Choosing a Shaman Race (FashionQuest)

[Jimjam]

Have you considered both male and female variants?

IIRC females have different animations to males.

[Heavydrop]

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

Have you considered both male and female variants?

IIRC females have different animations to males.

My shaman is a barbarian female.
I believe that option looks the best.
I had the same issue as the original poster mentions.
I don't like the way the rest of the shaman playable races look or move or dealing with faction issues.
Also, I play a lot in 3rd person... And the fat races are too hard to see and target mobs that way.

[mickmoranis]

Barbs run animation looks like they been sticking long ass things up their butts just saying.

[Xaanka]

its everquest all the animations suck
you're going to see the sit/stand animation just as much as the running animation too by the way.
choose based on the bear form and custom helm/velious armor graphic you like IMHO. i think barbs get the coolest bear form and look best in velious armor.

if you're not picking based on fashionquest:
barb - JBB, barbarian spiritists hammer and good race is nice for leveling
ogre - fsi + JBB (great for soloing summoners)
troll - regen+ JBB + snare neck
iksar - regen + ac cap bonus

Ogre is probably the min/max choice for most people's over all gameplay. Race only matters at 60 for soloing, it will never make a difference raiding/grouping i promise.

If you don't have a regen BP or you're at gear levels where your fungi becomes a swap-in item (vindi/ss bp) then iksar/troll regen is actually pretty useful.

[jolanar]

When male Barbarians run, their feet trip on each other. Once you notice it, you can't stop noticing. Completely ruined that race/gender as a choice for me personally.

When it comes to running animations, Trolls are hands down the best.

[Jimjam]

If you grind it out as a male barby you do get to be a polar bear.

On top of this, once you hit 60 and a pile of plat you will never run again with torp loaded! Self solving problem!

[fishingme]

I had the same issues with races for a shaman. At about lvl 51 I really started to regret not choosing ogre.

[mickmoranis]

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

its everquest all the animations suck

hey watch yourself iksar 2h slash anim is the tits

[Heavenzoutcast]

Most don't like the Iksar 2h look but I for one didn't mind. Whe. Your 60 your not using 2h much anyhow with epic. Anyhow, I'm glad I chose Iksar because with less gear I still the soft AC cap and I benefit from regen bonus. I can kill any guards and not worry about faction since I'm hated everywhere.i don't have to worry about buying a JBB and I can focus on leveling and less on twinking. Shamans can solo with less fear it just takes longer without it. From 51-55 (spells start to get expensive) you should be able to save plat to start buying them. I'm in this situation now and don't have an issue not having an epic. Just helps me learn my class better.

[brecon]

The absolute winner is Barbarian. Your skyshrine armor is a cool blue, and if you really win, you get a group farm you this. It shows up as the Polar Bear hat look that Barbarians get, but which you rarely see past low levels.

This means you are a tall and awesome looking race, in a White Polar Bear Hat, that transforms into a White Polar Bear.

Iksars look ugly and all their armors are earth shades. Ogres are ugly, their velious chain is terrible, and their Vindi Bp is that awful raggy plate look. Trolls are basically the same.