Shaman are just good Necromancers

[Zuranthium]

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

Anyone who says Ogre is the best Shaman race is really just annoyed at the thought of getting stunned for a couple seconds and having to click the spell an extra time. Not what it’s actually doing in making them be a better shaman.

It's often more than a couple seconds difference. Many casts are very long at high levels. You could be losing as many as 8 seconds of cast time if a bash interrupts you - 6 seconds of casting interrupted + 2 seconds of stun.

Time is money. If you are losing 2 minutes of time per fight when soloing because of getting bashed, then your rate of being able to farm has been significantly slowed down. That can also make the difference when trying to solo a hard NPC. When you are being hit *multiple* NPC's, the difference of not getting stunned is also definitely a big difference in whether you might survive or not.

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

It just gives credence to how balanced Shaman races are.

That said, I think the argument is a bit different depending on blue or green specifically. A shaman without Torpor, JBB, fungi, Canni 2, epic... the fsi vs regen question is weighted a bit differently.

Regen is definitely more important pre-Kunark.

Shaman races would be "balanced" in Kunark era if JBB was Barbarian only. That race has nothing else relevant to offer in terms of actual abilities.