A question about race

[DarkAzur]

<DIV>Ok, so I've heard alot of people say that race doesn't matter, equipment makes up for it, blah blah blah, and others say that race DOES matter, especially if you can't get completely up to date armor with hewlla nice stats. So here I am to ask...Does race matter that much? I've narrowed down my list of races I want to be to the following:</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>~Troll</DIV> <DIV>~Ogre</DIV> <DIV>~Iskar</DIV> <DIV>~OTHER</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Any ther good races? The only problem I have with these is the RP part. Like Troll and Ogre...I don't want to be stupid and minipulated by the Teir'dal, but I want to be a character driven by hate, worshiping Innoruk and Cazil-Thule (spelling?) I thought of DE, but the small size and the 18 str 18 sta just didn't cut it for me. Any hewlp is appreciated!</DIV>

[Xanoth]

it matters for your early levels, and slowly fades.kerran seems another popular choice, they have a good abalnce among physical stats, although they lack int.

[totallynumb]

Choose whatever you want because race doesn't matter in the long run. At the beginning when your gear offers single digit stats then a ten to fifteen point difference can affect game play. Once you get to tier two even common gear will trivialize your base stats. This is an item-centric game though, so good gear is important for ALL classes. Additionally, shadowknights use a more balanced set of stats than other fighters because of our hybrid nature. By that I mean most of our damage comes from spells, which is increased through intelligence. Strength is still important since it determines our power pool (wisdom also increases it), but its not a primary stat for us.From an RP stand point consider what effect the Shattering had on civilization. As it stands now ogres, trolls, and teir'dal have been set on equal footing with the loss of their homelands. Finally, take a look racial traits. None are really uber, but can be useful. <div></div>

[Vexorkane]

Iksar FTW!!

[cs01bw]

<P>Trolls Pwn Iksars and Ogres</P> <P> </P> <P>Trolls look the most evil mo fos around - especially with the Hand of Lucan - riding atop a Nightmare horse.</P> <P> </P>

[JoarAddam]

<DIV>Ogres have some good lower level racial abilities...  but iksar... sometimes I wish I had rolled an iksar.  They get ebreath... their racial item breaks root...  and they look pretty badass.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now, I know i look freakin sweet now, but that's mainly due to the gear.  THe gear would look equally freakin sweet on an iksar.</DIV>

[Me1d]

Dwarf FTW :robottongue:

[Meryddian]

<DIV>I went half-elf because I didn't really like the initial look of the dark elves on old graphics - and I also liked being a rather unusual race/class combo. I do have a whole RPG story in my head about why my character's a SK - her parents were indebted to a powerful SK, who then took their daughter - my character - under his wing as a page and then eventually squire, etc., and thus she learned to be a SK from a young age. It's a lot of fun, because with her helm off, she doesn't "look" the part of a SK (despite her military-cropped-short hair, she's reasonably attractive)... proving that evil can take many forms. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> Half-elves also have decent starter stats for the lower levels.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>On Guk, I have a young barbarian SK, and I like that class/race combo as well. It's really just a matter of what suits YOU! <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>