EZ Server

I made a dark elf warrior and, after having tried to solo a BoT named who complete heals, I am beginning to wonder if I made a mistake in not selecting a race that can slam.  Do any experienced warriors have any insight as to whether or not it is important to be able to interrupt heals in this fashion?

Alternatively, I was also thinking about the value of an Iksar due to their AC bonus.  Is it significant?

I would appreciate any thoughts that you might have regarding choice of warrior race.

Thanks.

Nothing at the higher end needs that ability, so it won't really hurt you at all. You can use illusion items too out of ldon to become a different race pretty easily.

I play an Iksar monk. There is an AA that gives the tail strike a knock-back effect. Not sure if it's there for warriors, but that could help with spell interrupts.

Or just keep gearing up... you will soon have dps enough, it won't matter if they heal.

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On the other hand, I was disappointed with the lack of racial tension in your post.

Thanks Crab, I appreciate the insight.  Any thoughts as to if Iksar AC bonus is a significant advantage?

At the high end all races are basically equal. Every stat you have will cap pretty much so it all becomes moot.

Ogres are decent i s'pose because of the natural stun resist. kinda negated though once you get 100% stun resist though

shits gonna suck till you get some nice proc weapons. there is one in BoT upper towers. with all the crit AA i could solo kill the CHing fucks

At level 55 a warrior's successful kick will stun and you should be able to interrupt casting on CH mobs. I have been doing that on the Live server since, sometime in 2001, when I dinged 55 in Velks, I could now interrupt the cobalts from their CH spell. I dont know if eqemu is different.

most mobs on EZ are stun resistant, or stun immune. which is one of the many reason paladins blow

Someone said your boots need to weigh 55 lbs or more for a kick to work.  I have no idea if that's true but ... there you go.

You really just need DPS to kill healers, keep gearing and leveling (AA) up and eventually they won't be a problem.  Another trick I learned is they don't seem to heal if they are chasing you... best for those who can kite (not really warriors but..) and where you have the room to kite of course..

Gnome warriors are the best FYI.  8)

I hope that was a joke...

are there any boots that even weigh 55lbs?
i think my chars total sets of gear weigh around 90lbs.

Uh yeah wtf am I thinking.  15 or so... not 55.  *puts down crack pipe*

I hope this is a joke.

Ogre has a cool illusion.
Nothing else matters but dorf.
Im racist, get over it.

Gnome.... to help with Balthor and his dorf superiority complex

I went ogre, barbarian, troll, and half elf.  Stick with your dark elf and you will be fine. ;D

I went Darkelf for my war too. haven't had any issues with him. All I can say regarding tanking etc pre qvic+:
Make sure you gear up completely in the zone prior to the zone you are trying to tank. Further clarification-
If you are trying to tank BoT make sure you have Dulak armor+accessories.
If that isn't possible because you are now over level 60, try offsetting the missing armor with Shammy 3.0 buff + Cleric Mark buff.
People are pretty good about announcing mgb shammy in OOC.
Damage mitigation AA can help immensely at earlier stages of trying to get to Potime+ as a tank. So you might want to head to pofire and see if anyone PLing one of their alts will let you sit in for some AA leeching.
The other thing that might help is asking nicely for some help in OOC. Might find a friendly person to take you through potime to get gear there. Once you have potime gear tanking BoT/Potime becomes a heluva lot easier.
If you are on tomorrow and need a hand send a PST to Protest, if I am on and not doing anything important I will galdly come give you a hand. And you will see first hand that even a DE War can kick some serious ass.