Necro, how do you not choose Iksar?

[Ando]

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

How about saying it another way like:

Non-Iksar necromancers are more challenging to play than Iksar necromancers due to their lack of innate regeneration, extra armor class, incredible starting zone, and loot areas.

I agree 100% with what you said, but unfortunately for OP, that is not at all what he said, or what he meant.

[fishingme]

I have to add another reason behind choosing iksar. There's a point in time where you're going to have to emergency afk while in oot and you will forget about lich, even if you think you won't forget you will, trust me.... The iksar regen will make it so you don't die and won't have to do a corpse run to oot nor will you have to pay 500 or more platinum to get a res.

[Beinen]

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

I have to add another reason behind choosing iksar. There's a point in time where you're going to have to emergency afk while in oot and you will forget about lich, even if you think you won't forget you will, trust me.... The iksar regen will make it so you don't die and won't have to do a corpse run to oot nor will you have to pay 500 or more platinum to get a res.

Amen to that. Sounds like experience talking

[Tiewon Shu]

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

I agree 100% with what you said, but unfortunately for OP, that is not at all what he said, or what he meant.

True true. I have an Erudite Necromancer because I like aesthetics (Erudite Females are beautiful) and the challenge of it all. I can live without regen because all my robes look swanky and cool! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That said, I did play and Iksar necro on live, and I can tell you that the regen saves you so many times when you are in the "purple" zone on your health bar after killing a mob and the mob's DoT is still active on your character.

[Pseudosin]

Thought I'd chime in, play with an iksar necro on blue, been raiding with a beta buffed gnome necro on beta. Having only played an iksar, I didn't realize how much of an advantage they really had.

Regen difference is huge; in scenarios where you are sitting around buffing your raid, talking about strategies, or recovering from a wipe, lich eats gnome health fast. With iksar, lich eats it much slower, and has a positive net gain while sitting with regen on.

Remphasis, a gnome necro with regen and demi-lich does not have a net +hp. An iksar does. This results in the gnome having to constantly click lich off and on, or constantly waste other peoples mana to keep them healed.

Play whatever you want, just my observation is it really is a huge difference at 60.