A look at a non-raid geared shaman in Velious

[Alarti0001]

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

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.

AC is king.

[sabinrf24]

re: Daldaen

Regen is awesome, and will always be awesome for a Shaman.

Since we're talking fungi vs. vindi chest, I'm going to assume the Shaman has Torpor.

Once you have Torpor, regen loses some value. You no longer have to wait for your health in order to canni - so regen serves to speed up recovery in low intensity situations, and to change the amount of ground humping you can do before you torpor.

I would wear the vindi chest 100% of the time if I had one - the 100hp in itself is an extra canni IV, and it takes ~7 ticks from a fungi to equal a single canni IV tick. It's not that the vindi is absolutely better in this situation, it's that it's close enough to the fungi in terms of practical benefit that I would rather have on the Vindi and have resists, AC, and health at my disposal (more useful in a scary situation) instead of regen (useful in sustained, controlled situations).

Edit: not to mention, higher max hp = higher hp once you get down to the level where you aren't wasting Torpor ticks. Getting down to the point where you aren't wasting ticks can be low enough to be risky depending on the content you're doing.

[Hiero]

nice OP. Shamans are kings of EQ

[Byrjun]

Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

AC is king.

Maybe, but not so much on P99.

And even so, Iksar can't equip the JB BP to click it. Which is an AC buff. And DS.

[Daldaen]

The way I understand it, you always want to be under 100% HP. Even when Torporing. So that your active regen is constantly ticking.

While yes, it takes 7 ticks to make up the HP of a Vindi BP, HP pool itself isn't all that important. So long as you have an HP pool large enough to Canni down enough and torpor and never hit 100% by continuing to Canni, which you can easily hit with current gear, pre-Velious (and self buffs).

I do grasp the scary vs sustained situations argument, in which case I'd suggest getting both. But I'd think in a grind group setting you'd want a fungi on.

[Alarti0001]

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

Maybe, but not so much on P99.

And even so, Iksar can't equip the JB BP to click it. Which is an AC buff. And DS.

Here is hoping Ac is fixed for Velious. It is actually important there.

If you are worried about min maxing, there are better ways to get AC/DS on the cheap in Velious. Iksars come with static regen and AC bonus. Alot of it depends what you are doing though. I'd take an Iksar over a Troll in a raid situation and on the longer Solo fights. I'd take a troll for the trash farming/exp grind.

[Wudan]

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

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.

clickie junkie you obv have no clue. stats get maxed, clickies are not game breaker for Iksar. Their regen and AC rules end game Velious. Saying it is mistake to make one is pretty ignorant. You play barb? ROFL

[Alarti0001]

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

clickie junkie you obv have no clue. stats get maxed, clickies are not game breaker for Iksar. Their regen and AC rules end game Velious. Saying it is mistake to make one is pretty ignorant. You play barb? ROFL

Shhh he is in A-Team... he knows better than yoU !

[Byrjun]

The Bramblecoat clicky from JB BP stacks with pretty much everything, including Kilva's and Bathezid ring for 59 self ds.

Edit: Forum trolls are here unfortunately, so I'm gonna dip out. That shit was supposed to be kept to the raid threads.

[Confit]

Great post.

This makes me remember how much fun I had in Velious! Custom helms were my favorite. I played a human monk on live and obtaining the badass look of a Shroud of Longevity and a Custom Cowl of Mortality was like beating the game for me. It will be fun bringing back my monk for Velious. This expansion is a wet dream for monks, if you think there are a lot of monks now... just wait. Ultimately that's why I switched from monk to enchanter on P99.