New old eq player - shaman starting questions

[Nekkojakk]

Just started playing here after having made an account several months ago and har a few questions.

I've decided to make a shaman but I'm interested in gettint some input on which race to pick.

I'm leaning towards iksar because of the starting stats, leveling path and the hp regen racial. I know the downaides for iksars include the xp penalty, difficulty traveling and I've heard the alchemy vendor is broken in cabalis as well as the armor restrictions.

My second choice would be ogre. Frontal stun immunity is great (played on live) as is starting near my lvl 13 enchanter so I can get easy access to bags, starter cash (only a little over 130pp) and about 120 bone chips for xp turn ins (not actually sure if there is an evil bone chips quest). The ability to wear all the shaman gear would be nice but from what I've read the JBB goes for like 50k so I'm not likely to get one. The biggest strike against being an ogre is the size. Even with shrink I found it annoying in dungeons.

I'm interested in mostly duo/small group play. Not sure what endgame raiding is like or if I'd have the time for it.

TLDR: will I regret going iksar over oogre and if so why in your opinion is that.

Thanks