Tunare Necklace vs the Halfling

[VanEinstein]

As a recently new player (~It's been about a week I think) to the server I am playing a Druid for the first time. Whether my thinking was right or wrong, I initially chose a Wood Elf with the logic of providing myself an easy(ish) method of getting some more wisdom without having to cough up a bunch of platinum for something else right away. The clickable casts on these neck pieces also seemed rather attractive, though I admit to knowing so little as to being unsure just how useful they would be to me.

That being said, I wanted to ask: For those of you who own these items and use them, how much use do you get out of them, and be it past or present, how integral do you feel they are to your play? I have found one thread that had anything detailed to say on the subject, but once again I admit to lacking enough of an understanding to really grasp the scope of their usefulness.

I had had been dwelling on that line of thought for a while, and the matter of the Halfling alternative gave me some pause. A marginal 5% experience bonus, slightly better stats (sans charisma), the potential for crafting Haversacks down the road, and access to Sneak were enough to make me wonder if that might be preferable.

Once again I defer to the wisdom of others: For those of you who chose the Halfling route, how much use have you gotten out of Sneak? I'm told it provides access to quests you'd otherwise be unable to complete, but no one ever provides an example of a quest they used it for. If you got significant use out of the skill in this way, I'd very much like to hear about it.

Aside from the above questions, if you can think of any other pros or cons to selecting either of the two races, I would very much like to hear it. For example, the camera appears to behave a little differently based upon race, or so it seems to me, but perhaps I'm just imagining this? It could potentially be a thing down the road when I begin kiting.

I began leveling a Halfling the other evening due to those thoughts, but rather than sink any more time into it I would rather do my homework so to speak, and so here I am. Thank you in advance to anyone who reads this and responds. Your input is greatly appreciated.

[snead]

tldr if this is about wood elf or halfling the choice is obvious - halfling.

[Erati]

Wood Elf

asslings are terrible

[Daldaen]

Half Elf Tunare.

The root neck has usefulness when OOM, when root isn't memmed, or when you need to chain root a mob that may summon if you use more damaging roots.

The Tunare gloves are basically the best gloves you can get as a Druid until either Yelinak quest, or Vulak gloves. Plus their clicky is very valuable as a mana free DS for PLed toons or for charmed pets.

[Swish]

Nothing worse than the sound of a halfling/gnome getting hit.

[Sorn]

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

the potential for crafting Haversacks down the road

I'm semi-certain haversacks won't be on p99. Some of the ingredients for those are Luclin-era.

The final root clicky is useful because a free root when you're OOM and getting unsnared adds on quads will save your life. It can also free up a spell slot.

If you go halfling, you basically get Lumi staff, snare clicky, DoT clicky, and potentially epic snare dot clicky, hide + sneak (inconsistent), and eat way too much. Plus you're short and have hairy feet, which I guess is a perk if you're into that kind of thing.

Druids aren't into the indoors, so being a small race isn't really a bonus since you won't necessarily be indoors looking through walls a bunch.

[Ele]

Do any races besides halfling get sneak? Didn't think so.

[Ravager]

Sneak is powerful for getting around places. Quests that can be completed with sneak can be completed with hide or a friend casting invis/ivu when you have a tradebox open. Harmony and lulls can get you close enough for the turn ins, but realistically you're not going to be completing many quests in this fashion, so the utility of sneak will be mostly sneaking around dungeons or KoS mobs safely.

Unlimited free root, paired with unlimited free snare and unlimited free DoT is extremely powerful, especially now that root and snare stack. A druid with all three can kill just about any non-summoning mob without ever medding, though it will take a long time. But, since all of these are free casts anyway, there isn't a rule that you can't juggle several mobs at once.

[maskedmelon]

Wood Elf, because halflings are ugly.

[bktroost]

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

Sneak is powerful for getting around places. Quests that can be completed with sneak can be completed with hide or a friend casting invis/ivu when you have a tradebox open. Harmony and lulls can get you close enough for the turn ins, but realistically you're not going to be completing many quests in this fashion, so the utility of sneak will be mostly sneaking around dungeons or KoS mobs safely.

Unlimited free root, paired with unlimited free snare and unlimited free DoT is extremely powerful, especially now that root and snare stack. A druid with all three can kill just about any non-summoning mob without ever medding, though it will take a long time. But, since all of these are free casts anyway, there isn't a rule that you can't juggle several mobs at once.

Do not hide and ever attempt a turn in.