New necro

[azeth]

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

You. Have. A. Birth. Defect.

Its. Ok.

Just.Dont.Tell.Other.People.To.Make.Casters.With.S tarting.Stats.Spent.In.Str.

you arguing this is similar to a color-blind person arguing the sky is white. that is all.

Nirgon, please explain to the class why a Necro needs an above-average size mana pool to kill *anything?

[Nirgon]

You're right.

Going on with that, my first char will be an iksar warrior with starting stats spent in cha because that extra coin will help me afford my first suit of armor.

[azeth]

No really, please explain why you think a Necro would need, of all things, a large mana pool?

[Nirgon]

While mana is important to casters, having lots of str to carry all those rusty/bronze weapons and heavy cloth armor takes precedence.

I yield to you.

If the little bit of Str is such a big deal, just cast a siphon strength and save 5 start point stats.

[azeth]

I'm not talking about killing HHK guards Nirgon. I'm saying that even as a 58/59 necro, fighting solo mobs, in a group situation, even on raids (til Velious anyways), you have very little need to increase the size of your mana pool.

Again, please explain your scenario regarding why a Necro would need the entirety of his mana pool?

[Nirgon]

You ever had to recast a pet while soloing in a dungeon, brah?

Spamming anti-undead DDs.. being able to kill another mob or two before having to sit and med again. Lich isn't perma full mana.

[etplante]

I put my starting points into INT / STA and I'm happy with it. If I was starting over though I would add the left over to STR instead of STA and might even do a 20 INT / 10 STR mix.

Iksars aren't as weak as the other caster races so you already start out at 70 STR. Dump some starting points in there and grab a few cheap items like sapphire neck and iksar hide mask and you will quickly approach 100 STR.

[Nirgon]

I'll let someone else jump in here, I took it as a given int was a great starting stat for necro, sta being second best.

Not to mention on dragon fights when you load down on resist gear that int gets real useful, real fast.

And yes, a class that can spam damage while healing itself is useful on dragon fights. Dead man floating on Trakanon as well, herro.

[falkun]

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

You ever had to recast a pet while soloing in a dungeon, brah?

Spamming anti-undead DDs.. being able to kill another mob or two before having to sit and med again. Lich isn't perma full mana.

I wasn't saying lich is full mana. I am saying that when you have mana regen as high as a necro, your maximum mana pool matters very little. The ebb and flow of mana for a necro is very different than that of a wizard.

[etplante]

Breaking / splitting multiple mobs solo and twitching healers are the two occasions when I usually wish I had a bigger mana pool.