Necro, how do you not choose Iksar?

[Uton]

Necro isn't all about mana pool brah. There is a balance between lich and regen that is more important than total mana. For that reason iksar are superior in all ways as a necro

[Faywind]

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

Necro isn't all about mana pool brah. There is a balance between lich and regen that is more important than total mana. For that reason iksar are superior in all ways as a necro

This.

[Uton]

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

This.

And yet... I chose dark elf. Purely nostalgia

[solduios]

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

its not that hard to get to the 200 INT soft cap even as an iksar with all starting points in STA.

(but all STA is a bad choice for iksars still -- its better to hit 200 sooner so you can start focusing on +Mana gear)

You will always have more mana as Erudite even capped due to higher base int

[pharmakos]

And you'll always have regen as an iksar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Troxx]

In a game like eq (during this era specifically) total mana pool means little in comparison to regen potential.

Exceptions:
-quad classes need a certain minimum to pull off the quad.
-raids or named encounters where you have plenty of prep and the fight ends relatively quickly
-those rare "oh shit" moments on some classes where having a larger pool means you could get the job done thanks to a slightly larger pool.

Aside from that, in 99% of grouping situations where you don't have an excess of downtime the dps potential or heal potential of a caster isn't really affected much by mana pool.

Very few of these scenarios ever apply to a necro, and it's for that reason that iksar necros will always have a very real and obvious advantage. They're undeniably the min/max choice for p99. For levels 1-49 the difference is small. Once regen kicks in during the 50s, they pull ahead by a large margin. I'd wager a DE necro could get to 60 faster than an iksar necro given the 20% difference in leveling speed, but one you hit 60 that could speed doesn't matter.

Having said that, necros of any race can be effective, just less effective than they would have been as a lizard.

Best reason to not be iksar? You like to look of other races better. At the end of the day, that's not a wrong choice. Do what makes you happy.

I haven't made a necro yet, mostly because I don't want to play iksar and can't bring myself to roll a necro of any other race.

[Colgate]

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

You will always have more mana as Erudite even capped due to higher base int

i don't think that's how it works

[Uton]

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

i don't think that's how it works

Makes me laugh tho

[Danger]

On red, would the leet wall hax of a gnome be worth it to not go iksar?

[Uton]

I think they can do tinkering to make an eye of zomm clickable? That is very useful when you are fd with 10% hp and need to lich.

The wall hax are rly cool but I reserve gnomes for mage, cuz it's fricken fun.

However for raiding scene there are very few mobs to heal off if and an eye of zomm will aggro everything (think it's lvl 1?)

I would say for necro the wall hax is situational and iksar regen is forever... so you decide