Question about racial traits

[HollyW07]

<p>Hi everyone</p><p>I have a question about racial traits and how they benefit the wizard class. I rolled an Eru wizard yesterday and mucked around and had fun killing things. I notice that Erudites are not played often (well they aren't very attractive) and I wanted to know if their racial traits make any kind of difference. They have several skills that seem like they could be very good for the wizard class.</p><p>Casting Fury: Increases Max Power of caster by 2%, Increases Casting Speed of caster by 5%</p><p>Clear Mind: Increase Out-of-Combat Power Regeneration Per Tick of caster by 6.0</p><p>Erud's Teaching: Increases Damage Spell Crit chance of caster by 2%, Increaes Disruption of caster by 5</p><p>Intellect of the Sage: Increases INT of caster by 5.0</p><p>There are a few others, one that wards the caster against a certain number of points of all types of damage, and one that increases mitigation of caster vs. magical damage by 5%.</p><p>Do these racial traits really made a difference or are they just there for fluff?</p>

[thajo]

<p>lots of those bonuses are given to serveral classes, the highlights that are exclusive to the race though</p><p>Erudite - passive 5% cast speed</p><p>Arasi/Dark Elf - 30 second temp buff for 10% cast speed, 5% crit with a recast of 5 min. (iirc)</p><p>IMO the Erudite one is better but, in the end it really wont have an effect on much.  Although it is obnoxious when some races have to obtain 5% cast speed with raid gear, while others get it as a racial trait ><  But really just make whatever type of race you want to run around as all day.</p>

[dirtymeat80]

<p>They do a little bit of an increase.  Nothing game changing I would say.  Couple points of INT here, 2% crit there.</p><p>I went Gnome for my wizard.  Some INT & Power, and a racial de-aggro when the little guy casts too much for his size <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[HollyW07]

<p>Thanks for the replies. I went ahead and rolled a high elf. It might change lol. I like the high elves but they're just so common.</p><p>I've never played a caster class seriously. I prefer scout classes but hopefully I'll get a feel for the wizzy and enjoy playing her.</p>