Iksar warrior, yes no maybe?

[demokatt]

Sorry for the minor bump of thread :-) SOme questions regarding iksar warriors:

1. Any advice on what to wear as lowbie 1-20 without money and contacts? Should I use same as I did on monk (Curscales) or try getting those Marauder metals?

2. Is the gain of AC from Iksar race greater than the loss of AC from not being able to wear plate? How far behind are the alternatives?

3. At what level will solo:ing be too tiresome to even try?

4. I will never have the time to get into raiding, will I still be able to have fun in smaller groups killing stuff around the world or are warriors only wanted at really high levels/raids?

5. What is the best weapon to use as lowbie if I cant find any greater ones, could I just use one of them swords that are sold for around 1 gold and a target shield, or should I gp with the pike?

[khanable]

1) banded. Then it can be turned into Trooper Scale armor.
2) no. I'm fairly comparable to an indicolite warrior but I wear max ac items. They could easily beat us.
3) untwinked.. Hmm. I solo'd an iksar warrior on live from 1-46. Untwinked. It will be slow but it's doable.
4) consider sk? Xp penalty but you won't lose aggro. IMO better 'group' tanks. Warrior is cooler, tho. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
5) save every bone chip you come across. This will get you your first few weapons.

Bladed thulian claws, jarsath trident, kunzar ku'juch, etc..

[Splorf22]

In my personal opinion, you would get a lot more mileage out of a SK. Shadowknights are far more effective solo and somewhat better in groups. They also provide a nice variety of abilities as opposed to warriors who mostly press taunt/autoattack/kick. Also SKs are much less gear dependent. You can hold aggro with spells, so all you need to do is stack HP/AC for group tanking. Warriors need that and great weapons/haste. SKs are also a bit more skill based; warriors are mostly stats. Finally Iksar SKs are still quite rare if you want to play something unusual, maybe even rarer than warriors.

Personally when I made Sakuragi I had no idea that we would still be in Kunark two whole years later. It's kinda frustrating sometimes that despite being basically BiS (aside from a crown of rile and a few pieces of Sky gear which never drop) he's still behind Ogres with even medicore gear (you can browse the wiki Magelo; Sakuragi vs say Sworen is particularly depressing).

[Nogdar]

Rule number 1 in EQ is play what you like, what is appealing to you, what sounds fun to you. If you want to be iksar, be iksar. You'll always find workarounds to game inconveniences, but there's no workaround to not liking your toon.

However, unless you're hell bent over dual wielding or something, like that... if you're certain you won't ever have the time to raid, make a paladin or a SK. While all can work to some extent in all situations, the basic rule is that warriors are superior raid tanks and sks/paladins make better group tanks. Due to having spells, they're also (more than) arguably more fun to play.

[demokatt]

Yeah I tried a monk Iksar but I want to play something more warrior-like so SK is probably the best choice for me. I would like to wield a big sword and a shield :-)
I also like that the SK dont seem to have a myriad of spells, since I want to mainly be a tank, and they can tank and use a pet to hit?

Also, we get Invisibility at level 30? Is that enough to be able to take boat to Old world and go throught Freeport?

[Nogdar]

If you can't afford a Circlet of Shadows (instant clicky invis at lvl 20), which is likely if this is your first toon, then invis is level 30 yeah, although you get IvU earlier. It's no biggie though, you can always snag a port to go to faydwer.

You're right in thinking SKs don't have too many spells as you have way less than the necro you're pumping em from. It's just the right mix at higher levels of a good toolbox without needing to swap spells constantly either.

As to the pet, you do have one but see it more as a dot than a pet, really. The pet is OK at lower levels, becomes utter crap mid game and is excellent at the latest levels.

If you have any questions don't doubt asking me IG if you need guidance [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cheers;

[demokatt]

Thanks alot I will do! I like the -68% exp penalty :-) Brutal!

You think the guide is right on wiki: Add 10 Strength and 10 Intelligence?

[Nogdar]

No, I'd go for all Stamina and put the rest in DEX, INT or STR according to what you like more (procs, mana or damage/carrying weight). I could be wrong though, the call was much easier as an Ogre [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Splorf22]

Definitely stamina. SKs don't depend on dex for aggro like warriors do, and they do shit for damage so strength is pointless, and iksars will have plenty of mana without any points in INT.

[demokatt]

Well Im level 3 now working my way up to the first spells. I bought some Curscale and Rhino armor and using one of those swords from skeleton its 6/33.

What is the best SK armor that are sold by vendors around Cabilis and that costs below 10 p?