Definite Iksar Vs. Necro Answer?

[Vidar]

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

I mean what is your alternative? Even without Iksar racials Necros are one of the strongest classes in vanilla EQ. And as has been pointed out, there is nothing an Iksar Necro can do that an Erudite/Dark Elf Necro cannot. The only difference is you will have to lifetap more with a non-Iksar, which itself is not a huge issue 50+ because you will likely be charm soloing and/or grouping in which case you will be life-tapping a lot anyway.

This is your answer. People that love iksar can love them all they want, But at the end of the day there is nothing an iksar necro can do that any of the other necros cant. Its just a little less down time. I have a 50+ DE necro on blue. Hes a bad ass. i love him.

P.S. Not once have i wished i had rolled an iksar for less down time. Youre a necro. there isnt much down time compared to other classes.

[Samaritan]

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

You can not turn in while hidden, you're thinking of sneak.

As someone who did those turn ins on a DE SK, I'm speaking from experience. There are a few benefits to having hide that some might like to consider.

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

Hide can be used that way as well, for indifferent turnins.
Open trade, click hide till indifferent, turn in.

TY Cen. You're doing god's work out here.

[uygi]

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

As someone who did those turn ins on a DE SK, I'm speaking from experience.

I did it on P99. You could do it on Live after Luclin-ish client. It was removed from Blue, I believe the conclusion was the classic client did not support this. Log onto Blue and try it, then report back. There are still some FD tricks for quest turnins, but activating hide with trade window open is not one of them.

[uygi]

Originally Posted by Natewest1987 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

... is the benefit of Iksar vs Erudite or dark elf, so great that I should just avoid necro completely until Kunark ? I doubt I will actually level up two Necromancers...

It depends, what are you going to do with this toon? Are you going to be 50 and in planes before Kunark, 60 quickly and raiding gods and dragons? If that's what the character is for, then the regen doesn't really matter much; you might be a cleric mana battery, but you'll have regrowth on anyways, so the deficit will matter less. If you're going to solo, especially in dungeons, the regen is going to be more important.

[Kanuvan]

erudite will solo the same way, just with slightly more downtime, its a non issue that only a community of scuffed players would whine about

[bwe]

Iksar autocompletes to kisses lol

[Shinko]

Gnome

The lizard regen is highly overrated

[bum3]

I played DE necro from 1999 to 2003ish, solo, group, raids. On P99 Blue I played iksar necro. Pre-50 it doesn't matter much. At 60 it allows you to kill 1 more mob every 6. So it's not really a game changer. I multi mob kite as necro so I don't sit much. If you are running out of mana as necro then you more likely have efficiency issues or an emergency gank by a casting mob.

[Gustoo]

Yep. Iksar is better, but it doesn't break the class.

Applies to Monk and Necromancer.

In both cases, the difference is more meaningful in PVP

On non PVP, barely even worth mentioning except in your gut you know that the iksar version of you would be slightly "better" whatever that actually means.

[aaezil]

Zero raids or groups “need” a necromancer so its more whatever you prefer.