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Originally Posted by Troxx
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*Sometimes = the bash actually hit you, the bash actually stunned you if it hit, the mob landed at least an average amount of hits for average damage during the time you had to wait for stun to end and start your cast all over again, you were in the middle of casting a spell when the bash hit (in one of your examples it happened, but after your spell finished) you were the one tanking (often the case when solo) - AND such an occurrence had a meaningful impact on the success/failure of the encounter in question.
Like I have said previously ... meeting all of the above criteria is that perfect storm of awful which, from personal experience, I can promise you has never actually happened to my Troll shaman during my time spent playing him (to include soloing WW dragons, Cliff golems, etc).
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Averages are how this game works. A 3% chance to reduce damage spikes that are hundreds of damage is better than a near 0% chance of surviving with 24 HP left. Damage spikes are the most dangerous thing a Torpor Shaman faces. This is in solo, group, or raid scenarios. I never said FSI was a game breaking advantage. I am simply pointing out the mathematical fact that 3% > ~0%. This is why FSI is better.
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But then you have to ignore the entire part of your shaman that might play in groups, duos, trios, use your dog to pet, are root rotting ... or really every aspect of the game levels 1-59 and pre-torpor.
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Yes, this is what you do when looking at Min/Max. You figure out what the best possible character you can make looks like, assuming you reached the end of the game. In the case of Everquest, that means Level 60, full spell book, full BiS gear.
Everybody agrees that Iksar/Troll Regeneration is better while leveling. I say so as much in my guide, which is years old at this point. But there are plenty of people who spend more time farming the endgame than playing the leveling game. There are also plenty of people who spend more time in the leveling game than the endgame.
That is why I give people all of the facts and let them decide what to do. If you want to Min/Max, Ogre is the answer. If you want to have the best time leveling from 1-60 before you get Torpor, Troll is the answer. Once people have all of the information about the game, they can confidently decide what they want to do at character creation.