sham question PLZ ^^

[tagaa]

What shaman class gets the least Xp penalties from the class? i want to go iskar or troll but if they still have like a -40% xp gain idk if its worth it. any help would rock plz

[Beckoning]

Iksar can't use the JBB though!

[nyclin]

Go Iksar or Ogre. Iksar if you want AC bonus/regen, or Ogre if you want frontal stun immunity which is nice for casters.

It's nice to have, but JBB only really matters while you're levelling. At 60 you'll have Torpor and effectively unlimited mana so expending mana to DPS isn't as much of an issue.

Also yes, the exp penalty is totally worth it. Troll/Ogre/Iksar are all great choices for a shaman. Just don't roll a Barbarian and you'll be fine =P

[Lojik]

It won't affect leveling much whatever you pick, all 4 of the sham races are viable:

Barb- 5% XP penalty, +10 cold resist, can use spirit hammer

Iksar- 20%penalty, ac bonus, regen, can't use totemic/ jb stuff, resist modifiers. ..i think it's-10cr +5 fr or something. Stone of Morid great range resist item, and symbol of thule great leveling item

Troll- 20% penalty, -20fr, regen, can use jb, Access to thule or innoruuk clickies

Ogre: 15% penalty, frontal stun immunity, consume food and drink faster

Don't think jbb is a huge deal past level 50, especially once you get torpor, as with GCD cooldown you can canni so fast it's more time efficient to dot and canni. I picked troll back in the day and love it, but if I had started in velious I would lean more toward iksar now

[iruinedyourday]

the ability to wear a robe of the azzure sky greatly exceeds the power of a level 36 nuke with a 12 sec castime.

Iksar definitly.

then you go HARD AS FUCK on the paint to get a guise in a GM event

and

win

everquest

[tagaa]

Thank you all ^^

[iruinedyourday]

Tagaa I want to give u on last bit of personal advice. I have got 2 60 shams, an ogre and a barb

there is nothing the ogre can do the barb cannot do because of frontal stun.

If I had to do it all over again with only one, it would be the barb.

I am too much of a coward to hope to get 0.0001% chance that I will get a dark elf mask AND a RoAS

walking around in cramped spaces was more fun with the barb than the ogre and IMO worth picking the race because of that alone,a fter its all said and done.

you will walk around in spaces, more than you will fight shit that you would NEED frontal stun(there are no fights as a sham where u need frontal stun).

So

I would pick

Barb
iksar
troll
oger

in that order.

[armadilluz]

Everyone always argues troll vs ogre. Sometimes iksar gets argued in there.

but in the end isn't barb the top picks?

Maybe i'm wrong.

[iruinedyourday]

Barb is all fashion quest oriented which, as a sham is really all that matters cus they're so powerful overall.

Barb has eyepatch, so why wouldn't you? Iksar has best regen which is arguably as valuable or imo more valuable than frontal stun immunity.

It also has ability to wear robe, but until then the armor is so generic it's boring imo and even with the robe until you win the lottery and get a de mask it isn't even the best look. But I love vanilla so I'm biased.

Troll is best stat/fashionable race.

[tagaa]

why is isk not preferred from what i see