Warrior questions

[Troxx]

Yeah I loved grouping with project illusion capable enchanters. Gnomes have some cool facial hair and head hair options. Proportionally for their size they look pretty beefy and have good animations.

[spoil]

Going with an agnostic barb. Got most of the gear so far, won some more loot in Guk so pretty twinked now. Just gotta figure out what to buy in the tunnel, Hooded Black Cloak would cost most of my saved plat around 2.5k but seems worth it.

[Toxigen]

Whats your haste item?

Most important thing.

Also Staff of Battle is your best bang for your buck on a budget....throw in some hp rings, orc fang ears, and you're good to go.

[spoil]

This is on PQ.

Ears - Golden Amber Earring x 2
Fingers - Golden Fire Wedding Ring x 2
Neck - Rubicite
Head - Skull-shaped Barbute
Face - Rubicite
Chest - Rubicite
Arms - Rubicite
Back - Hooded Black Cloak
Waist - Flowing Black Silk Sash
Shoulders - Rubicite, Bloodstained Mantle
Wrists - Crafted, Rubicite
Legs - Rubicite
Hands - Dark Mail Gauntlets
Feet - Dwarven Work Boots
Primary - Short Sword of the Ykesha
Secondary - Short Sword of the Ykesha, Shield of the Slain Unicorn
Range - Runed Bone Fork
2H - Executioner's Axe

I have >1k left to spend, so can upgrade a little bit but basically done.

[Keebz]

Platinum Stamina earrings are pretty good bang for your buck in classic. Hero bracer is barb usable. Glowing bone collar will get you some more hp. There's probably some more +mr stuff you want for dragons.

Idk twinkng in classic is pretty limited.

[spoil]

The biggest question: pump STA or DEX for my starting stats?

[Keebz]

Given you're on quarm, a barb and it's classic era, probably dex. If you really want to make the "correct" choice you need a spreadsheet where you plan your gear throughout the expansions. Personally, I wouldn't be too concerned though as you'll cap both eventually (Velious) assuming you raid.

[Jimjam]

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

This is on PQ.



I have >1k left to spend, so can upgrade a little bit but basically done.

Are you skipping platty fire weds entirely until velium?

[Samoht]

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

Ogre also has the highest base HP and AC among all races.

This just isn't true, lol.

First, there's no real AC difference. AGI may change the amount of AC displayed, but it's negligible, and ogres are not going to be top AGI. Second, iksar will get a displayed AC bonus, but once again, it's also negligible.

Next, HP while leveling might be slightly higher, but at level 60, all warriors cap STA at 255 and wear the same gear, so stats are... say it with me now... negligible. The only exception is CHA.

At the end of the day, picking a race based on stats alone may make the game easier to start, but it will not matter by the time you're raiding. STR may make looting easier when you're collecting crushbone belts, but you will pretty much be capped on any melee character while grouped or raiding when you're 50+.

So there's really 3 things to consider:

1) Do you want to take advantage of stats/racials to make leveling easier? If so, pick troll, ogre, iksar.
2) Do you want to have access to skills that warriors otherwise would not have like sneak or castable haste? Pick halfling for sneak+hide, gnome for haste, dark elf for hide (lol), wood elf for wtforage.
3) Do you want to look a certain way? Being a large race sucks in a lot of places, so a cobalt bracer would be necessary. Having access to a guise helps offset the size problem, too, but they will not be readily available on every server.

There's no fault to picking any specific path, tho. they've all got their perks. Don't take shit from anybody else.

At the end of the day, the only person you have to answer to for your decision is yourself.

[Troxx]

Samoht = Jesus

Listen to this man!