New to Swashbuckling

[Meaningoflife]

Howdy, im new to this game and the swashbucklers seemed like a fun class.  But im also drawn to the iksar as a race to play,  do they make good Swashbucklers or would stats make them crappy and i should choose a different race?

[Luk]

Try it and see how you like it, starting stats for a race mean very little in end game, 10 points of stats difference as a starter means little when you have over 800 strength in end game, what you want to look at is the racial traits, my advice is to pick a race that gets melee crits and plus to either slashing or piercing these would be put to best effect for end game.

[Dreadpatch]

<p>Race honestly doesn't make any huge difference for adventure leveling or tradeskilling.  Take whatever class and race you want, and enjoy the game : )</p><p> Happy Hunting!!!</p>

[liveja]

<p>Iksar would make TERRIBLE Swashies. They're just not sexy. They're scaly, ugly, lizard-looking things. Nothing you can do to cover it up, either; it's like dressing a pig in silks.</p><p>Besides, if you insist on this course despite the total lack of hawt-ness, then remember: you have to start as a Brigand, & betray to Qeynos. If you really wanna put up with being a Brigand for any length of time, well, that's your decision.</p><p>Now, if you really want an evil race that makes good Swashies, then your basic Ratonga is the way to go. I mean, yea, they're bipedal mice. But they've got a certain style & flash to them, a little "Rat-itude", if you will. & besides, they're kinda cute, & they're at least warm-blooded.</p>

[NiteWolfe]

 Go dark elf! the race ability fury of inny when combined with our other swashy abilities is down right nasty!

[DrkEmr]

<p>Roll a Troll swashy. Nothing says "sexah" like a droopy fupa gut. </p>

[Illyakuran]

<p>Go froglok. Then you can tell all the ladies that with the right encouragement you'll turn into a prince.</p>

[Kri]

<cite>Flaye@Mistmoore wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Now, if you really want an evil race that makes good Swashies, then your basic Ratonga is the way to go. I mean, yea, they're bipedal mice. But they've got a certain style & flash to them, a little "Rat-itude", if you will. & besides, they're kinda cute, & they're at least warm-blooded.</p></blockquote><p>Plus they have 15% run speed while stealthed, Street Thug (+2% melee crit / +5 piercing) and Poison Expertise (increased trigger chance on poisons). There is no way you can go wrong with a Ratonga <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>One correction though - we have a LOT of Rat-itude, not a little <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p>

[Dreadpatch]

Gnomes aren't the sex ahist race? Y'all are crazy, My gnome is a tri pod...

[NiteWolfe]

<cite>Shadowbreath@Splitpaw wrote:</cite><blockquote><cite>Flaye@Mistmoore wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Now, if you really want an evil race that makes good Swashies, then your basic Ratonga is the way to go. I mean, yea, they're bipedal mice. But they've got a certain style & flash to them, a little "Rat-itude", if you will. & besides, they're kinda cute, & they're at least warm-blooded.</p></blockquote><p>Plus they have 15% run speed while stealthed, Street Thug (+2% melee crit / +5 piercing) and <span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Poison Expertise (increased trigger chance on poisons)</b></span>. There is no way you can go wrong with a Ratonga <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY<img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />" /></p><p>One correction though - we have a LOT of Rat-itude, not a little <img src="http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/images/smilies/97ada74b88049a6d50a6ed40898a03d7.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" width="15" height="15" /></p></blockquote>Its 25% MORE proc per use. Not 25% increased trigger chance on poisons. So say a vial of caustic normaly has  100 triggers with rat or DE it becomes 125 triggers. Its a money saver is all it is a a trigger chance increase would be a dps increaser (bufs from mystic, templar,dirge or warlock)