reroll race?

[harper83]

is level 20 to late to reroll races? I'm an erudite Necro, should i have been a lizard necro?

[SamwiseRed]

no, yes
if efficiency or min/maxing bothers you

otherwise no, no

[harper83]

I dont care much about my efficiency, Is their regn really noticeable at 60?

[SamwiseRed]

yes

[harper83]

Alright, thanks

[Supaskillz]

Yeah the racial regen scales with level, so it is helpful, but as mentioned before its more of a personal preference. Some people dont like being lizards and dont care that much that they are a little less efficient. Some people want to eek out every little edge the can.

http://wiki.project1999.com/Character_Races#Increased_HP_Regeneration

[Erica]

You can obviously play what you want. One of the best necros I know is a Dark Elf.

Still though, I think being an Iksar is just smart. When I think of min/max I think of tiny improvements that don't make much difference on their own; like if Iksar only gave 1 or 2 extra regen. But 11 extra regen while sitting at 60 is pretty huge.

I would prefer to be a Dark Elf, but when I end up making my necro I'm going to go with Iksar.

[harper83]

the 60 looks pretty huge to me too. Best necro i knew was a dark elf on live. I will have to think about it. I wasn't the fast at leveling this necro.

[nyclin]

Death Pact and Allure of Death consume less HP than Iksar regen provides, so you will still regen naturally and also get the mana regen as well.

Iksar regen is pretty huge over the long term. The extra AC also doesn't hurt but you won't really notice it.

[harper83]

I think I will start one and see how it goes. Last Iksar i played was a Beastlord. I did really enjoy them.

[Dulu]

You also have to factor in that XP penalty.

Iksar get a racial XP penalty, and Necros get a class XP penalty. I mention the class penalty, because they are multiplicative, not additive. Basically meaning that its WORSE.

Is the bonus worth the penalty? No. Not to me.

[Rekrul]

I made a DE necro, I don't care about min/maxing bullshit or maximizing my efficiency, I just want to be what I want to be. If it's going to bother you that you're missing some regen, then make a lizard, its 100% not necessary tho.

[webrunner5]

I like a Iksar Necro not only for the Re Gen but they are hated Everywhere but their hometown. So you do not need to worry about maybe you are KoS, You ARE KoS, so just kill every vender, guard, Mob that walks and forget about the faction hits. Who Cares. Just don't do it in your home city, and heck I guess you could if you wanted to lol. :)

The the Re Gen is HUGE at 55 +. You play one right you can go nearly non stop XP wise. :p It is double the Re Gen at level 1 compared to a Human or DE.

[iruinedyourday]

dark elf

[harper83]

I have seen a ton of iskar necro, almost tooo many. Im still playing my erudite, i play with a druid and ench 90% of the time.

[Clark]

I'd reroll, but Erudite for style points too.

[Faywind]

The advantage of Regen for a Necro is MASSIVE. Anyone who has played both an iksar and non-iksar will tell you its night and day, literally.

If you plan on going all the way to 60, do yourself a huge favour and re-roll.

If you need proof you should search the forums (specifically the Caster forums) for any posts about Race choice for a necro and heed Sesserdrix's words. His posts will sway your decision and you will not regret it :)

[curtischoy]

The advantage of Regen for a Necro is MASSIVE. Anyone who has played both an iksar and non-iksar will tell you its night and day, metaphorically.

FTFY.

Now that I am done being an english Nazi. Iksar regen is not only awesome but Iksars are the second best race in the game.

Dorf > Iksar > Troll > Else

And you can't be a Dorf or a Troll, so the correct choice is Iksar.

[Agecroft]

aww i was thinking this was to organize a drunken reroll race...

/sadface

[Swish]

It might take longer to hit 60, but that regen... totally worth it ;)

[loramin]

There have already been some half billion threads on the topic of Necromancer race, and from them I've learned the following ...

You should be an Iksar unless:

you care about how your toon looks and don't like the Iksar look
this is an alt that you're only going to take to the 40's or so and then use to farm (Erudite *might* be better in that case)
this is an alt and you just want to get to the mid levels or so as quickly as possible to see what Necros are like (but then never level further)
you're on Red (then an Erudite *might* be a good choice, if you plan to keep the character at a lower level .. but Iksar still is probably the better choice)
you don't like having the same race as everyone else on the server


Some people would even argue you should pick Iksar in all of those cases too, just in case you later change your mind.