Best ench race?

[Castle2.0]

Originally Posted by Gwilson21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

How successful is the hide ability on a dark elf? If people
keep mentioning this as a perk then it should be something that can be relied on instead of a goblin gazughi ring during the leveling process. If it has a 80% success rate then I would imagine dark elf would be a good choice. If you’re trying to hide when mobs at below 10% and it rarely works then that would be super frustrating.

Does anyone have any knowledge of the success rate?

I’ve never played a dark elf so im curious how useful it would be. I’ve always picked high elf for the high charisma. Swapping illusions only takes a few seconds so it doesn’t bother me considering you’re constantly swapping spells anyway so it’s not like you’re having to do something you wouldn’t be accustomed to doing in the first place.

You don't use hide to break charm. Get a goblin g ring for instant charm breaks.

You use hide to stay invis indefinitely while AFK.

But only DE can go perma-invis and safely AFK in areas without see invis.

That makes them superior =)

[wuanahto]

Human. cha is easy to come by. tashes are 90% of charming. you have a handful of spells for vision. str/stam is a huge bonus

[Sirquestalot]

I would think dark elf. Ultravision without illusion or spell buff. Hide for a decent chance to instant break charm if you don't have a goblin ring. Though, I went high elf because I'm a freak and wanted the cultural armor.

[Tushy_master]

Thanks for all the great responses.

Gnome or dark elf sounds nice since, contrary to what I was lead to believe back on live, starting race stats aren't that big a deal right?

Ultravision and hide would be super useful but I'm leaning towards gnome because I saw one recently and who looked so cool in shining metallic robes and a scepter and that's all that really matters right??

I like playing unique/rare race/class combos when I can, so human is tempting but I played a human cleric on live and human ranger on blue.

Also what would you guys say are the most common races for chanter?

@Gwilson21 what's the benefit of Neriad shawl elemental illusion? And sure let's group up, my play time may be limited though.

[Crede]

Human technically bis? 2nd best cha but highest sta.

[PatChapp]

High elf is the most common race by a large margin.
Shawl illusion is handy for sirens farming, maybe kedge if you get it at a low lvl
Enchanter race means nothing in the end, just pick what you like.

[Gloomlord]

As a Bard who has charm kited, hide is absolutely terrible for charm drops. You pretty much need to cast invis, either by spell or by clicky.

[Trelaboon]

Human so you can get a custom helm later and win at fashion quest

[Gwilson21]

Does hide have a 5 second cool down? If so who would have 10-15 seconds to spare trying to get hide to work when they can just cast a spell. Aside from using it to afk I personally wouldn’t be dark elf because I prefer to use reliable methods to exping.

[unsunghero]

Everyone says cha is easy to get and that’s true, but budget cha gear usually doesn’t have hardly any other stats on it

So eventually you can get your cha to 255, but realize that your hp and ac are crap (int really doesn’t matter much)

Then comes the mini-game of figuring out where you can sacrifice some cha for some survivability

It’s like the meme about men’s shirts: correct length, correct width, correct sleeve length, pick 2 (you’ll never get 3)

Note: this is non-raider perspective