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Old 04-23-2020, 03:38 PM
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I have a 50's Halfling Warrior on blue and a 30's Troll Warrior on green. I've also played Ogre Shadow Knights in the past, so I have some experience in tanking with these races.

Ogre is the best raid and often the best group race for Warrior imho. FSI makes it easier to get and hold aggro. For certain raids, if you're using clickies to generate aggro, the FSI is also somewhat less compelling, but still strong. The stats are obviously best in class.

Troll is very good as well. FSI is usually better than regen, but in some circumstances the regen will be superior, such as for small groups light on healing. The stats are a close second.

Halfling is just awesomely convenient. Small size makes getting through dungeons a breeze, hide makes AFKs while regening hp or lfg relatively safe, sneak lets you sell, bank and bind virtually anywhere, not to mention helps get through dungeons, and lastly the exp bonus means you need almost 20% less exp than the big evil races to level. The stats aren't bad, but not quite top tier. Late in Kunark you do get the benefit of being able to wear that sweet sweet dwarven cultrual armor which closes the gap. Another big downside is having to sub in a shield to bash things until 55, which is a drag.

Can't go wrong with any of them imho. Do what you think looks cool.
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Old 04-23-2020, 06:27 PM
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Old 04-23-2020, 06:47 PM
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Ogre
All points DEX

you'll thank me come velious
Why would you be grateful for +dex on an ogre in Velious?

Dexterity + Focus of Spirit + Avatar + Boon of Garou + VoG : there is a lot of potential + dex just through buffs in Velious, and the gear by then is swimming in stats. I can see the value of your advice pre Velious, but what am I overlooking here for the Velious era? I don't have a high level ogre, let alone ogre warrior, to draw my own experience from.
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Old 04-24-2020, 11:26 AM
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I have an ogre and wished I went halfling.
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Old 04-24-2020, 12:21 PM
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I have an ogre and wished I went halfling.

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Old 04-24-2020, 03:53 PM
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Why would you be grateful for +dex on an ogre in Velious?

Dexterity + Focus of Spirit + Avatar + Boon of Garou + VoG : there is a lot of potential + dex just through buffs in Velious, and the gear by then is swimming in stats. I can see the value of your advice pre Velious, but what am I overlooking here for the Velious era? I don't have a high level ogre, let alone ogre warrior, to draw my own experience from.
Ogre Warrior (TANK)
70 Dex
+25 Dex Starting Points
+60 Mortal Deftness
+60 Focus of Spirit
= 215 Dex

Avatar is for Rogues, Sorry to ruin your immersion.
Boon of Garou is not a priority buff on the tank.

with 40 more Dex they're 255 dex
Warrior building agro they want that high dex. This is why they are buffed with Mortal Deftness. There are other buffs that would fill that slot but increasing proc chance is important enough to warrent only a plus dex buff in a slot.

Come velious STR/STA will be easily capped. Leaving DEX,AGI,CHA

AGI will never be as amazing as people hoped it would be on p99
CHA kind of got 'nerfed', see the cleric cheat death spell.

Meaning...

Min/Max = Ogre Warrior + All Points Dex

TL/DR - Frontal Stun Immunity + higher Chance to Proc = more agro
P99 has a classic limit on the number of Buffs a player can have.
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Told this to Rogean, Nilbog & Menden.
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Old 04-24-2020, 05:08 PM
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Yep. Either OGRE or go full role play choice including troll.

If I was not ogre I would be dwarf, wood elf, or barbarian
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Old 04-24-2020, 06:37 PM
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Ogre Warrior (TANK)
70 Dex
+25 Dex Starting Points
+60 Mortal Deftness
+60 Focus of Spirit
= 215 Dex

Avatar is for Rogues, Sorry to ruin your immersion.
Boon of Garou is not a priority buff on the tank.

with 40 more Dex they're 255 dex
Warrior building agro they want that high dex. This is why they are buffed with Mortal Deftness. There are other buffs that would fill that slot but increasing proc chance is important enough to warrent only a plus dex buff in a slot.

Come velious STR/STA will be easily capped. Leaving DEX,AGI,CHA

AGI will never be as amazing as people hoped it would be on p99
CHA kind of got 'nerfed', see the cleric cheat death spell.

Meaning...

Min/Max = Ogre Warrior + All Points Dex

TL/DR - Frontal Stun Immunity + higher Chance to Proc = more agro
P99 has a classic limit on the number of Buffs a player can have.
Thank you for your thorough answer.
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Old 04-25-2020, 04:58 PM
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Ogre
All points DEX

you'll thank me come velious
Yep. I just need to kill my brain camping a guise now. Almost 35.

Not even for the min max, Ogre are just awesome looking juggernauts. I thank Darkmannx for showing me that.
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