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Ranlron swiftsong

11-19-2010 08:27 PM

Question about racial benefits for tanks

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

Hmm

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...

Code:

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

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