A look at a non-raid geared shaman in Velious

[phacemeltar]

nice post. i would like to see more like this, especially for ranger.

[DrKvothe]

So the items kunark shaman can invest in, knowing they'll retain value in velious, are:
Spear of Fate (if you're buying MQ, it'll still be worth it)
Sarnak Battle Shield
Djarn's Amethyst Ring
Hierophant's Cloak
Black Sapphire Electrum Earrings

Is that accurate?

[BlkCamel]

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

So the items kunark shaman can invest in, knowing they'll retain value in velious, are:
Spear of Fate (if you're buying MQ, it'll still be worth it)
Sarnak Battle Shield
Djarn's Amethyst Ring
Hierophant's Cloak
Black Sapphire Electrum Earrings

Is that accurate?

I would say this is very accurate. Add JBB, although many will scream, "But its cold damage." It is still useful and will retain a good amount of value. SBS Will be supplanted by Lodi Shield, or fill in back slot for those without Hiero-cloak, so expect a bit of a value drop there. Maybe it didn't need to be said, but Fungi tunic will also retain its value for most shaman. Not everyone will get Vindi BP right away.

[Wolvefrost]

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

+1 to this thread

Seriously. My boner is about 3/4 mast. Fuckin A, stoked finally a constructive post towards the future of p99... and about my class?

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[Tecmos Deception]

Nobody really needs to wait for someone else to do a post for their class. You can go to the equipment page of the wiki and filter by all eras (or just velious) and start sorting by your preferred stats until you see stuff you like. If the zone an item comes from is ToV or requires tormax head or crap like that, you can call it a wish list item but not something that you'll probably get unless you're raiding hardcore, and bam. Velious gear list.

[Emile]

Write one for every class please. That was a fun read.

[Byrjun]

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

I would say this is very accurate. Add JBB, although many will scream, "But its cold damage." It is still useful and will retain a good amount of value. SBS Will be supplanted by Lodi Shield, or fill in back slot for those without Hiero-cloak, so expect a bit of a value drop there. Maybe it didn't need to be said, but Fungi tunic will also retain its value for most shaman. Not everyone will get Vindi BP right away.

a) JBB is completely valid in Velious. I didn't remember any sort of change of resist rates going from Kunark to Velious. In fact, there are a lot of mobs where cold is the easiest spell to land (AoW immediately comes to mind).

b) Don't use Lodi shield as a shaman unless you really need the resists for a praticular encounter.

b) Fungi will always primarily be a twink item. Its value will probably keep rising. Less people will be camping king, and more people will be making hybrid alts once the exp penalties are removed.

[Wudan]

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

but for that to be relevant you would have had to have made the mistake of making an Iksar shaman.

Great post overall, but did you really have to be jerk here and be offensive to people who like to play Iksar for whatever reason? It was uncalled for and made me feel bitter about your otherwise excellent post. It is so ignorant in so many ways im not even gonna try to argue my points here.... if you dont have anything good to say about Iksar shaman, maybe you should just shut up.

[Daldaen]

I mean... Vindi BP is nice and all.

But for most soloing/grouping wouldn't 13 regen trump the 150~ HP / 15 sv All that Vindi brings. In a raid setting against AEs, definitely Vindi. Or soloing very challenging mobs that hit hard. But beyond that, I'd think Fungi would be bis because of how much FT it brings due to Canni4.

You're talking:

150~ HP for 80~ Mana

15 regen = 10 ticks to regain 150 HP = 80 free mana per 10 ticks = 8 FT
2 regen = 75 ticks to regain 150 HP = 80 free mana per 75 ticks = 1~ FT

Meaning to me Fungi gives you 7FT that Vindi doesn't.

Sell me on why it is so godly compared to Fungi beyond resist swap and tanking very hard stuff. For general trash/group/root rot.

[Byrjun]

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

Great post overall, but did you really have to be jerk here and be offensive to people who like to play Iksar for whatever reason? It was uncalled for and made me feel bitter about your otherwise excellent post. It is so ignorant in so many ways im not even gonna try to argue my points here.... if you dont have anything good to say about Iksar shaman, maybe you should just shut up.

Are you accusing me of being EQ-racist?

Anyways, it was just a joke. But I highly recommend against playing an Iksar shaman. Stats aren't very good and you lose out on too many good clickies.