Warrior Race Question

[webrunner5]

Trouble is on this server there will probably never be any AA's. And that tends to level out toons on live. On here a Ogre Warrior has a ton more Str and Sta than a human. Let alone the frontal stun resist. No other race is going to have more AC and HP than a Ogre equally equipted. So you are not going to be the Main tank I don't give a crap what anyone says unless you are the Guild Leader and it is his or her toon.

But like a lot of people say play what you want to play. It is your toon, pick what you want, but don't make is sound like you will be the top dog as a DE or Human. All the top end guilds have the same gear on the top people. On a raid if the Main Tank dies it is a wipe. I am not going to Bat Phone 40 peeps to have a lesser Tank be there. Ain't happening.

[Weekapaug]

For my money, Dark Elf or Wood Elf for racial hide. You will be amazed at how useful that can be, especially when you are a class with zero utility like a warrior. And they are both badass looking in plate. And they are both the perfect size and camera view for tanking for me....I always feel like I'm meleeing with one of my shamans when I try to play a large race tank. I always percieve being evil as more of a challenge, so for you a Dark Elf would be my reccomendation.

By the way, despite what the minmaxxers will say, every race class combo is entirely viable. Your choice may limit what you can do on the high end, but warriors are no exception. You likely won't be a main tank for raids, but not every ogre in your guild will be either. If you don't plan to raid I wouldn't sweat race at all. Wouldn't sweat it anyway.

I respect the hell out of your approach. minmax on red....you need every possible edge there. on blue, have fun and play whatever appeals to you.

[Slave]

If you want to be a group tank, try a shadowknight, paladin, or monk instead. All three of these classes have gigantic advantages over warrior for holding aggro, which is your #1 job, or in the case of the monk, buttloads of versatility on top of their tanking ability including extremely high dps and great pulling.

If you want to do high level raiding, a warrior is best. And then an ogre is best. They are unquestionably the best merely because of stun resistance, but you can max out stamina eventually in Velious with nearly any race, at a educated guess. Even then, Ogres will still always be best, by a wide margin, and at a mere 15% exp penalty, they are probably the most economical for the power you get, as well.

I'm just thinking that you don't understand the power loss involved in not choosing an Ogre for any single class they qualify for, even considering your underdog predilection. It's more than significant, it is basically game-breaking.

[Fazlazen]

The most glorious tank to ever play Everquest was a human warrior. Maybe you've heard of him.

Play the race you enjoy, not being an ogre certainly won't prevent you from being the main tank in TMO, our main tank isn't an ogre.

[nymphloa]

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

The most glorious tank to ever play Everquest was a human warrior. Maybe you've heard of him.

Play the race you enjoy, not being an ogre certainly won't prevent you from being the main tank in TMO, our main tank isn't an ogre.

Bobbarker...?

Anyways....

This is indeed a tricky one, I have also found myself in the same dilema. I have been here several years now and started off with a Wood Elf warrior, purely for a change as I had been playing an Ogre for 10 years on Live.

Anyway I deleted the Wood Elf at lvl 31 because of my piss poor allocation of his starting points and re-rolled a Gnome and slammed all the stat points into Dex. The Gnome soon got old though, I have it currently at level 48 and I have rolled an Ogre (common I know blah blah) just to jog my memory, again all starting points went into Dex and he is pretty sound, and I am loving the frontal stun immunity.

Agro was always an issue through classic and Kunark, and I know myself from Live that this did not change for me until Velious when I scored a Venomous Axe of the Velium brood (Proc'd lvl 1+ 85dd) and a Frostbringer (Proc'd 40+ 60dd) and even then you were still at the mercy of your dex.

Anyways....roll whatever race you like really, stick it all into Dex as a future proc investment....and have fun.

Peace,

[Xadion]

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

The most glorious tank to ever play Everquest was a human shadowknight. Maybe you've heard of him.

Play the race you enjoy, not being an ogre certainly won't prevent you from being the main tank in TMO, our main tank isn't an ogre.

love you too fazzy!
and halfling, if you can be a halfling you should be.

[Fazlazen]

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

love you too fazzy!
and halfling, if you can be a halfling you should be.

You wish you had a tail.

[Ravager]

This is a game. Play it the way you wanna play it. I rolled a wood elf rogue. People said I was dumb, but I proved them!

[Arteker]

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

The most glorious tank to ever play Everquest was a human warrior. Maybe you've heard of him.

Play the race you enjoy, not being an ogre certainly won't prevent you from being the main tank in TMO, our main tank isn't an ogre.

If u speak of Furor i doubt u can call him the most glorius war . The one who cried bitched more def yes .

[Wolfgang]

yup you have to roll a an ogre or you are not consider a warrior... i would take halfling innate hide ability over frontal stun immunity any day. wanna interrupt? equip a shield.