thinking about rolling a warrior

[Kevlar]

I am surprised so many EQ "vets" are hung up on starting stats and race. Play what you like. Play what looks good. Front stun immune and slam do not make or break the class. Slam and bash cycle so slowly it is trivial to swap a shield in your offhand, just keep it on your cursor. Stun immune means very little to a non caster. Dump all your starting stats in charisma. It won't matter at 60 when you are raid buffed.

If anything the "best" warrior would be a halfling since you will level a lot faster than any ogre or troll.

[mitic]

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

I am surprised so many EQ "vets" are hung up on starting stats and race. Play what you like. Play what looks good. Front stun immune and slam do not make or break the class. Slam and bash cycle so slowly it is trivial to swap a shield in your offhand, just keep it on your cursor. Stun immune means very little to a non caster. Dump all your starting stats in charisma. It won't matter at 60 when you are raid buffed.

partially correct

as a war u dont have the aggro utility spells like disease cloud (sk) or stun/blind spells (pal) so the stun immunity is, to some degree, important to hold aggro without the loss of dps while your attacks a paused when stuned.

yea, there is also the taunt button and what not but every added hate generator helps

and thats also the reason why ppl usualy dont go gnome/elf/human.. war besides the (much lower) STR and STA stats.

[Crunksta]

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

I am surprised so many EQ "vets" are hung up on starting stats and race. Play what you like. Play what looks good. Front stun immune and slam do not make or break the class. Slam and bash cycle so slowly it is trivial to swap a shield in your offhand, just keep it on your cursor. Stun immune means very little to a non caster. Dump all your starting stats in charisma. It won't matter at 60 when you are raid buffed.

If anything the "best" warrior would be a halfling since you will level a lot faster than any ogre or troll.

Never said I was a "vet" bro brah. However, I haven't played this game in for god damn ever; that's why I'm getting hung up on starting stats. I'm playing ogre, because that IS what I like. I am trying to min/max as much as I can so I can have better stats while I level to 60. And chances are, I won't be raiding much at 60.

Thanks anyways.

Thanks to everyone so far who has offered advice.

[Juugox2]

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

Slam and bash cycle so slowly it is trivial to swap a shield in your offhand .

what do you mean swap a shield out you do know slam works with no shield and just weapons ... lol your confusing me

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by Juugox2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

what do you mean swap a shield out you do know slam works with no shield and just weapons ... lol your confusing me

Yes I know how slam works. You know you can hold a shield on your mouse cursor and have your offhand slot on your hotbar? Small races can bash just like a large race can slam with a simple extra mouse click. Slam is not much of an advantage. If you are spamming it for dps kick is just as effective anyway. For interrupts a small race just swaps out offhand for it.

[Juugox2]

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

Yes I know how slam works. You know you can hold a shield on your mouse cursor and have your offhand slot on your hotbar? Small races can bash just like a large race can slam with a simple extra mouse click. Slam is not much of an advantage. If you are spamming it for dps kick is just as effective anyway. For interrupts a small race just swaps out offhand for it.

lol that seems like it would be annoying compared to just pressing a button and who uses slam for dps? usually just use it to stop a healer

plus slam is nice for classes that dont have kick etc i know i like having slam as a shaman but i see your point in all and all really doesnt matter just go with what you like

[Kevlar]

Originally Posted by Juugox2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

lol that seems like it would be annoying compared to just pressing a button and who uses slam for dps? usually just use it to stop a healer

plus slam is nice for classes that dont have kick etc i know i like having slam as a shaman but i see your point in all and all really doesnt matter just go with what you like

If you don't like hot swapping then you might not want to play a war. Swapping out proc weapons or switching out to a 2h are pretty much required since that is the only way you can "cast" stuff. For instance you might need to land a slow proc to start the fight, then switch to your dd/stun for aggro, swap in a shield for bashes to interrupt, and swap over to snare whip before the mob starts fleeing.

And if you think that is tough then never roll a bard.