Need some help from the server experience on deciding character

[Curmudgen]

I am unsure about race as far as shaman goes. My specific style will most likely involve never raiding, and sometimes grouping. Mostly soloing.

Dont care for iksar or barb. Which one troll or ogre would be better suited for that do you think?

[Vondra]

Ogre stun resist trumps anything any other race has to offer, especially for shaman.

[Skekekke]

Troll regen is golden once you start cannibalizing.

[liveitup1216]

Ogre stun resist > troll regen for soloing imo.

[Cast]

my sig will guide u

[whippetofspades]

Ogre stun immunity isn't that much of an issue until soloing Velious dragons at 60, or so most people seem to argue. Even then the advantage is marginal, a point which was proved in a different shaman thread.

Given that you'll be spending most of your time during levels 1-59 NOT soloing dragons, the added regen for trolls is worthwhile, will make soloing much less painful (especially until 34) and doesn't become irrelevant until 60 when you get torpor. Not to mention the snare necklace if you choose Innoruuk as your deity.

Plus trolls have green skin, big pointy ears and purple eyes. It's a no brainer.

[Gwence]

Originally Posted by whippetofspades [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Ogre stun immunity isn't that much of an issue until soloing Velious dragons at 60, or so most people seem to argue. Even then the advantage is marginal, a point which was proved in a different shaman thread.

Given that you'll be spending most of your time during levels 1-59 NOT soloing dragons, the added regen for trolls is worthwhile, will make soloing much less painful (especially until 34) and doesn't become irrelevant until 60 when you get torpor. Not to mention the snare necklace if you choose Innoruuk as your deity.

Plus trolls have green skin, big pointy ears and purple eyes. It's a no brainer.

I assume you're talking about the dinky light blue WW dragons here, because /laugh at shaman solo'ing a velious dragon at level 60, that isn't happening.

[Asher]

I never understood why people always say regen is pointless when you can Torpor.

Neither my health nor my mana are ever full when I am soloing or grouping. Regen is always on and always doing its job. Regen is never pointless.

Troll all the way, even though snare neck is still fubar'd on this server.

Asher

[Brad_mo123]

Originally Posted by Asher [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I never understood why people always say regen is pointless when you can Torpor.

Neither my health nor my mana are ever full when I am soloing or grouping. Regen is always on and always doing its job. Regen is never pointless.

Troll all the way, even though snare neck is still fubar'd on this server.

Asher

Regen does something sure but you have to look at what you sacrifice to get it. You will get maybe 3 more cannies in when doing a cannie from full to 30%, depending on how much hp you have. It is not worth it when giving up the barb hammer strat.

[whippetofspades]

Originally Posted by Gwence [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I assume you're talking about the dinky light blue WW dragons here, because /laugh at shaman solo'ing a velious dragon at level 60, that isn't happening.

Really? You think it's necessary to make a post pointing out that ANY class can't solo raid encounters? Do you think this is what I meant? You're an idiot.