New old eq player - shaman starting questions

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

A 51+ shaman with epic and JBB won't be sitting much at all. While standing, from 51-60, regen difference between troll/iksar and ogre/barb is just 3 health per tick. While that regen's not nothing, I doubt any 50+ barb/ogre would trade their JBB for 3 health per tick.

For a min/maxer with funds for twinking and/or PLvling, ogre might win out handily, but if you're brand new and untwinked:

Barbarian: levels 3x faster than anyone else thanks mostly to incredible turn-in quests. This is my opinion, but after trying the other prominent newbie-lowbie leveling paths, I've decided to level all of my non-kos alts through these quests, and they largely deter me from evil races (my cleric is a gnome instead of DE for this reason). You're non-kos in most places you'll want to go, so fewer random patrolling kos guards that new players frequently fail to avoid.

Iksar: regen + very rich leveling zones + monopoly on priest group role in these zones. Won't be able to afford JBB til 55-60 range, and at 60 you'll feel overpowered even without JBB.

some good points.

ikky and ogre are the 2 best races.

but barby can lvl so much faster.

I bummed a port @ lvl 3 out everfrost as am not fan and got bind in gfay. Bonechips and belts ftw! dumped stacks of chips on groudnoutside kaladim withme dru and went to see a dorf about a bone....as they say [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

started grping about 14 (new dd) and hunted belts etc in cbone. I got lucky withthe 50% bonus tho.....lvled to 22 on crushbone stuff. Then off to HHKeep, rinse and repeat. Only did one lvl off ears hand ins, rest was grpage.

once you hit 29 as a shm you can begin soloing well. tbh i gritted my teef and stayed in hhk till 33-34.....very dull after 10 lvls, but just had to be done. Died twice between 1 and 33....so its pretty efficient path.

personal choice where you go after 34, but if ur into lvling fast then its a relevant dungeon. IF ur experienced player that mean MM or kaesora. However i do admit that soling after 30 i do lack a bit of regen. Cant afford ikky bp etc yet, and yak club(75dd) is my best weapon. Hasnt been worth soling yet as opposed to duoing with bard/necro /monk.