Necro quests (iksar)...

[Yanomamo]

But would the regen really offset the 20% leveling penalty? Obviously post 50 when regen starts increasing a lot and your gear will have you past 200 int Iskar will be the best. But from 1-50 you will be behind on Int, KOS everywhere and level slower.

[Mayhem2]

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

But would the regen really offset the 20% leveling penalty? Obviously post 50 when regen starts increasing a lot and your gear will have you past 200 int Iskar will be the best. But from 1-50 you will be behind on Int, KOS everywhere and level slower.

Yes. Regen speeds up leveling, therefore the 20% isn't bad at all.
If your ever out of mana as a Necro, your doing it wrong.
Being KOS can suck, but is easy to work around.
End game you end up with the best Necro possible.

[Nagash]

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

But would the regen really offset the 20% leveling penalty? Obviously post 50 when regen starts increasing a lot and your gear will have you past 200 int Iskar will be the best. But from 1-50 you will be behind on Int, KOS everywhere and level slower.

True but you don't have to leave Kunark to level up to 50 so not a big deal of an issue. Also, from level 34 the lich line of spell allows you to bank and shop in OT outpost thanks to the illusion portion of the spell.

To be honest, I personnaly don't mind the 20% xp penalty and the regen rocks. However I am biaised as I enjoy the ride leveling and take my time (hell, I died a good 15 times in my level 40 and couldn't be bothered less).

[Kasilis]

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

But would the regen really offset the 20% leveling penalty? Obviously post 50 when regen starts increasing a lot and your gear will have you past 200 int Iskar will be the best. But from 1-50 you will be behind on Int, KOS everywhere and level slower.

I always wonder why people are interested in their mana pool while leveling. A Necro twink with 200 int won't level faster than a naked necro with 100 int. Your mana pool won't help you to kill faster or reg mana in any way.
It's maybe handy to break camps.. but the best solo exp camps are single pulls anyway.

So it's 20% exp penalty vs. sick hp regen (50+). You even level slightly faster with the extra hp regen, because you don't have to waste your mana for mana intensive leech spells that often.

And about being KOS... As an iksar i can FD bank everywhere.

1. Buy a Circlet of Shadows.
2. Run invis into bank
3. FD near Banker
4. bank
5. stand up
6. invis up
7. walk away



If you can take the exp penalty it is Iksar > rest. End of story.