Rogue race and stats

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by 7thGate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean, yes, HP is good. But resists are better if you have to choose unless the fight is extremely short or there are no healers for the DPS. Resists control the rate at which you take damage, HP controls the max amount. Unless you're getting CHeals, the effectiveness of healing you receive is tied to your resists, not your HP cap.

Resists are also a lot easier to boost for cheap, as you don't need super high end gear for them. Cap resists first, then fill out HP as you acquire better raid gear.

True about surviving pulling aggro with a high HP pool though. Flurry rounds are rough, but you do get to a point where you can take 1 round once you're well geared, so if your reflexes are fast and you can activate Nimble once you've got aggro that can work. Really hard to notice fast enough though, there's a really tight window.

Agreed, resistances are great too. It just depends on the fight. Having a gear set for both situations is ideal. An HP oriented set for unresistable AoE's or heavy hitting mobs, and resistance gear for when you can reliably resist an AoE.

[Samoht]

Originally Posted by 7thGate [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I mean, yes, HP is good. But resists are better if you have to choose unless the fight is extremely short or there are no healers for the DPS. Resists control the rate at which you take damage, HP controls the max amount.

You don't have to decide, tho. You can have both. Coldain ring 9. Hammered golden loops. bracers of benevolence. Dragon fang choker. Skyshrine arms/bp/legs. Tribal war boots. 6 necks.

That's the kind of gear to aim for.

And to tie that back in to the topic, dorf is the best race because of the balance for melee stats, specifically STA, and extra MR.

You can have both.

[Gustoo]

Dwarf and then halfling if there was no throwing boulders.

Barbarian because of throwing boulders.

[Dokuton]

For me, it came down to available forms and that ended up with a choice between Gnome and Dwarf. Barrel rolls and stats won me over.

[Jimjam]

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

Dwarf and then halfling if there was no throwing boulders.

Barbarian because of throwing boulders.

Ring war only exists to farm giant javelins.

[Pint]

Barbarian is the worst choice you can make on a top heavy pve server and only makes sense as a good choice on a fresh server. Anyone arguing over str benefits of being a barbarian is being silly. Dwarf and gnome are best.

[Gustoo]

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

Ring war only exists to farm giant javelins.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Velium_Spear_of_Impaling

elf equippable.

So I guess if you are full best in slot super uber elite velious era wood elf rogue and your guild always kills the Kromrif Spearman and allows all the spears to you, you can match a barbarian rogue.

If a person isn't playing PVP the race choice on a rogue is truly the least important choice and the dwarf MR and high dex is probably top pick, tho I'd prolly do halfling just to be a bit more jolly. Who's gunna farm rocks off giants for better PVE ranged capability.

[Raj]

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

Barbarian is the worst choice you can make on a top heavy pve server and only makes sense as a good choice on a fresh server. Anyone arguing over str benefits of being a barbarian is being silly. Dwarf and gnome are best.

If only classic PvE EQ had dueling for platinum like the dueling for gold mechanic in Runescape. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ghost of Starman]

Rog is literally the class where minmax matters the least, especially once you get to Velious, at which point any race will have STR STA maxed when a shaman is around, at which point the remaining benefits are 5MR for dwarves, throwing boulders for barbarians, VP robe for the robe races, and wall hacks for gnomes. Unless you're the greasiest of the greasy poopsocker, none of those advantages are a big deal. My advice is pick a race you like the look of, especially one that doesn't have an illusion mask, both for fashion quest and because you don't want to have to click a mask because you hate looking at your halflings feet or whatever.

[mattydef]

The best stat will always be fashion, go wood elf