Shadowknight, what race is best?

[Splorf22]

I would think ogre would be the clear min/max choice for SK if only to increase the chance of getting FD off with multiple mobs on you.

[Nihilist_santa]

I played a Troll SK on live and Regen is not to be underestimated for a soloing tank class. Just think about all the time you have spent on your back as an SK and you might understand why that regen helps. I would definitely say IKS or TRL if you can stomach the penalty. Many times I had groups wipe while I laid there and regened and got the hell out of dodge or saved the day on the CR. Regen is passive and always working with no thought. Fear kiting allows lower downtime as you are regenerating while fighting. Seems like regen for monks and necros makes them king and I would say the same for SK. Frontal stun immunity was something I never even noticed I was missing as a troll SK splitting camps to be honest as its pretty situational because of positioning.
Once Velious comes out I would say that aside from slam or faction there is no reason not to be an IKS.

[mwatt]

Originally Posted by Krissdu64

Velious is already so much late, they're not even talking about it. It's not on beta test yet, said to be worked out but we have 0 news about it, nor any release date.

And since Devs seem to be working more on the classic things of the server as it is now, you can probly wonder WHO is actually working on Velious. How much progression it is at atm. We have no clue at all.

Conclusion : Velious will probably never been released.

All of the things you said about Velious could also have been said (and were) about Kunark.

oops

[TxRanjahs]

Ogre best!!

[TxRanjahs]

Troll close 2nd ....and this is on looks alone

[raff01]

So far I played 3 races for SK :

Human
Troll
Iksar

I would say Troll really makes it easier in the early levels for several reasons :
Grobb being right next to guk which gives you a place to xp from lvl 4 to lvl 50 with tons of loot and nice xp bonus + groups, you can come and go sell, get new spells etc in matter of minutes. My troll SK leveled from 1 to 35 really fast and quickly got a lot of plat due to often looting stuff like runed bone fork etc. Stats are nice and the regen bonus is a must.

Iksar SK is a pain in the ass early on. Faction sucks, limited armor to chose from.
However, when you reach the higher levels, and once Velious comes out, you will have a significant AC bonus, a regen and a unique epic which is one of the best 1handers in the game and much easier to get than Innoruk's curse.

Human SK's are cool for roleplay imo and xp faster...

And last but not least : Iksars have a normal size and won't need a guise in order to be confortable in many places. When playing a troll or Ogre If you can get a guise well that's cool but otherwise, you'll always struggle in many dungeons and it sucks.

[diplo]

what does it matter on a blue server? play what you think looks the coolest.

[Splorf22]

Gnome is the best at everything

[pharmakos]

gno gnome sk's on p99

gnot a single one

[big league chew]

troll obv best
anyone who says otherwise is tryin to trick you