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Ranlron swiftsong
11-19-2010, 08:27 PM
I heard that regeneration is very nice for tanks,but in the long run,i want to know if any of these have a major advantage over the other.

I've played only up to level 25 as a ogre shadow knight.

What i heard about ogres,is that they are hard to stun.
They also have a fair amount of hit points and stamina.

Is this advantage big enough to choose it over troll race?

Fulcrum
11-19-2010, 09:55 PM
I've always seen it as sort of a personal preference.

Ogres generally cannot be stunned from the front, trolls regenerate a little damage.

And if you're using the old models, they both do 'the scratch'. Regardless, unless you're really into pinching every point and ability till they scream, I think it's a wash.

Then again, if you intend to solo more than group, having a little regen would cut down the downtime by a fractional amount.

Mukluk4
11-19-2010, 10:05 PM
The little bit of regen can be made up with AA's and gear. Unable to be stunned from the front cannot.

Ogre FTW!

Ranlron swiftsong
11-20-2010, 07:47 AM
Question:What about noob quest items? sometimes some racials have benfeit of better quest items early on.

ChaosSlayerZ
11-20-2010, 12:20 PM
that will depend on a server you playing on

on P99, only like crudites have any newbie quests to speak off.

on custom servers, this won't matter much

Ranlron swiftsong
11-20-2010, 04:43 PM
Didn't trolls iksars and ogres have a penalty in xp that made it so you had to grind longer?

Mukluk4
11-20-2010, 08:54 PM
That got removed a long time ago.

ChaosSlayerZ
11-21-2010, 01:45 PM
those race and class penalties are very much alive on P99 :D

good luck playing something like Ogre SK with 45% Xp penalty :D

Ranlron swiftsong
11-22-2010, 07:48 AM
I'm on the ez server and i chose an ogre warrior in the end.

God i love the speed on the epic 1.0 for ogre warriors,it hits like a truck.

liquest
11-22-2010, 08:34 PM
ive also heard the iksars have a boost in natural AC when it comes to fighters due to their "scales" is this true also and if it is for lets say a warrior i know its personal choice but having ac, regen, or no stun what would be the best to survive?

Caryatis
11-22-2010, 09:38 PM
The iksar ac bonus is pretty weak...

displayed += 12;
int iksarlevel = GetLevel();
iksarlevel -= 10;
if (iksarlevel > 25)
iksarlevel = 25;
if (iksarlevel > 0)
displayed += iksarlevel * 12 / 10;

Between 12 and 42 AC. With the new stun code, ogres are def the best choice imo.

Fulcrum
11-22-2010, 11:12 PM
Yea, the Iksar AC bonus is a little weak.... especially if they're still barred from wearing most plate armor... or did they fix that sometime after I'd stopped paying attention to live servers?

ChaosSlayerZ
11-23-2010, 11:32 AM
with Luclin, the "no plate for Iksar theme" was dropped, as difference in AC between chain and plate started to become really big