ogre, troll, or iksar?
 

I have a friend thats never played EQ before but he has always wanted to. We've been talking about all of the classes and he seems most interested in a shadowknight. I am going to play a shaman with him, it seems like a very good combo from what i've read and it will allow us to start as the same race which will help since he will need some instructions to start playing and I can help.

The only question then becomes what race would be good. I know regen is helpful for the shaman but Ogre just seems better for the shadowknight. I guess my biggest question would be is the regen from troll/iksar worth more then frontal stun immunity and better starting stats?

I'm just going to get him a full set of banded and a cheap 2 hander, and banded for my shaman with an inexpensive weapon. Want to make sure he sticks with it.

Ogre; the regen isn't such a big whoop past your teens anymore.
Not sure if the stun immunity spellcasting advantage still works quite right though; single green cons are known to have a near 50/50 chance to stop you from casting with their basic melee.

Ogres have the smallest racial penalty of the 3 choices if that's a factor (10% compared with 20% on trolls and lizards).

If he picks a troll SK he'll be entering a world of hurt, aka a 67% exp penalty (40% hybrid and 20% racial combined)...but this isn't WoW, people came here for a challenge, right? :D

Sounds like a great pairing if you have troll/ogre one way or the other, don't forget to roleplay! :)

You could always have one play Ogre and the other Troll as their cities are close enough for getting together,

Ogre SK Stun immunity for tanking.
Troll Shaman for regen Mana Dance.

15%, actually:

I didn't think about going troll shaman and ogre SK. I think I like this idea.

No idea where I got 10% from, oops.

I'd go Iksar. Balanced stats, regen, and good quests for iksars to get gear if you're not twinking. Plus you won't have to worry about ruining your Outpost faction if you want to hunt in Kunark dungeons.

Iksar can't use JBB.

Not trying to scare you off of Inky but this is in here. http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...ad.php?t=42511