ummm. how greatly am i hindering myself by making a gnome warrior

[Cecily]

Perma shrunk and cute. Do it.

[August]

Gnome is the master race. Refer to Sirkens 'best race for every class' list.

[Raev]

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

Gnome is the master race.

Also, Gnomes actually have the same STA+DEX total as Half Elves (more than Humans, Dark Elves, and Wood Elves) and are only 10 points behind Barbarians and Halflings. And in Velious you get some sweet cultural tinkering clickies including Haste!

[Mistle]

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

Also, Gnomes actually have the same STA+DEX total as Half Elves (more than Humans, Dark Elves, and Wood Elves) and are only 10 points behind Barbarians and Halflings. And in Velious you get some sweet cultural tinkering clickies including Haste!

Yes, gnome warriors are the only ones who won't have to be a part of what promises to be a hell camp on this server over Stormfeather.

[Taminy]

Doesn't really matter, we've had wood elf and dark elf MA and SA who have even worse stats (stamina) than gnomes.

And frontal stun immunity is nice but it's not that important for a warrior (it's more relevant to a soloing shaman). Aggro can be always be solved in xp groups by rooting and on bosses with mallets and root nets.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

Perma shrunk and cute. Do it.

Halfling warrior OP. God tier sneak tagging.

[Cecily]

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

Halfling warrior OP. God tier sneak tagging.

Halflings are kinda gross, otherwise I'd agree. Gnomes you're like.. hehe gnome.

[Clark]

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

Perma shrunk and cute. Do it.

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[Shea]

As a gnome warrior, let me say with confidence that you're not hindering yourself choosing gnome, with the one caveat being that ogres get frontal stun immunity, making them ideal main tanks for raid situations.

Some things that people don't realize about gnome warriors is that they have innately high dex, which means that in group situations (especially ones without shamans for dex buff) they really do shine - higher dex = higher chance of proc rate = better aggro overall. Also, gnomes can wear enchanted dwarven plate armor, which is up there with the best plate armor in the game and evens out their stat weaknesses. The Enchanted dwarven plate greaves, for example, are pretty close to cobalt greaves, -15ac, -8dex, but +4MR +2FR. Almost all the pieces have MR which add to a gnome's already stellar innate MR.

Yes, gnomes have less innate STR/STA, but those are the easiest stats to max as a warrior so the deficit in that regard is not bad.

So my advice would be to go for it, they are really nothing to sneeze at.

[captnamazing]

I play a halfling warrior and have raid tanked for about a year now. Guilds will opt for the ogre tank for main, usually, but there are plenty of circumstances where there isn't one around.

More inconvenient than not having frontal stun immune is being small-statured. In a raid of 30+ people, it's always easier to see an ogre.

Imo, roll whatever warrior you want. Learn the class and rep the race. If you really strive, you'll end up tanking raid bosses.