Maybe someone's already said this, but the statistical differences between the races, particularly for casters, aren't all that relevant. The far more annoying differences are things that are systemically different - i.e. AC+Regen bonuses for Iksar Necros )plus starting in Kunark, which has leet leveling areas), built-in Ultravision+high int for Dark elves, better faction setups for other races...Regardless what anyone says in the way of "You can just raise your faction," raising your faction with EVERYONE is a gigantic timesink, and some factions are simply too annoying, undesirable, or counterproductive to raise. Dark elves can't (to my knowledge) receive an NK portal from a druid. That does affect things when trying to complete specific tasks.
The net difference between the highest competitors in raw stats, i.e. Erudite, High Elf - seem relatively insignificant. What's 10 int and 5 cha (or a similar difference) with equal gear? isn't that like 30-50 mana and maybe 1/4 a percent greater chance to hold a charm for an extra 2 seconds?
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