Iksar Warriors Pre-Velious?

[Taiku]

Oh maybe I misunderstood your definition of end game, I don't think warriors wear cobalt at all in actual end game raiding, and you don't need the buffs they provide cause you've got a group around you to buff you up anyway. Pretty sure the only very valuable one to have is the shrink one, but as anything but ogre/troll it's not needed anyway!

Cobalt buffs are more suited for doing small group/solo stuff I think!

[Zipity]

Frontal stun immunity is definitely a perk for a small DPS boost when tanking which bodes well for the ogre, the AC bonus for iksar which moves the cap bodes well for taking less quad max hits which is crucial in big fights.

In Kunark ogres with better starting stats and plate gear are the superior tank
I’m Velious with Equal gear I’d say the scale tips toward iksar, especially on unslowables.
As others have said unless you are min/maxxing for a couple of percentage points of mitigation or DMG with endgame gear race doesn’t really make much difference.

[Toxigen]

gnome war master race

[Keebz]

FSI is very very good, but let's be real basically every warrior race has tanked every raid target in this game.

If you are in a top guild and really want to remove any potential competitive advantage (real, perceived or otherwise) between you and other guild tanks, such that all things being equal YOU get to be the guy, then maybe go ogre.

Otherwise, do whatever the hell you want.

Iksar is a solid choice, imho. Around the time you're 60, Velious will be out and you'll be good to go.

[Jimjam]

[Thu Jan 14 21:54:28 2021] You are stunned!
[Thu Jan 14 21:54:28 2021] A greater skeleton bashes YOU for 2 points of damage.
[Thu Jan 14 21:54:29 2021] A greater skeleton tries to hit YOU, but YOU parry!
[Thu Jan 14 21:54:30 2021] You are unstunned.

Now I'm not convinced... but I think the stun effect is client side, so possibly my character recovered from the stun before it got reported to the console log.

edit found a dodge too

[Thu Jan 14 07:54:40 2021] A large skeleton tries to hit YOU, but YOU dodge!
[Thu Jan 14 07:54:40 2021] You can't attack while stunned!
[Thu Jan 14 07:54:42 2021] You try to slash an ogre guard, but an ogre guard parries!
[Thu Jan 14 07:54:42 2021] You are unstunned.

[Zipity]

Did you know that when you are stunned the raid mob won’t Riposte you?! Therefore taking less random damage.

[Samoht]

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

Did you know that when you are stunned the raid mob won’t Riposte you?! Therefore taking less random damage.

Confirmed true.

[Bonethunder]

this is funny , if theres 500 people waiting for a 32k hp boss to spawn does it matter if your an iksar or ogre? Lol

[Zipity]

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

this is funny , if theres 500 people waiting for a 32k hp boss to spawn does it matter if your an iksar or ogre? Lol

No skill required even clerics should nuke, if you have a DA engage to bleed the nasty AoE/Fear/Banish whatever, if you have 200 people and they all average 9DPS the dragon is dead in under 18 seconds.

[ClephNote]

In P99 all that matters is your raid attendance/DKP and which guild you are in. The "worst" race in a tier 1 guild with a lot of DKP (and subsequent purchases) will out tank 99% of the server and can tank any encounter in the game.