Will you play a monk or necro to start?

[Tr4c3r]

I am wondering for the people who love to play Monk and Necro on blue if will you start green as one? Or will you play something different until you can create an iksar?

[Bardp1999]

Cant go wrong with either. If I play it will be necro

[bwe]

Iksar should be nerfed

[BlackBellamy]

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

Iksar should be nerfed

If I give you six backpacks of Red Wine, will you love me then?

[Vexenu]

The Iksar racials really are completely silly for these two classes. I still think Iksar Monks should never have been a thing at all. They should have made them Rogues instead. Fits the lore better and doesn't result in such a huge power discrepancy vs. Human Monks (that they really increased naked Iksar fist delay by 1 and somehow thought this remotely balanced out regen, AC bonus, forage, infravision and +FR boggles my mind).

And they should have capped Iksars at 200 INT if they let them be Necros at all. Something, anything to balance out that regen. The overwhelming supremacy of Iksar Necros and Monks has always been a black eye on the game, in my opinion.

[Deathrydar]

Maybe Necro, maybe magician.

[Sonark]

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

The Iksar racials really are completely silly for these two classes. I still think Iksar Monks should never have been a thing at all. They should have made them Rogues instead. Fits the lore better and doesn't result in such a huge power discrepancy vs. Human Monks (that they really increased naked Iksar fist delay by 1 and somehow thought this remotely balanced out regen, AC bonus, forage, infravision and +FR boggles my mind).

And they should have capped Iksars at 200 INT if they let them be Necros at all. Something, anything to balance out that regen. The overwhelming supremacy of Iksar Necros and Monks has always been a black eye on the game, in my opinion.

Genuine question, then:

Should Ogres not be allowed to be Warriors, and should Trolls not be allowed to be Shaman?

[Vexenu]

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

Genuine question, then:

Should Ogres not be allowed to be Warriors, and should Trolls not be allowed to be Shaman?

The size is a real drawback for the large races. So while they are unquestionably the min max choice statistically, they do have actual gameplay weaknesses to consider. Iksar Monks and Necros have no such drawbacks. They are a pure upgrade with zero downside, save the XP penalty and faction issues (the latter which doesn't really matter for Monks and Necros anyway).

[Jibartik]

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

The size is a real drawback for the large races. So while they are unquestionably the min max choice statistically, they do have actual gameplay weaknesses to consider. Iksar Monks and Necros have no such drawbacks. They are a pure upgrade with zero downside, save the XP penalty and faction issues (the latter which doesn't really matter for Monks and Necros anyway).

Well I bet the dumb designers didn't know that you could bank while FD so they probubly thought Iksar would only be able to bank and merchant on Kunark. I bet that would actually be pretty annoying if it was not faction fixable etc and was like, 99.9999 merchants were KOS to your Iksar.

[tsuchang]

Yup, one or both of those, An Iki shaman is a good choice too.
Some folks like warriors, but not me. That was my first class choice when I first rolled a character on EQ. A human warrior in Freeport. I deleted him and made a monk.