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Originally Posted by zoso
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Is it worth it to play a DE Necro?
What I mean is: When Kunark drops, am I going to feel compelled to re-roll an Iksar and level it 1-60 because the Iksar regen overpowers Dark Elf?
From what I've read, it's not just an issue of "min-max"; it's an issue of necessity.
Does anyone have any insight beyond the Sesserdix guide that basically says, "If you aren't Iksar, you're doing it wrong mathematically"?
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It's certainly not a necessity. It gives you a minor but notable bit of a bump in mana efficiency.
But I'm sure his guide doesn't mention the fact that if you are in many grouping and raid situations you'll often be able to have access to buffs that almost entirely offset the lich line's damage. There are also items,though rare and highly sought after, that will also increase HP regeneration and get you closer to offsetting the life lost,too.
The important take-away point is that a non iksar in lich regenerates the exact same amount of mana per tick as an Iksar one does.
Now you can come up with some theoretical scenarios where even if you offset the damage via buffs/gears the iksar can toss a HoT on someone every now and then if they had the same buffs/gear. But you are really getting down to minor details at that point.
So when considering playing a necro now or later so youcould take an iksar I'd think about several things:
1. do i plan to primarily solo or do I plan to group/raid more often? The closer you are to soloing mostly on this spectrum, the more you should consider iksar.
2a. How much do I care about acquiring the legacy items available when kunark arrives, as they will only be around a short time and many of them will require your toon to be 50+.
2b. If i do care about some of these items, can I spent umpteen hours a day every day of the week to catch up in time to get them with my necro or doI plan to skip rolling an iksar for a long time and use some other character before I finally go back to rolling up the iksar necro.
3. Can you stand to look like a bipedal lizard and have some of the most hideous animations ever seen in a game?
Full disclosure though,I have an icky necro on blue, but I started there long after velious had already been released.Apples/oranges.