuff. If you want to be able to pack-rat everything you can loot, you may want to think about troll/ogre/barb.

[Myrkskog]

I think most of us are here for the fun/nostalgia, so really pick what makes you happiest. That being said...

Ogres by far have the best stats, as well as frontal stun immunity(holy shit that's awesome). Trolls have regen which can make soloing at the start an easier pill to swallow, but who wants to solo as a warrior anyway.

If you don't like being an ugly ogre or troll, pick a barbarian. They only have a -5% exp bonus, compared to -20%(I think) for ogre and troll and they still get slam.

Those are the 3 races that get slam, which interrupts casting. Slam gives these guys such a huge advantage over the smaller races that unless your only concern is looking pretty, there is no reason to choose anything other than one of these 3.

As far as stats, you are a tank. Dump your points into stamina. Some things to be aware of: You get a big AC boost for having 75+ agility. Str not only determines whether you will get encumbered(and thus lose the agi bonus), but also the damage you do. Dex affects how often weapons will proc as well as how often you Critical hit.

Personally I would make an ogre warrior, dump all my points into stamina, and search primarily for ac or sta gear, and if it comes with some str or dex its a bonus.

[Taluvill]

Personally I would make an ogre warrior, dump all my points into stamina, and search primarily for ac or sta gear, and if it comes with some str or dex its a bonus.

This. ^^^

Only thing i would add to this is that tanking in this game is HIGHLY influenced on weapon procs. So some dex here and there never hurt anyone.

[yarmond1]

AC is king for tanks unless there is some kind of different element on this emu server that makes it not so. AC > all. (tanks)

[Finawin]

No, HP and then AC, always has and always will be the order of priorities.

[yarmond1]

Yes.

[guineapig]

Be warned that picking a large race will be a pain in your arse when grouping in most old world dungeons. Get a shamy friend, shrink potions or eventually the dark elf illusion mask. Also as a new player factions might be an issue with trolls and ogres. Being a good warrior tank on classic isn't easy, keep that in mind. You will go broke on gear and paladins/SKs can hold agro better than you. That's all I can think of for now. Good luck with whatever you decide on. If I see u in game ill be sure to buff you up!

[darkkor]

Ogre warrior, STA, STA, STA.

Ogres can't be stunned from the front and have high STA.

Get a Guise of the Deceiver as soon as possible since being a large Ogre is a pain sometimes.

[Barthorn]

Just be a gnome warrior. They are cute and their weapons are small i love them and want to cuddly them hee hee hee hee. :D :D :D

[Wonton]

You should be either Ogre, Troll, or Halfling.

Ogres cannot be stunned from the front which makes them best for raiding, imo. Trolls get extra regen which makes them best for grouping, imo. Halflings have the ability Hide. So what? Well.. hide for warriors is UBER, imo.

if you are an ogre or troll i'd suggest pouring into AGI or DEX since those two races get totally shafted on these stats. I would venture to say AGI is a warriors main stat, as AGI is linked to AC... For a halfling since their stats are more balanced, personally i would keep them all even.. like 5 to all then 10 into AGI.

i like ogre/troll for their slamming abilities

[Finawin]

I would venture to say AGI is a warriors main stat

Lol I hope you're joking

[Wonton]

yeah, but i dumped most into dex hehe