Talk me out of ogre shaman.

[Nycon43]

Trolls look awesome in velious armors, they get my vote. Torpor is 100K+ plat on this server(probably going to go up in price as its a kunark mob only drop spell iirc and less people will be farming kunark content) and the OP may never see that much cash. Go with the race you actually like looking at imo.

[untergang]

Originally Posted by Nycon43 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Trolls look awesome in velious armors, they get my vote. Torpor is 100K+ plat on this server(probably going to go up in price as its a kunark mob only drop spell iirc and less people will be farming kunark content) and the OP may never see that much cash. Go with the race you actually like looking at imo.

This is an important point that everyone seems to overlook. If you're rolling a shaman with the expectation of ever getting Torpor, you're going to be very disappointed. It's a luxury on this server.

[Destron]

At max level the Troll regen is totally negligible, most shamans dump the fungi once they get Torpor. This topic has been debated more than any single subject on these forums.

Bottom line is Frontal Stun immunity is the single best racial bonus in the game. If a class can be an Ogre, it is the best choice. End of discussion.

[Nixtar]

Being an ogre you also have a very high str/sta which definitely help early on.

Also, a shrinked ogre shaman is adorable.

[Kowalski]

Ogre ... boom done!

[blondeattk]

Barbarians level a little faster and have somewhat more convenient factions.

its possible to lvl a barby to 30 on handins alone. which i did, although i started grpin a bit about 27 for some variation.

barby faction is kinda mute in velious.... so from this weekend, pick troll over barby imo.

after a few months you will find, you want one shm that kills dragons and one that kills giants.....unless your already ubber and will live in tov/pom/sleepers all the time anyway!

[Hijiri]

Troll, -easiest leveling- to 50's hands down and only shaman that can snare solo, deep in a dungeon somewhere and it now stacks with root. I still use it when a resisted root/runner would mean death.

...and for thA tards, at lvl 60 it's +18 hps sitting, at 56 it's +1 more then a fungi.

[nina]

Cheers guys,
Ogre shammy it is. Anyone wanna spot me torpor and a fungi?

[Troxx]

I went troll shaman - don't regret it at all. I just hit 51 where the regen differences start to widen dramatically. 51 vs 50 (trolls get a 4hp/tick jump sitting and standing from 50 to 51) made a pretty big difference in available mana via canni. @ 51 it's 2 vs 6 regen standing; 5 vs 12 sitting. That's not a negligible difference, and the difference only gets wider. At 60 you get 8 more regen standing and 9 more sitting. At 51 it's basically an extra ikky regen bp permanently. At 60 it's nearly the same difference as upgrading that ikky bp to a fungi. For those of you barbs/ogres out there who finally got a regen bp or upgraded .... It's like that ... Except it stacks with said items.

Self buffed right now I'm at +21/+27 sit/stand with an ikky - and that's pretty nice.

FSI is good, but regen imo is just too good to pass up on a class with mana mechanics like shamans. Yeah 60 and torpor changes things ... But once you get to that point you don't really need FSI anymore as the game is basically easy mode.

Play what you want. I went troll for stats/regen (and I wanted to be ugly). I don't regret it at all. Regen makes leveling much easier. I'd argue it makes soloing for xp (not necessarily named hunting) a lot easier as well.

[Amargura]

Why talk you out of ogre shammy!?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhRXn2NRiWI