Which race for a solo Necro?

[Entee]

Which race is recommended for a Necromancer who never plans to raid / do end game stuff, and who 99% of the time will just be solo leveling and farming random stuff both in and outside of dungeons?

[DMN]

I'd make an erudite and put max possible in strength.

[Entee]

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

I'd make an erudite and put max possible in strength.

Really? That sounds super opposite of the answer I was expecting haha. Do you mind explaining a bit why?

Is it simply because more Str = higher weight limit? If so, wouldn't the loss of Int / Mana be a bigger deal than holding some more weight?

Also, why Erudite instead of Gnome or Dark Elf? They have a higher starting Str?

[Baler]

Iksar
Iksar
Iksar

The only Race for Necro is IKSAR

I went erudite on green and put 25 points into STA and 5 into AGI, because lich turns life into mana.

Erudite, Dark Elf and Gnome are options Pre-Kunark. Post Kunark IKSAR IS KING
Erudite = paineel, highest INT, Neutral
Dark Elf = Reaper of dead, 2nd highest int, Evil
Gnome = Tinkering, see thru walls, 3rd highest int, good?

I really can't encourage anyone to put 25 points in STR when weight reduction bags are in the game. Some people feel it helps, I think they're not min/maxing.

[Entee]

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

Iksar
Iksar
Iksar

The only Race for Necro is IKSAR

I went erudite on green and put 25 points into STA and 5 into AGI, because lich turns life into mana.

Erudite, Dark Elf and Gnome are options Pre-Kunark. Post Kunark IKSAR IS KING
Erudite = paineel, highest INT, Neutral
Dark Elf = Reaper of dead, 2nd highest int, Evil
Gnome = Tinkering, see thru walls, 3rd highest int, good?

I really can't encourage anyone to put 25 points in STR when weight reduction bags are in the game. Some people feel it helps, I think they're not min/maxing.

If Iksar were an option now, I'd probably go Iksar. However, that's like what, 4-5 months away? By then, I'll probably already be level 40+ if I were to make a pre-kunark Necro now.

Not to mention, come day 1 of Kunark, there will probably be a million level 1 Iksar Necros running all over the place, and all the good Necro solo exp spots 1-50 will probably be perma camped for months while everyone is leveling their new characters, right?

Most importantly though, I don't want to have to wait months to start playing a Necro. I want to make one soon and start leveling it up while I can.

You mentioned you can't encourage anyone to go 25 Str because it's not min/maxing. With that said, what would you consider min/maxing for a pre-kunark Necro? Erudite 25 Sta 5 Agi?

If so, why 25 Sta and not 25 Int?
Isn't raw Int more mana than Sta converted to mana from Lich?

[Snortles Chortles]

i went ERU max STA build
imagine needing a crutch to play a class and waiting 6 months for it
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[Dolalin]

Iksar is more powerful levelling 1-59, which is good because you're going to spend 25% more time there.

At 60 it doesn't matter, you will have regrowth at every single raid and racial regen is mostly irrelevant.

[Adron]

It is crazy easy to get to max int with reasonable caster gear. Necro, who can camp anything they want, even easier than normal tunnel questing for int gear. So stamina makes sense for what to do after int, thus a reasonable option to do at creation is 25 stamina.
that being said, if you're not min/maxing for raiding, then you're min/maxing for soloing for items/gold, and 25 str does actually make some sense. Even on top of weight reduction bags, that just multiplies the effect, yes? Unlike most farmers, your options for quick sale/conversion of gold to plat are more limited, so there's that.
It's kinda hard to go wrong with a necro anyway. I can tell you I wear some str items on my iksar necro because of how annoying it is to stop farming and go bank/sell.

[Christina.]

It doesn't matter to be honest. Whichever race you like to stare at the most cause that's what you'll have to be looking at every time you play.

[Castle2.0]

Love the class. Refuse to roll one until Kunark.

Iksar by a landslide.