Chllenging class/race that has rewards

[Ishio]

Hey y'all. So I started up playing again and was looking at my main, a 26 Druid and remembered how I wasn't having fun with her. Now I started looking at the wiki but I can't seem to choose a class that's challenging, fun, and rewarding. Then i looked at Iksars. That race alone is rewarding nd challenging as they are hated everywhere. So I narrowed my choices down. Necromancer, shaman, shadowknight, and monk.

Can anyone offer and advice or insight? Also did they bring in newbie armor?

[ohkaiby]

SK. The extra 68% xp penalty will be "challenging" on your patience. But if you manage to grind through it you'll be one of the only high level iksar sk's. You also get "Greenmist" as a final quest reward. Quite rewarding, I'd say.

If by "newbie" armor you mean curscale / leech husks, then yes.

[Deathrydar]

I have to agree with the above poster. Iksar Shadow Knight is insanely difficult! You can't really get anywhere, you have a horrible experience penalty and you are the only Shadow Knight that cannot wear plate armor.

Later on when you get some decent spells, Gather Shadows (self invisibility) and Feign Death....well, all I have to say is....God have mercy on every guard that ever attacked you when you were in your lower levels!!!

[Ishio]

Now is this race/class combo reeding? Am I sought after? And by newbie armor I mean like collect these random items to get a chest/arm/wrist item and eventually a weapon. Like a full set of armor that has like +1, +2 stats at places.

[baalzy]

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

Now is this race/class combo reeding? Am I sought after? And by newbie armor I mean like collect these random items to get a chest/arm/wrist item and eventually a weapon. Like a full set of armor that has like +1, +2 stats at places.

There is no 'newbie' quest armor like this.

You can get dreadscale which would be the Iksar SK equivalent of dark forged. A higher level could help you quest the equipment or else you can start collecting it in later levels.

Greenmist is also a super kickbutt Iksar SK only 1handed quest sword.

Also once the original planes get their revamp you'll likely be the only Iksar SK around most of the time so will be defaulted the Greenmist armor which drops in Fear.

Edit:

SKs are very popular in groups because they're great at holding agro. Not as useful for tanking in Raids but can be pullers/offtanks.

[Ishio]

What would 400pp get me as far as gear? What is my best bet for pushing the limits as a shadowknight?

[Harm]

The best thing about plate-wearing vs. Iksar is that the plate restriction effectively goes away in Velious with the quested and planar armors that don't have the race restriction. The bad thing is that Greenmist is pretty bad for an epic, the two handed normal epic is much much better, and I'm not sure how much faction work it'd take for an Iksar to get it, but I'd guess its a lot. In the end you should end up with slightly higher AC than other SKs, not that it will amount to much.

I still think Ogres are the best SK race with the frontal stun immunity, and the large size makes them even more challenging than normal-sized Iksar IMO, despite slightly better faction and slightly less of an XP penalty.

[Hobby]

Rangers, paladins, Sk's.


that's really all :/ everything else is fairly easy

[Swish]

The same challenge can be attributed to a troll SK, hefty penalty but with all the trappings of being able to slam (can still interrupt casters with a 2h wep) but you would still be able to wear the plate stuff.

All on personal preference really, but the challenge really is there...watch your friends out level you and try to stay calm [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ishio]

What about risks? What are the risks of being a sk? You're all talking about leveling penelties but besides that what are the challenges of being a sk?