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Originally Posted by DeathsSilkyMist
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It is weird that you admit Iksar Monks are clearly better than Human Monks, but you simultaneously think that there is no definition of Min/Maxing. This is why you are wrong in saying there is no default definition of Min/Max.
By admitting Iksar Monks are clearly better than Human Monks, you admit there is an objective best racial for different race/class combinations. You can't have it both ways and say that Shamans don't also have an objective best racial.
You know the definition of Min/Max subconsciously, because you understand Iksar Monks are objectively better than Human Monks. This Min/Max definition is the default definition for all games like Everquest. The default Min/Max definition is to create the best character you can. This means a character that will perform better than it's alternatives when you are level 60 with max gear and all your spells. This is why Iksar Monks are objectively better than Human Monks, because a level 60 BiS Iksar Monk will still have Racial Regeneration, while a level 60 BiS Human Monk would not.
I am not sure why this is so difficult, the Min/Max definition for games like Everquest hasn't changed, and Everquest came out in 1999.
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Monks don't have torpor or slow, theyre a melee class, so there's stuff an iksar monk can kill that an equivalently geared human monk can't. for shamans every shaman with torpor can do the exact same mobs, which is anything they can slow or anything that deals less damage than torpor. If there is a goal ogre shamans can achieve which other shamans can't, the situation would be different, but there isn't.
disregarding xp maluses as irrelevant is spherical cow stuff, if you do it you basically don't know anything about the game or p99's version of it. P99 is a very competitive classic EQ box, speed is king. if there are two options, and one levels faster, and both can do the same content, the faster option is better
You can't say one race performs better than another when there is no content in the game that distinguishes between them, i.e. which one race can do but another can't. my iksar monk can solo things my human monk can't at similar gear levels, it's not the same situation (since the difference is just a bunch of hp regen and ac on a melee)