ummm. how greatly am i hindering myself by making a gnome warrior

[sakenagi]

i like gnomes. i want to make a gnome warrior, but the lack of strength and stamina compared to an ogre completely discourages me. is the difference that big? is making a gnome warrior over an ogre the same as buying a 121 horsepower minivan for 5,000 vs buying a van at 140 horse power for 4,5000 dollars

[Formshifter]

If you've got the shinies to twinkle it out, you should be ok, but dont expect to be a raid MT. If you enjoy it, do it. If you want to do it exceptionally well, go ogre. Get a cobalt bracer if you can though, as ogres and dungeons dont often mix well without shrink.

[Doomgaze]

Ogres have frontal stun immunity. If you go gnome, don't come home.

[sakenagi]

./cry

[Kope]

In classic/kunark era gnomes can tank like any other race. Yes, ogres have better stats and have frontal stun immunity, but the mobs in classic and kunark really aren't that hard. You can MT anything any other race can with the same gear.

That being said I'm not 100% positive this applies to velious. I assume it should be very similar and you should be able to MT 90% + of the things everyone else can, but I haven't played in velious in...12..13 years?

[maskedmelon]

In group play, I would say the difference is negligible. It will be more difficult to max sta, essentially putting you about 300hp behind an ogre. I don't see that as game breaking and tend to think FSI is grossly overrated given the infrequency of its incidence.

[Ezalor]

Situations in which picking Ogre on a blue server is smart:

- You're 100% guaranteed to be raiding on this character full-time
- You're 100% guaranteed to be your guild's main raid tank
- You give absolutely no fucks about looks, faction, or anything other than making sure you picked the most optimized race
- You really, really, really insist on being the MAIN raid tank and being raid off-tank isnt good enough for you

^^ If ALL of the above are true, pick Ogre. Otherwise, it absolutely does not matter whatsoever.

[zanderklocke]

Best of the Best warrior was a halfling, not an ogre. Food for thought.

[Cecily]

Perma shrunk and cute. Do it.

[August]

Gnome is the master race. Refer to Sirkens 'best race for every class' list.