Any tips on how to play an Ogre tank without going mad?
 

Hello,

I play an ogre SK and it's the most difficult race/class combo I have ever played. I love the race, the class and the RP elements but it's just hard to see mobs due to how big the ogre is which creates positioning problems. After playing my ogre for an hour I feel nauseous. I have no problems playing elves, humans, dwarves and other races.

Playing an ogre in first person perspective the mobs are essentially at my feet and hard if not impossible to see. Go to Oasis killing crocs for a good example of this.

Playing in third person perspective, the ogre's size completely blocks out the mob.

I think killing giants and wurms would be the only time I would have fun playing an ogre tank because then I would be able to actually see them.

I have seen ogre tanks in Highpass Keep killing goblins getting stuck in rooms making pulling very hard. Ogres even have problems getting into their own buildings in Ogguk and Feerrott.

Do Ant potions help? Can anyone give me some tips on what to do to mitigate this problem? Thanks!

Go ahead and go mad, that will probably help. Honestly, this may not be the best combo for you. Try an Erudite cleric, that's different without being bizarrely hard.

if you are getting nauseous from playing ogre then you should reroll lol

iksar master race

SK gets skele illusion in a late velious patch

Doesn't help much now though

If you can tough it out til the 40s, get an enchanter to keep casting boon of the garou on you...some people hate that though :p

Thanks everyone for the great tips!

Getting mad helps with role playing ogre rage.

ogre sk = win


Just use those shrink potions. They last till you die/zone.

Wait til you are asked to pull for CE group in Mistmoore... oh boy...

Clear the bottom of your UI screen, move the chat window etc. to the top of your screen. Get used to using the pan view keys, page down, home. And get used to not being able to see what you're hitting. As for being too big to run in small corridors, well now you have a good excuse for why you can't be the puller :)

As for the nausea, this is hardly the place to seek medical advice but if you ask me it seems psychosomatic.

Being the biggest isn't all bad, apart from heaps of stamina there is also the ability to jump over barriers that sub-ogres can't. The wall at the moat in CoM is a good example.