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Originally Posted by Revanx22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is one better than the other? I really like the looks and stats of human, but I'm not sure how hard night blindness is to deal with. I was able to snag one of the serpent sight rings, but giving up an item slot just to see seems like it could be a pain as I level up and get better gear.

Humans are definitely better. Don't worry too much about night blindness, as you can always just turn your gamma up in your EQ window using the windows gamma calibrator, and you'll get plenty of options for night vision on good gear (not a serpent ring) later on.

Originally Posted by Revanx22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

My only real issue with half elf is the horrible starting wisdom. I've tried to look it up and I see some people say it doesn't matter due to mana regen being more important, and others say wisdom is the most important. Kind of lost on which one is true. They do have high dex and agility, but does that really do much?

Logic it out. When is maximum mana (wisdom) going to be useful? Only when going from 100% mana to 0%. It's not useless. Some day, having a bigger gas tank may help you win a fight, but it pales in comparison to the utility of mana regen. And having higher HP will also help you win a fight some day, in addition to other important benefits. Strength will absolutely give you better DPS while leveling, and allow you to carry more gear. However, this stat is not as useful as stamina in the end-game. Many people never make it to that point.

Originally Posted by Revanx22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Finally, any help with starting stats would be great. I was thinking 5 stam 15 wisdom for half elf, and 5 strength, 5 wisdom, 10 stamina for human. No real idea if that's dumb or not, the wiki says dump all in stamina but I don't know if that's accurate.

Those starting stats are fine. Personally, I'd go all stamina for both, or divide between stamina and strength depending on your goals for the character. You're very unlikely to ever get the gear to cap your stamina, and if you do, you'll have more flexibility to trade out a stamina piece for something else. Are you planning on raiding? Then stamina is more important. Max HP is more important than max mana, will make complete heals more efficient, will give you a greater reserve during fights, and save you from having to cast spells to convert your mana into HP.

Originally Posted by Revanx22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Any help would be greatly appreciated. I only have about 10k to gear him, if that makes a difference.

Having 10k to gear him makes strength slightly more desirable.

You say you really like the looks of human, so I would strongly recommend you go human. That's going to be far more important than any of these stat considerations. Seriously, these are small differences compared to how you like the look of your character.

And again, night blindness is easily fixed by opening the windows gamma calibrator by typing 'gamma' into windows search, opening calibrate display color, pressing 'next' three times, dragging that bar all the way up, then minimizing it until you close the game, at which point you just hit reset and/or close it. Honestly even my ultravision dark elf's vision is terrible unless I do this. Client is just too dark.