Shaman race debate

[BlkCamel]

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

i heard next week

From an RnF post, which was debunked as being a year old?[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Pint]

Pick iksar if you're new and don't have the money to twink, pick ogre if you want to grind to 60 for torpor and lots of named soloing. Although any good 60 shm can solo without frontal immunity.

[Samoht]

After reading and posting in this thread, I still don't know what race I would personally pick, lol. It's kinda hard to decide. Troll has really good stats, regen, and slam while Iksar have tails and can't wear armor. Ogre stun immunity sounds cool, but I really believe it's overhyped. Best thing about barbs is their hats.

[Samoht]

Don't forget the disciple of innorruuk if you go troll with inny diety. It's almost negligible, but just as useful as Ogre stun.

[Samoht]

yeah, i think that this is the way it goes:

troll beats iksar because slam, armor (iksar can't even wear GEBs), and stats

troll beats ogre and barb because regen

oh yeah, i don't think it's been mentioned that iksar has forage, too. that puts them firmly above barb and probably tied with ogre.

i would roll troll, innoruuk, 25 stam, 5 wis, and pick the face with one eye poked out

[Zoesha]

Troll > Everything

Same regen as an iksar and can wear plate. Don't worry about being too big, you get Shrink spell and can make the potions too.

[Cecily]

I think if I could keep my troll brownie sized all the time, I'd play one.

[Gatorsmash]

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

Troll > Everything

Same regen as an iksar and can wear plate. Don't worry about being too big, you get Shrink spell and can make the potions too.

This ^

Troll is best hands down. I just started on this server and so happy I went troll

Iksar- no slam. That extra AC won't mean win/lose either way post 25-30. Inny swamp better then FoB (Smaller, more $ and can move into upper guk)

Barb- blind, no regen.

Ogre- no regen. For the few times that frontal slam immunity saves you, that regen has helped you for the first 35+ levels which is a lot of IRL time.

...and a few things people seem to never mention.

- Those Inny necklaces (str debuff, str drain,snare). They really help up to when you get the snare one at lvl 15. I'm using the first two at lvl 14 and that's -25 str combined to that yellow mob I'm solo'ing.

- The lack of downtime due to regen can't be over stated. Once you get to 60?? All that time I'm running by a sitting ogre/barb shaman doesn't make me worried about what's going to happen in 45 lvls

- We are sexy. That big green junk in the trunk? Those druids port me for free

[xexbis0]

If you roll anything but Iksar, just remember to ALWAYS play in first person.

[loramin]

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

troll beats ogre and barb before you get Torpor because regen

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

Troll > Everything before you get Torpor

FTFY [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Seriously though, I'm not saying Trolls are bad, and statistically speaking I'd imagine the majority of the Shaman on this server never get Torpor. But IF you plan to get 60, get Torpor, and then play that character for a long time afterwards (which, realistically, you're probably only going to do if you are in to raiding) ... then keep in mind that regen pretty much stops being useful at that point.