Well a couple of notes on races :
Ogres have one of the worst newbie areas of all the races, but
the troll newbie zone is only one zone away, so that is not too
much of a hindrance.
Trolls have one of the best newbie areas of all the races, with
vast numbers of good experience, great loot monsters. Trolls
also have some of the best rewarded quests hands down.
Barbarians have the primary failing that they have *pitiful* night
vision.
Why a troll over a barbarian ?
- Fighting stats are somewhat better : 5 str, 14 stamina, 1 agi,
5 dex come at the price of losing 8 int and 10 wisdom.
-Regeneration, always a great thing to have
Why an ogre over a barbarian ?
- Much better fighting stats : 27 str and 28 stamina come at the
cost of 12 agility and 3 wisdom.
As for the original request for long term planning, I suspect that
the troll's lack of wisdom will become increasingly painful as
you reach the higher levels. Shamans do not get any of the
defensive or offensive combat skills granted to warrior types
and are restricted by the 4*level+4 combat skill cap, so their
fighting abilities will become less and less significant as time
goes by.
For the long run, I personally would go with barbarian, being
accepted in most of the cities is enough of an advantage
Henning Seljenes <
hseljenes@...> on 29/06/99 14:50:23
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First to become a shaman you want to decide ONE thing. You want to be evil
or good? IMO if you would be evil (but I don't recomend it, unless your
used
to playing evil races) I would suggest a troll. I don't know if you would
really care but they have faster HP regeneration. I have not played a troll
but I think the ogres home city is not so great. They'res not much stuff to
fight and it would take longer to level. If youre good, then be a
barbarian.
They have one of the BEST home cities I have ever been to. I was able to
get
to level 11 in two days. And they have great things for even higher levels.
>From: "Blizzard" <blizzard15@...>
>Reply-To: EverQuest@onelist.com
>To: <EQ_Shaman@onelist.com>, <EverQuest@onelist.com>
>Subject: [EverQuest] Race
>Date: Mon, 28 Jun 1999 17:12:53 -0500
>
>I am planning on making a shaman and I was wondering which you all think
is
>the best. I want a race that will be the strongest at higher levels, not
>necessarily right away. Also if you could provide reasons it would help me
>even more. Thanks for your time.
>
>-Blizzard
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