Having a Lv.51 Iksar Warrior and 47Iksar Shadowknight I have noticed that a Iksar has pretty much the ultimate AC of any class in the game. At 51 my War has 967ac with a Treeweave, Defiance, Bed-leg club, 3 pieces of Legionnaire and rest of my gear does not exceed 15ac. And my Shadowknight without his Plated Shield and MoSS has 847ac. Which these in comparison, people with every piece of Cobalt cannot exceed my war's AC at same level. An iksar's natural AC bonus is 50+, Along with the armor's extra AC bonus with armor makes an Iksar Warrior or Shadowknight litterally a Walking Tank, but a not to sturdy tank. Our Stamina is our main downfall, we are severely limited in armor (Crusty, Mithril, Sentient, Cobalt, etc...) with Stamina or extra AC, My war is 51 with 2,000hp I had a Dwarf in my group with 3,000hp at lv.42! My war has only 123sta at 51, because I cant find any gear with alot of Sta that doesn't cost 7k or more :-/ At least for both classes on Plane of Hate (Warrior) and Plane of Fear (Shadowknight) The Leggionaire and Greenmist armor is awesome, don't even have to roll on it 95% of the time, its default cause our kind are so rare. The least the Veriant can do for us is remove all Exp penalties from all races/classes, Id ask for mor if they would give us all armors. (I know the reason why they excluded us is cause of our tails and lizard heads, but with luclin theres not much more difference then the freaking Gnomes wearing same armor as Ogre. How do you get Armor to grow 5000% to fit an Ogre, But not have it grow a hole in the back for a Iksar) They should fix that with a quest or something, like making Crafted armor grow or shrink by giving it to a couple of dwarves in WC. (I forgot the quest) Anyway, Iksars are rarely played (except monks and Necros) because of this, horrendous Stamina and limited gear, Exp penalty, and... other things I cannot think of that **** me off.
Iksar Shadowknight 47
Iksar Warrior 51
Vah Shir Beastlord 33
The Iksar
 | The Iksar starts off in Cabilis in the continent of Kunark. Iksar are killed on sight by every other race in Norrath. What is the best strategy for playing a Iksar? What zones and cities should you take him to and which ones should you avoid? Which factions should you work on improving, and which factions should you be wary of decreasing? How can you safely play your Iksar beyond Kunark? What are the best quests for the beginning Iksar? Where are the best shops? How should you role play your Iksar?
Post your strategies on how to best play a Iksar, and read, rate and comment on those posted by others. |
Scholar
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I seriously don't think you should be complaining as much as you are. The reason ikkies dont get to wear plate is "because it chafes their scales". This is the Rping reason, but the real one is that they have the built in AC bonus to begin with, ALONG with regen, infravision, forage, and high swimming. Exp penalty kind of sucks, but with the armor, its one thing that makes iksar more challenging. If you wanted to wear plate so darn badly, you should've made an ogre or something and quit complaining that ikkies are somehow "underpriveleged"...
that is soo true. iksars cant get good armor for like ever. especialy if u are a warrior
like myself. but when u do find armour u end up wearing it for ever, like me i had trooperscale armor from quest and wore most of it till 45. i had it from lvl 20! thats crazy. and from lvl 1 to 20 i was wereing cabscale,banded, and leather. its unfair how ever blody frikken race/class has noob armor except iksars. and how all Kunark armor witch came with iksars is NON iksar armor. its kinda weird how verent thinks but now because of the iksars not getting any noob armor besides the beastlords less and less people play iksars besides BST , MNK , and NEC. what about the warriors and shadowknights? were people to. give us Quests( more for warriors cause ours suck *** unlike Greenmist)and noob armor. we realy need some kind of thing to make us special.Big woopy iksars get a AC bonus and a Regain bonus. WELL WE DONT GET ANY F***ING GOOD ARMOR!
-Zatrantiz Dragoonblade-46 iksar warrior
like myself. but when u do find armour u end up wearing it for ever, like me i had trooperscale armor from quest and wore most of it till 45. i had it from lvl 20! thats crazy. and from lvl 1 to 20 i was wereing cabscale,banded, and leather. its unfair how ever blody frikken race/class has noob armor except iksars. and how all Kunark armor witch came with iksars is NON iksar armor. its kinda weird how verent thinks but now because of the iksars not getting any noob armor besides the beastlords less and less people play iksars besides BST , MNK , and NEC. what about the warriors and shadowknights? were people to. give us Quests( more for warriors cause ours suck *** unlike Greenmist)and noob armor. we realy need some kind of thing to make us special.Big woopy iksars get a AC bonus and a Regain bonus. WELL WE DONT GET ANY F***ING GOOD ARMOR!
-Zatrantiz Dragoonblade-46 iksar warrior
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Not true, i put my ikkie warrior if loda kai and somtimes banded armor adn they allways outdo the partys AC, a tip also, if you play an iksar monk, keep you weight down to 17 or below, you get ac bonus for it
Its kinda funny how i read these posts just at the time i've been thinking of upgrading some armour on my Ikky BL. A friends guild is splitting up and they have a whole load of Pp (approx 190 million) and my very good RL friend haas suggested buying each of us an item with his split. This is incredibly kind, so I was thinking of what to ask for and it came to me to ask for the elemental BL armour. I'm not entirely sure how much it sells for on Veeshan, but in the region of 80-200K. I got all excited at the idea of this UBER gear and then realised that although it has nice stats it still only has an AC of 25!?!? Now this shows in all its glory the reality of the AC situation Iksars face. The fact of the matter for BL's inparticularly is that the best AC item we can get is 50 AC and is pre-VT/ top PoP gear. Not that this is all that great a deal since I've made the ultimate Ikky BL on Magelo and his AC sits around 2.5K and attk is about the same. But I do think its time for them to update some of the top end items for Ikkies since, all the effort of trying to get them is negated by the fact that they're not really all that good!!!!
Other than that I love playing my BL and even more by the fact that hes an Ikky and I can properly RP him.
Other than that I love playing my BL and even more by the fact that hes an Ikky and I can properly RP him.
When will verant make us noob armor( with stats..)? does anyone acctuly no? or do we not get noob armor.
I am a lvl 5 necro just made him. doing quests and am looking for a group. if any low lvl players in the xegony server want to play email me at xanthalis@hotmail.com so i can give you my char name. = - )
I am bringing back my Shaman. I am really thinking about an Iksar. If you really think about it how many Iksar-Shaman do you see on a daily basis?.. Anyways my question is Where should I go for good exp for about lets say 1-34 Ive heard lots about FoB and Kurns. But I am very daring and prefer the risk of being near an Enemy race. Any suggestions are very helpful. Thanks in advance
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i am now reaching lvl 31. You may have seen me runnin round, name is Monk. Your best bet for lvling in Kunark/Cabilis aera is from 1-16 FoB. 16-23 Kurnz, 23 and to my present 31 i have found that DsP, Neitherbain Lair are a good spot. i have flew thru the last 5-6 lvls going back and forth. need a hand, holla at me.
Monk
Monk
Scholar
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If you make an iksar be sure you hunt in FoB/Kurn's Tower till lvl 18 or 19. You have said that you prefer the risk of being near an enemy race but the exp is too good to leave it :). Once you hit lvl 19 go to paludals till lvl 25, then go to Echo caverns to SOLO. Try to camp needlites, better loot and exp till lvl 30, if not kill Boglins. At lvl 30-34 i would say DSP, some people says OT (both suck anyway :P)
All these zones (but FoB and OT) have exp bonus, so you should lvl up fastly.
Hope this helps and good luck :).
All these zones (but FoB and OT) have exp bonus, so you should lvl up fastly.
Hope this helps and good luck :).
another idea if you like a challenge to get there is Highkeep. This will be good since you are KOS to everything in the zone (all quite low level anyways 29 or so) and this place is good for exp from about 25 to mid 40's.
But at 40's go to Echo (not the secret side) and kill underbulks and so on and this exp is extremely good untill 52, I know since i've been there several times and it was my favourite spot and pretty much know all there is to about it.
But listen to the other post there is no point staying clear of Kurns or FoB, they have the advantage that not many peeps start Iksars so the newbie hunting zone and low 20's are quite sparsely populated, although some peeps bring the scum of the world here instead such as Inkies and Trolls =( (yuck)
Good luck
Edited, Wed May 7 10:18:52 2003
But at 40's go to Echo (not the secret side) and kill underbulks and so on and this exp is extremely good untill 52, I know since i've been there several times and it was my favourite spot and pretty much know all there is to about it.
But listen to the other post there is no point staying clear of Kurns or FoB, they have the advantage that not many peeps start Iksars so the newbie hunting zone and low 20's are quite sparsely populated, although some peeps bring the scum of the world here instead such as Inkies and Trolls =( (yuck)
Good luck
Edited, Wed May 7 10:18:52 2003
where dose a iksar monk hunt at leavel 1 i just started this iksar monk and dont now where to hunt if you can plz help me why do iksar always smeel like lizards plz anser my joke to plz
good place to hunt would be west freeport (careful u kos) and fob
Why do tey smell that way?
Why do tey smell that way?
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Anyone seen any Iksar Warrior armor newbie quests, or do we not get any of those (being the least played of all warriors besides maybe Gnomes. Hehe).
Thanks in advance for any assistance
Raznok Snowbound
Co-leader of Bristlebane's Delirium on Torv!
Thanks in advance for any assistance
Raznok Snowbound
Co-leader of Bristlebane's Delirium on Torv!
Scholar
27 posts
Having a Lv.51 Iksar Warrior I can tell you a bit.
The Noob armor quest is Trooper Scale Armor, Involves quests that can be easy (Pauldrons) or down right impossible (The Brestplate). I am 51 still using the Pauldrons and Greaves (Cause I cant get any Crusty :-/). And at 46, On Plane of hate raids, Rats and mummies dropp Legionnaire scale Armor (specificly ikky/war) Its extremely good armor with resists but the ikky war armor seems to have Intellegence and Wisdom (Idiotic as it seems) Anyway thats the 2 kinds of armor you can get. (Btw, as a Iksar Warrior your going to have Tons of AC, but massively limited Stamina, like 100-120, So consider that being a Ikky war :)
The Noob armor quest is Trooper Scale Armor, Involves quests that can be easy (Pauldrons) or down right impossible (The Brestplate). I am 51 still using the Pauldrons and Greaves (Cause I cant get any Crusty :-/). And at 46, On Plane of hate raids, Rats and mummies dropp Legionnaire scale Armor (specificly ikky/war) Its extremely good armor with resists but the ikky war armor seems to have Intellegence and Wisdom (Idiotic as it seems) Anyway thats the 2 kinds of armor you can get. (Btw, as a Iksar Warrior your going to have Tons of AC, but massively limited Stamina, like 100-120, So consider that being a Ikky war :)
We do get newbie armor quests, but since my warrior is a twink i'm not up to date on them =( what i would suggest is that you do a quest search by zone, for east cabilis. which shows you some of them. I looked but didnt see anything worthwhile since i could buy better. but i understand not all peeps have this option
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Right on. Will do. Thanks :)
what are you people talking abot?
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I was reading some EverQuest strategy guide book deal and under the Iksar it said they can duel weild at level one. Do ALL Iksar classes get duel weild at level one, or just Monks?
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Just monks
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Humans are better I'd say, they hit for more at high levels, and they also get more hp the lizards at each lvl
Uhmmm...a couple of really bad statements.
First, no matter what race, the amount of damage on any particular hit is based on a combination of the damage of your weapon plus your strength. (There are issues of a damage cap, however, they are also a matter of level and NOT a matter of race.) So basically, any character with the same strength, same weapon, and same level is going to average the same amount of damage per hit.
Second, your hit points are based on your stamina and class...No matter what your race. So, any character with the same stamina and same class (And the same equipment) is going to have the same number of Hit Points.
I will conceed that Iksar start with fairly low Stamina. However, your statement is generally inaccurate.
First, no matter what race, the amount of damage on any particular hit is based on a combination of the damage of your weapon plus your strength. (There are issues of a damage cap, however, they are also a matter of level and NOT a matter of race.) So basically, any character with the same strength, same weapon, and same level is going to average the same amount of damage per hit.
Second, your hit points are based on your stamina and class...No matter what your race. So, any character with the same stamina and same class (And the same equipment) is going to have the same number of Hit Points.
I will conceed that Iksar start with fairly low Stamina. However, your statement is generally inaccurate.
What i think he means is because the H2H damage tables for human monks is higher then for iksars to make up for the Iksar advantages, Regen, natural ac, etc.
Not sure on which topic you are making this claim, and i'm also not saying its wrong (all you flamers), but i would suggest that the innate regen of the iksar makes up for any potential loss in power, this combined with other bonusses the race makes me and ardent iksar fan, 4 out of 8 are iksar (BL, Monk, Warrior and necro) plus they look a lot better than normal human models :D
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Posted: Feb 25 2003 at 1:34 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) Let me tell you about an idea i had one day. I was running through Grater faydark and i had accedently attacked a nexus at the wizzy spires. Needless to say that i was killed Instantly. I was extreamly mad because i lost my exp. Through my hatered i studied the creature and i devised the most extravagant scheme ever. I was wondering if my fellow Citizens of norrath would aid me. Darkies and Lighties come together in a mass horde to take one down. "What's in it for me" a person might ask. Well i think that not only the feeling you get from uniting with all of the inhabitants of norrath to squash a common evil but a great possibilty of an uber pay off and Extream exp or maybe nothing just a cold hard defeat.I am not really sure if they drop anything or if they even give exp.They are most likely the least killed Npc in the game. I have heard of one or two being killed but to my knowlage no loot has ever been identified. There are only a couple of reasons why i have not been able to find the loot items either 1. The uber guild who took one down came up with an awsome item that they dont want to get nerfed because of 1000000 crying lowbies saying its too powerfull so they did not add it to new item lists 2. None of them have ever been killed 3. Normal Loot for lvl of mob 4. No loot :( Now i am not really sure yet of the master plan but i am thinking along the lines of a massive head on attack group attack at random with no aperant stratagey.A person could even make a mule char and lvl to 5 or 6 toe just for this battle.Toe to Toe with the Unchecked Evil of the world. Or i have got a more methodical aproach. Either way i could be just stupid or really tired but that is my idea and i am willing to set up shop on any server. e-mail me at massive_nexus_strike@YHAOO.COM if you have any ideas, you want to join (( lvl is of no importance 1-65 doesnt matter Class either warriors clerics shaman monks i am in need of warm bodies :) )) or you just want to flame about how stupid i am either way i will welcome your emails and i will try my very best to email you back .No matter what it says. More information on nexus is always welcome. E-mail me and give it a chance.
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I am the Demonsalyer. This warning goes out to all of you disease ridden beasts. You and your kind will be destroyed by the power of Tunare. I am her favored one. She has sent me into the world to rid it of your kind. I am coming for you. So long as Ikasar blood still flows in warm bodies i will be there to spill it on the ground. I will bring peace to this world by the destruction of your kind. Bewear all who oppose Tunare for her knight of cleansing is coming for the heads of evil.When the Warrior of holy light is set free no evil can stop it.
"through me you shall see the flames of hell"
Demonslayer
"through me you shall see the flames of hell"
Demonslayer
Someone is spending a little too much time in EQ and not enough in the real world and guess what Tunare is a goddess of life and growth not death and destruction.
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It's sad how far people take these things... anyway about the first comment I read it looks to me like the iksar is cold blooded not warm blooded. Maybe it's just me but the scales, spikes and extreme amount of lizard it has going on is it. oh what am i saying it's game they don't have blood
Xatlabik Portnuker
Gnome, Wizard
Kilolas Looseleaves
Wood Elf, Ranger
Gilgah
Iksar, Shaman...
Xev
Edited, Mon Mar 24 20:53:43 2003
Xatlabik Portnuker
Gnome, Wizard
Kilolas Looseleaves
Wood Elf, Ranger
Gilgah
Iksar, Shaman...
Xev
Edited, Mon Mar 24 20:53:43 2003
You think to frighten US, little child of the elf goddess? We have learned to suckle at the bosom of fear, until it is as mother's milk to us. Come then, Demonslayer, chosen of the elven-harlot Tunare, and let us demonstrate to you the truth behind fear. Come to our lands, and taste the fruits of despair. And when We have robbed you of your last breath, we will teach you how little we think of the power of your defeated goddess. Do not forget the lesson our god taught you in the Lesser Faydark not so long past. Tunare fell before Cazic Thule, as you shall fall before us.
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You think your sad sad little god will protect you. I am the embodiment of my goddess. The might of my sword shall bring down and destroy the seeds of evil. All evil will fear me and run in terror at mear mention of my name. My Goddess will be estabilshed as queen of all. I will meet you and your kind on your own lands and i will triumph over all. I will undermind your god and destroy him as well. Fear me and my Goddess for we are the death bringers for you and your kind.
Beware the holy knight. His power is unchallanged
"I will become the cleanser of thee world"
Demonslayer
Beware the holy knight. His power is unchallanged
"I will become the cleanser of thee world"
Demonslayer
/em smacks Demonslayer across the back of his head with the Sword of Skyfire.
Quit yer blasphemy Demonslayer! The Mother is Queen of no one and does not wish to be so. She is the Goddess of life not death. Take your blood lust and lay it before Innoruk where it belongs and remove yourself from my sight or I shall do so for you. Your blashemy is a befoulment of the airs of the Faydarks. Go ahead and attack the Iksar, but Tunare will not be with you.
Cyrmorr Elendil
Ranger of Tunare
Quit yer blasphemy Demonslayer! The Mother is Queen of no one and does not wish to be so. She is the Goddess of life not death. Take your blood lust and lay it before Innoruk where it belongs and remove yourself from my sight or I shall do so for you. Your blashemy is a befoulment of the airs of the Faydarks. Go ahead and attack the Iksar, but Tunare will not be with you.
Cyrmorr Elendil
Ranger of Tunare
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You think your sad sad little god will protect you. I am the embodiment of my goddess. The might of my sword shall bring down and destroy the seeds of evil. All evil will fear me and run in terror at mear mention of my name. My Goddess will be estabilshed as queen of all. I will meet you and your kind on your own lands and i will triumph over all. I will undermind your god and destroy him as well. Fear me and my Goddess for we are the death bringers for you and your kind.
Beware the holy knight his power is unchallanged.
"I will become the cleanser of thee world"
Demonslayer
Beware the holy knight his power is unchallanged.
"I will become the cleanser of thee world"
Demonslayer
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Wow, and yet I doubt you're on a PvP server so those threats are a little in vain, lol.
Kraglar Bloodmoon
45 Shaman
Tallon Zek Server
Kraglar Bloodmoon
45 Shaman
Tallon Zek Server
heh, getting a lil caught up in the game; arnt we all? lol
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can shadowknights solo and if so how well
That sounds more like a question for the shadow knight post, but to answer your question, SK's are among the 3 best melee soloing class. The other 2 are rangers and bards. At high levels, casters are considered the best soloers in the game. The overall top 3 best soloers in the game are necros, druids and either shammies or mages.
We can solo better than average. Better than say warriors, rogues and monks, but not nearly as well as druids and necromancers.
As with all things, how well you solo is directly related to your level, the level of the mobs, the pathing of the mobs once they are feared and of course how well you can control your mana and pet.
If you look through the forum, I am sure you can find a few discussion and tactics on this very issue.
As with all things, how well you solo is directly related to your level, the level of the mobs, the pathing of the mobs once they are feared and of course how well you can control your mana and pet.
If you look through the forum, I am sure you can find a few discussion and tactics on this very issue.
Scholar
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I know if ur a Iksar Shadow Knight, you have the big pain in the *** to jump up the ladder. I tryed 50 times before it worked, heres how.
Climb up the ladder all the way, make sure ur standing upright (press duck twice) and press jump, u notice when jump you go down, then leap up, well when ur in the down stage of jumping, press foward (hold forward), when you do u should land on the edge. Takes a couple times to get the timing right, if you mess up u just land on the ground while ducked. Confused me for a year before I tryed it actually, (Only lv.15 sk, My main was ikky war 51)
btw a couple tips to newbs <Press numlock to go on cruise control, instead of holding forward all the time>
<When doing tells, just press R to respond to someone, not type it, press it, and you will have the /tell ******* show up so you dont have to type it, it only works on the last person to have sent you a tell>
<Charisma is useless, nuff said :)
Climb up the ladder all the way, make sure ur standing upright (press duck twice) and press jump, u notice when jump you go down, then leap up, well when ur in the down stage of jumping, press foward (hold forward), when you do u should land on the edge. Takes a couple times to get the timing right, if you mess up u just land on the ground while ducked. Confused me for a year before I tryed it actually, (Only lv.15 sk, My main was ikky war 51)
btw a couple tips to newbs <Press numlock to go on cruise control, instead of holding forward all the time>
<When doing tells, just press R to respond to someone, not type it, press it, and you will have the /tell ******* show up so you dont have to type it, it only works on the last person to have sent you a tell>
<Charisma is useless, nuff said :)
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Another method is when you are running up the ladder as you reach the top if you spin around properly you will "ride the wall" on over without needing to jump.
Or if you are high enough lvl to use get yourself a Shai`den Revenant bauble and clicky yourself when you get to the top of the ladder and float across...
Or if you are high enough lvl to use get yourself a Shai`den Revenant bauble and clicky yourself when you get to the top of the ladder and float across...
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Few travel the path of the Iksar Shadowknight. A difficult path it is. But rewarding, I will tell you. You hold the honor of having Greenmist as your birthright. Aye, the other races can quest for it now. But it is yours by right. And only yours. One day you will hunt the Grey and avenge our ancestors.
/ooc cause I'm not all that good at IC anyway ;p. Iksar SK's are the coolest looking SK's. Greenmist BELONGS in their hands (/rude for making it all sk's). An odd thing I found is that unbuffed with a two-hander I have as much AC as a 56 dorf warrior in my guild. Yeah, and he can wear plate. At least at 51, I'm not having problems with armor, and can't say I really ever have once I was high enough to do some Dreadscale. I twinked back in the day with cash to become a smith, and wore banded for a long time.
Note on creation: I would recommend getting as much sta as possible. I have to pass on some decent AC gear on my neck so I can wear a sta necklace. Yeah, this'll change when I'm either worth 12.5k or I'm hunting in WW and ToV, but till then, my loss. The rest of your points -if there are any- should go to int. Mana is never in large enough supply, and our pool is little better than a fatty's.
Raising your sk: Mine was an alt, and I grouped with my guildie's alts till two of us became mains. I've always found soloing to be tedious and not worth the time (If I wanted to solo, I'd be a DE sk,lol, at least they have the mana, or maybe Erudite). Besides, fear-kiting raises your defensive skills very little. And what are you on a raid or in a high-end group? Tank / tank-mez / puller. A warrior with good proccers or a pally chain-stunning is the only thing that has a chance of pulling aggro off you when you really want it, and like I learned today, even a warrior needs taunted off of when the cleric goes ld, and yup, it's your job to grab aggro so everyone lives to the end of the fight.
Hope this helps if you're thinking of being an Iksar SK. Hard to 20. Once you get that damage cap removed, it becomes fun, and it's one of the best tank classes out there.
Dredmor Shadowblight
51 Crusader of Greenmist
Shadows of the Ebon Moon
(Vazaelle)
/ooc cause I'm not all that good at IC anyway ;p. Iksar SK's are the coolest looking SK's. Greenmist BELONGS in their hands (/rude for making it all sk's). An odd thing I found is that unbuffed with a two-hander I have as much AC as a 56 dorf warrior in my guild. Yeah, and he can wear plate. At least at 51, I'm not having problems with armor, and can't say I really ever have once I was high enough to do some Dreadscale. I twinked back in the day with cash to become a smith, and wore banded for a long time.
Note on creation: I would recommend getting as much sta as possible. I have to pass on some decent AC gear on my neck so I can wear a sta necklace. Yeah, this'll change when I'm either worth 12.5k or I'm hunting in WW and ToV, but till then, my loss. The rest of your points -if there are any- should go to int. Mana is never in large enough supply, and our pool is little better than a fatty's.
Raising your sk: Mine was an alt, and I grouped with my guildie's alts till two of us became mains. I've always found soloing to be tedious and not worth the time (If I wanted to solo, I'd be a DE sk,lol, at least they have the mana, or maybe Erudite). Besides, fear-kiting raises your defensive skills very little. And what are you on a raid or in a high-end group? Tank / tank-mez / puller. A warrior with good proccers or a pally chain-stunning is the only thing that has a chance of pulling aggro off you when you really want it, and like I learned today, even a warrior needs taunted off of when the cleric goes ld, and yup, it's your job to grab aggro so everyone lives to the end of the fight.
Hope this helps if you're thinking of being an Iksar SK. Hard to 20. Once you get that damage cap removed, it becomes fun, and it's one of the best tank classes out there.
Dredmor Shadowblight
51 Crusader of Greenmist
Shadows of the Ebon Moon
(Vazaelle)
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Our lives are spent drenched in the blood of our foes. And once I have completed my journey deep within Charasis and claimed Drusella's mirror I shall finally bear the awesome responsibility of carrying that Unholy Blade.
/ooc I still get irritated about VI opening the Greenmist to all races. Such a good storyline shot to the four winds... I've only seen a couple on my server so I don't get reminded of it on a daily basis.
You can have your slam and your ad&d drow fetish, Iksars were BORN to be Shadowknights. It's in our blood and culture. And once I have Drusella's mirror I'll take my little trip to Dalnir and forge my Greenmist. I wasn't going to start IC's quest until after I completed the Greenmist but the Greenish metatl shard was something of a bottleneck so I am up to the mimics on the SK epic... Sorry for class babble tossed in with race but I am proud of both, bein Iksar and a Shadowknight.
/ooc I still get irritated about VI opening the Greenmist to all races. Such a good storyline shot to the four winds... I've only seen a couple on my server so I don't get reminded of it on a daily basis.
You can have your slam and your ad&d drow fetish, Iksars were BORN to be Shadowknights. It's in our blood and culture. And once I have Drusella's mirror I'll take my little trip to Dalnir and forge my Greenmist. I wasn't going to start IC's quest until after I completed the Greenmist but the Greenish metatl shard was something of a bottleneck so I am up to the mimics on the SK epic... Sorry for class babble tossed in with race but I am proud of both, bein Iksar and a Shadowknight.
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I just recently picked up my alt Iksar SK again and am having a BLAST with him, but one question. I can never seem to get upstairs to meet with the guildmaster to receive quests. Once I enter the building, I whip through the little transporter to the second floor, but is there an easy way to climb the ladder and jump across to the third floor? I've tried changing camera angles to no avail and usually get frustrated.
Look straight up and go up ladder, as you reach the top use your right mouse look and still pushing up spin around behind you as you hit the top of the ladder. You'll make it.
I have also had some major issues with getting across to the third floor. I have heard a couple of ways of getting around it, however, I haven't tried them yet.
The first is to go back to "old" Iksar models. I am guessing that this would work since is seems that the jump has been dang near impossible since SoL for me.
The second and the one that I am excited to try when I get back to Cabilis is to get to the top of the ladder, then "Shadow Step."
I agree that the ladder is a serious pain in the ***** I hope this help.
The first is to go back to "old" Iksar models. I am guessing that this would work since is seems that the jump has been dang near impossible since SoL for me.
The second and the one that I am excited to try when I get back to Cabilis is to get to the top of the ladder, then "Shadow Step."
I agree that the ladder is a serious pain in the ***** I hope this help.
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/ooc
I had made a Iksar Shadowknight before, then rerolled into a Vah-Shir Shaman (Now, I hate the decision, as I like Melee more then Casting. But it's a nice combination of both).
But, I was going to ask, what would be a good name for an Iksar? (I'm not going for Scalylizard or cutieleezard. A Iksar name that is appropriate RP wise).
I had made a Iksar Shadowknight before, then rerolled into a Vah-Shir Shaman (Now, I hate the decision, as I like Melee more then Casting. But it's a nice combination of both).
But, I was going to ask, what would be a good name for an Iksar? (I'm not going for Scalylizard or cutieleezard. A Iksar name that is appropriate RP wise).
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Iksar names are anything with a bunch of S's, Z's, X's and K's
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/ooc ouch!...this looks a LOT longer than I expected it to be...but..ach...you know I mean well ratherthan Spamming I truts...and..yes it looks horrible without paragraphs...but...blame Eq itself for that i have taken to using strings of full-stops '...' when really I should use paragraphs or 'proper' full stops....I beg your indulgances and wont make the same mistakes again /ooc
[Written in congealing froglock blood upon a piece of dog-eared shardwurm skin]
As I sit here upon a cliff awaiting the arrival of my prey (a Grol Baku Jeweller, keeper of the Miniature armband required for my new raiment) it occurred to me that I would be shirking my duty to thyself and the brood not to keep you appraised of my current whereabouts and performance. As you can see from how I sign this note I have risen to the level of 39 within the not-to-unreasonable time of 6wks upon this new server known as Venril Sathir (a name of much omen..for good or ill to me I cannot say as yet…but very connected with our race and brood) as to my arrival at this status (one which I may say I could never have thought attainable in my residence on Antonius Bayle) that tale I now propose to tell…upon arriving in our fair city of Cabalis I was astounded by its population..89 fellow iksars and numerable softskins all competing for the same prey!..thankfully few were of the brood of kotiz and I was quickly able to surpass them in the immediate spawning grounds and move on to fresh pastures where I could hunt alone as is my way…rapidly preying on scorpions and sending undead members of our glorious race to their final rest I was able to rise to the level of 13…master of (most of) what I surveyed in the Fields of Bone…now my future took a turning point as I decided to leave our ancient hunting grounds in search of pastures new…with thought…I decided on (what is now commonly regarded as) the haven for beings of this level I took myself to Paludal Caverns via that strange (and wondrous) place known as the Plane of Knowledge (a place of such solitude, I may retire to teach…or perhaps write…when my time of adventuring is done) upon arrival, and a quick survey of the current population..(98!!! A number unheard of in the busiest days on Antonius Bayle)…and…strangely I thought…being the only Iksar Necromancer willing to Hold his head high and show the place my Class and Rank…I decided to forgo the ‘Usual’ approach of Bandit Killing and promptly delved deep into the heart of the caverns…in search of prey…lo!..near the entrance to a place the Vah Shir Call ‘Hollowshade Moor’ I found my goal..a small cave inhabited only by the strange Fungal Creatures Known as Reishis and the insignificant ‘Underbulks’…HeHe when I think of it now it gladdens my heart…the terror I rained upon these fungi is unsurpassed in my own experienced…for a full 12hrs I slaughtered these ‘Shrooms’ without mercy or provenance (that half day I'm sure would be mentioned in the annals of theyre race if they had such a thing)…pausing only to upgrade my spells I found myself at the dizzy heights of level 24 as the partner to the last shroom Jaber slew connned light blue in my presence…a small moment from a small necromancer…but I swear to you my Queen…no momment..to this day has burned as sweetly in my soul as the sight of that light blue text and ringing of ‘ding’ in my ears…I stood..in my Guild-given Drape and Dagger..and screeched and howled in triumph at that moment as I never had before…..but….as that moment passed to past..as all Is wont to be…I focused my eyes on the future..where to hunt now?…It was at this time I was inducted unto the ranks of <New Dawn Ascended>…a guild I was present at (although not party to) the birth of during the Beta test of Venril Sathir…mostly followers of Innoruk and other un-righteous gods…still..many softskin necromancers dwelt among them and I learned much from them I would not have know…such as how to use my spells in such a way as to…ahh…I would bore you with the details...suffice to say I chose upon my new hunting ground..an oft overlooked place known as ak’anon…bravely I passed its foul mechanistic guardians and delved deep into the bowls of its festering corpulence (more than a metaphor I assure you after seeing the actions of members of the Dark Reflection…a group I am…not honoured, but slightly pleased..to say I am now accepted as ‘Amiable’ among)..here I sowed fear even among the Clockworks..hunting in the dark, forgotten places, I - after much effort - claimed the level of 29 and looked gleefully on as Jaber Dual wielded a mechanic into submission before it could attempt its futile swim for safety…my next excursion was more workman-like…more professional perhaps in its approach…a foe totally overwhelmed by Jaber and myself..yet still rewarding…again the Reishi…this time in Dawnshroud Peaks…after careful search I happened upon a spot (in the South-western corner of the Zone) where 3 shrooms spawned…far from the eyes of passing wandering creatures…with a chuckle in my throat I descended upon them slaughtering 3 every 10 minutes as my xp bar slowly filled….at was near the end of my adventure here..at lvl 33.. that I received a summons from a guild mate of mine known as ‘Lardish’ (a 34 – at that time – necromancer, of the erudite race…one who I must say..I have learned much) to attend the camping of a creature known as the ‘Ancient Cyclops’ – as Lardish would say – I was his ‘good luck charm’ for no longer than 15minutes after I set upon the island than the Cyclops appeared…ahh what a battle…a full 7 minutes we raged against him..casting spells..(Lardish's more superior than mine though I did land many damaging DoTs on him as Jaber chopped away)..until he fell..here I am somewhat perplexed…upon the fall of the Cyclops and the discovery of his ancient ring..Lardish insisted that we leave its ownership to the chance of /ran 100…rather that taking it himself as I urged him he should (him being the senior necromancer and having been present on the Island for far, far longer than I….)..and Cazic willing…the ring fell to me…(Honour…is a strange word on my lips…but not a bad one…clean, crisp, passing boundaries of hatred and fear…that I must meditate on further)….further to this I sat with patience for several hours and alas the Cyclops did not return (Lardish did eventually get his ring…but not for some time…for the grace he did me at this time…I honour him) it was during this time that Lardish suggest we embark on a set of quests for clothing more suited to necromancers of our station (after much thought I decided that my status a necromancer and a member of the Iksar Race marks me as a servant to the Brood of Kotiz as much as my hallowed drape does…and yes…the advantages given by the ‘Robe of enshroudment’ would be welcome)…and so..for days and nights we quested the required parts required and eventually fell…at the last upon the Shadowmen of Innothule Swamp…a tricky lot, truth be told – hidden in invisibility and cloaked in obscurity..but…in time we prevailed…The Robe of Enshroudment, The Shadowbound Gloves and the scythe known as The Harvester were mine to wield in Cazics service…and..though I feel Cazic sent this to humble my feelings of triumph…it was only several days after this success that I was able to afford the demanding price set by that despicable dwarf…and finally gained possession of the ‘Journeyman’s Boots’ – ahh the rapier was easy to come by….even the ring in its way…but the platinum…many..Many gnomes died to earn that…..SO..after this side-track from my plan-of-growth I headed back into the mountains of dawnshroud to slaughter mushrooms, and attained the level of 35…here I was unsure of how to progress and finally came to prey upon a certain gnome named ‘Watchman Halv’…an insignificant wretch who had plagued me in the past…with relish I slaughtered him ever 5min50secs, but my friend Lardish suggested a different course of action…and so..I came back to my beloved Kurnark and that den of invading species known as ‘the over there’…here I positioned myself along the southern wall and Jaber and myself slaughtered all who came before us (excepting tigers and rhinos on grounds of pure mana conservation) and from this…earned my current rank of 39…but today…a strange day…after much consideration I decided to leave <New Dawn Ascended> a place where I had found many good…dear friends. yes even among softskinned races…fro the path they have seemingly (and if I am wrong I will beg their apologies and seek re-admitance) decided to tred is not for me…socializing and cammeraderie are all very well…but I seek to visit those secret places of the world…skyfire,the Temple of Veeshan, our destroyed city of Sebelis, perhaps even that place mentioned only whispers…Vex Thal…mayhap even the planes…and alas…that may not be the case if I stay….so….as I sit upon this rock and gaze upon the tro-jeg…looking for the bearer of the next piece of my Robe of Pestilance…I write the words to you my queen unguilded and alone…but always…
Edited, Sat Jan 4 01:55:34 2003
[Written in congealing froglock blood upon a piece of dog-eared shardwurm skin]
As I sit here upon a cliff awaiting the arrival of my prey (a Grol Baku Jeweller, keeper of the Miniature armband required for my new raiment) it occurred to me that I would be shirking my duty to thyself and the brood not to keep you appraised of my current whereabouts and performance. As you can see from how I sign this note I have risen to the level of 39 within the not-to-unreasonable time of 6wks upon this new server known as Venril Sathir (a name of much omen..for good or ill to me I cannot say as yet…but very connected with our race and brood) as to my arrival at this status (one which I may say I could never have thought attainable in my residence on Antonius Bayle) that tale I now propose to tell…upon arriving in our fair city of Cabalis I was astounded by its population..89 fellow iksars and numerable softskins all competing for the same prey!..thankfully few were of the brood of kotiz and I was quickly able to surpass them in the immediate spawning grounds and move on to fresh pastures where I could hunt alone as is my way…rapidly preying on scorpions and sending undead members of our glorious race to their final rest I was able to rise to the level of 13…master of (most of) what I surveyed in the Fields of Bone…now my future took a turning point as I decided to leave our ancient hunting grounds in search of pastures new…with thought…I decided on (what is now commonly regarded as) the haven for beings of this level I took myself to Paludal Caverns via that strange (and wondrous) place known as the Plane of Knowledge (a place of such solitude, I may retire to teach…or perhaps write…when my time of adventuring is done) upon arrival, and a quick survey of the current population..(98!!! A number unheard of in the busiest days on Antonius Bayle)…and…strangely I thought…being the only Iksar Necromancer willing to Hold his head high and show the place my Class and Rank…I decided to forgo the ‘Usual’ approach of Bandit Killing and promptly delved deep into the heart of the caverns…in search of prey…lo!..near the entrance to a place the Vah Shir Call ‘Hollowshade Moor’ I found my goal..a small cave inhabited only by the strange Fungal Creatures Known as Reishis and the insignificant ‘Underbulks’…HeHe when I think of it now it gladdens my heart…the terror I rained upon these fungi is unsurpassed in my own experienced…for a full 12hrs I slaughtered these ‘Shrooms’ without mercy or provenance (that half day I'm sure would be mentioned in the annals of theyre race if they had such a thing)…pausing only to upgrade my spells I found myself at the dizzy heights of level 24 as the partner to the last shroom Jaber slew connned light blue in my presence…a small moment from a small necromancer…but I swear to you my Queen…no momment..to this day has burned as sweetly in my soul as the sight of that light blue text and ringing of ‘ding’ in my ears…I stood..in my Guild-given Drape and Dagger..and screeched and howled in triumph at that moment as I never had before…..but….as that moment passed to past..as all Is wont to be…I focused my eyes on the future..where to hunt now?…It was at this time I was inducted unto the ranks of <New Dawn Ascended>…a guild I was present at (although not party to) the birth of during the Beta test of Venril Sathir…mostly followers of Innoruk and other un-righteous gods…still..many softskin necromancers dwelt among them and I learned much from them I would not have know…such as how to use my spells in such a way as to…ahh…I would bore you with the details...suffice to say I chose upon my new hunting ground..an oft overlooked place known as ak’anon…bravely I passed its foul mechanistic guardians and delved deep into the bowls of its festering corpulence (more than a metaphor I assure you after seeing the actions of members of the Dark Reflection…a group I am…not honoured, but slightly pleased..to say I am now accepted as ‘Amiable’ among)..here I sowed fear even among the Clockworks..hunting in the dark, forgotten places, I - after much effort - claimed the level of 29 and looked gleefully on as Jaber Dual wielded a mechanic into submission before it could attempt its futile swim for safety…my next excursion was more workman-like…more professional perhaps in its approach…a foe totally overwhelmed by Jaber and myself..yet still rewarding…again the Reishi…this time in Dawnshroud Peaks…after careful search I happened upon a spot (in the South-western corner of the Zone) where 3 shrooms spawned…far from the eyes of passing wandering creatures…with a chuckle in my throat I descended upon them slaughtering 3 every 10 minutes as my xp bar slowly filled….at was near the end of my adventure here..at lvl 33.. that I received a summons from a guild mate of mine known as ‘Lardish’ (a 34 – at that time – necromancer, of the erudite race…one who I must say..I have learned much) to attend the camping of a creature known as the ‘Ancient Cyclops’ – as Lardish would say – I was his ‘good luck charm’ for no longer than 15minutes after I set upon the island than the Cyclops appeared…ahh what a battle…a full 7 minutes we raged against him..casting spells..(Lardish's more superior than mine though I did land many damaging DoTs on him as Jaber chopped away)..until he fell..here I am somewhat perplexed…upon the fall of the Cyclops and the discovery of his ancient ring..Lardish insisted that we leave its ownership to the chance of /ran 100…rather that taking it himself as I urged him he should (him being the senior necromancer and having been present on the Island for far, far longer than I….)..and Cazic willing…the ring fell to me…(Honour…is a strange word on my lips…but not a bad one…clean, crisp, passing boundaries of hatred and fear…that I must meditate on further)….further to this I sat with patience for several hours and alas the Cyclops did not return (Lardish did eventually get his ring…but not for some time…for the grace he did me at this time…I honour him) it was during this time that Lardish suggest we embark on a set of quests for clothing more suited to necromancers of our station (after much thought I decided that my status a necromancer and a member of the Iksar Race marks me as a servant to the Brood of Kotiz as much as my hallowed drape does…and yes…the advantages given by the ‘Robe of enshroudment’ would be welcome)…and so..for days and nights we quested the required parts required and eventually fell…at the last upon the Shadowmen of Innothule Swamp…a tricky lot, truth be told – hidden in invisibility and cloaked in obscurity..but…in time we prevailed…The Robe of Enshroudment, The Shadowbound Gloves and the scythe known as The Harvester were mine to wield in Cazics service…and..though I feel Cazic sent this to humble my feelings of triumph…it was only several days after this success that I was able to afford the demanding price set by that despicable dwarf…and finally gained possession of the ‘Journeyman’s Boots’ – ahh the rapier was easy to come by….even the ring in its way…but the platinum…many..Many gnomes died to earn that…..SO..after this side-track from my plan-of-growth I headed back into the mountains of dawnshroud to slaughter mushrooms, and attained the level of 35…here I was unsure of how to progress and finally came to prey upon a certain gnome named ‘Watchman Halv’…an insignificant wretch who had plagued me in the past…with relish I slaughtered him ever 5min50secs, but my friend Lardish suggested a different course of action…and so..I came back to my beloved Kurnark and that den of invading species known as ‘the over there’…here I positioned myself along the southern wall and Jaber and myself slaughtered all who came before us (excepting tigers and rhinos on grounds of pure mana conservation) and from this…earned my current rank of 39…but today…a strange day…after much consideration I decided to leave <New Dawn Ascended> a place where I had found many good…dear friends. yes even among softskinned races…fro the path they have seemingly (and if I am wrong I will beg their apologies and seek re-admitance) decided to tred is not for me…socializing and cammeraderie are all very well…but I seek to visit those secret places of the world…skyfire,the Temple of Veeshan, our destroyed city of Sebelis, perhaps even that place mentioned only whispers…Vex Thal…mayhap even the planes…and alas…that may not be the case if I stay….so….as I sit upon this rock and gaze upon the tro-jeg…looking for the bearer of the next piece of my Robe of Pestilance…I write the words to you my queen unguilded and alone…but always…
Edited, Sat Jan 4 01:55:34 2003
Lord Brokentooth,
Hold your head high, make sure your scales are gleaming, and know that you have done a great service to your people this day. You have finally learned the lesson so hard for many iksar who adventure beyond our borders to accept, and that is there can be no guild loyalty except to Cabilis, and for the necromancer, no friend except the brood.
I am sure that, even now, you have friends among the softskins of your abandoned guild. I say, keep them close to you, learn whatever they have to teach, but never make the mistake of giving them undue honor; never place yourself in risk just to aid a softskin, unless you can see some clear gain from such a position.
I do wonder, though, and believe that perhaps you are now going through that slightly lonely period after you have decided upon your goals, and realized that those surrounding you, kind as they may be, cannot aid you in these dreams.
For the brood, I implore you never to give up hope. Learn from your pet if you feel the need and wish to voice your thoughts (ooc/ if ya didn't know, pets are a good way to increase begging skill while waiting for your manna to return).
I will tell you something few of our people know, and hope this knowledge would encourage you to achieve the greatest heights of necromancy. Upon the moon of Luclin, our former slave-masters live and gloat in their pride. They still hold some of ours as slaves, and keep the trapped spirits of other Iksar, not allowing them the reincarnation granted us by Cazic. I implore you, increase your skill in whatever way necessary, and then aid me in visiting revenge upon those who had the arrogance to enslave our forebearers.
Until that time, worthy broodling, I look forward to your next reports.
Usula Wurmbane
Empress of Fear
Hold your head high, make sure your scales are gleaming, and know that you have done a great service to your people this day. You have finally learned the lesson so hard for many iksar who adventure beyond our borders to accept, and that is there can be no guild loyalty except to Cabilis, and for the necromancer, no friend except the brood.
I am sure that, even now, you have friends among the softskins of your abandoned guild. I say, keep them close to you, learn whatever they have to teach, but never make the mistake of giving them undue honor; never place yourself in risk just to aid a softskin, unless you can see some clear gain from such a position.
I do wonder, though, and believe that perhaps you are now going through that slightly lonely period after you have decided upon your goals, and realized that those surrounding you, kind as they may be, cannot aid you in these dreams.
For the brood, I implore you never to give up hope. Learn from your pet if you feel the need and wish to voice your thoughts (ooc/ if ya didn't know, pets are a good way to increase begging skill while waiting for your manna to return).
I will tell you something few of our people know, and hope this knowledge would encourage you to achieve the greatest heights of necromancy. Upon the moon of Luclin, our former slave-masters live and gloat in their pride. They still hold some of ours as slaves, and keep the trapped spirits of other Iksar, not allowing them the reincarnation granted us by Cazic. I implore you, increase your skill in whatever way necessary, and then aid me in visiting revenge upon those who had the arrogance to enslave our forebearers.
Until that time, worthy broodling, I look forward to your next reports.
Usula Wurmbane
Empress of Fear
Scholar
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Posters like QueenUsula and Parttime, along with some others here, do their bests to answer others' questions, but they like to do it in a roleplaying style, and they sometimes get bombed by idiots.
Damn, what a bunch of fools! How could otherwise smart people like QueenUsula and Parttime ever be so self-deluded as to believe for an instant that (Horrors!) ROLEPLAYING would ever be acceptable on boards catering to a roleplaying game?
Well, in the future, cut 'em some slack, Jack. If you like what they're doing, then play along; if you don't care for the roleplaying, then move along.
Don't even stop long enough to rate the posts, because your lack of imagination renders your opinion worthless anyway.
Damn, what a bunch of fools! How could otherwise smart people like QueenUsula and Parttime ever be so self-deluded as to believe for an instant that (Horrors!) ROLEPLAYING would ever be acceptable on boards catering to a roleplaying game?
Well, in the future, cut 'em some slack, Jack. If you like what they're doing, then play along; if you don't care for the roleplaying, then move along.
Don't even stop long enough to rate the posts, because your lack of imagination renders your opinion worthless anyway.
SleeplessPlayer,
I thank you for your consideration in the matter of my ratings, but in all honesty, I could care less what a bunch of simpering High Elves who lack culture do to my ratings on this, the IKSAR forum. /shrug
If they do not like my writings, they can always return to the insipid whinings on their own boards.
I am the Empress of FEAR!
I thank you for your consideration in the matter of my ratings, but in all honesty, I could care less what a bunch of simpering High Elves who lack culture do to my ratings on this, the IKSAR forum. /shrug
If they do not like my writings, they can always return to the insipid whinings on their own boards.
I am the Empress of FEAR!
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I need some help im gonna start an iksar but dont know whether i want a monk or a necro can someone help me. And is it true necros can solo from 1 to 65 really well.
Edited, Wed Jan 1 00:39:00 2003
Edited, Wed Jan 1 00:39:00 2003
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I am a 38Lvl Iksar Warrior in Vazaelle.
I tried Trooper Scale Armor Quest but it does not work. I have ally faction with Quest NPCs.
When I hailed named Scorpics, "Xlixinar Arcut" and "Drixiv Arcut", they replied "Leave us, Iksar. Leave us to our eternal damnation.". This seems a normal operation.
But next, I saied "What is ancient armor?" or "What is virtue?" or "What is Helm?", they replied "Leave us, Iksar. Leave us to our eternal damnation." again. When I said some meaningless words "aaa" or "abc", they replied in the same way.
Do this quests need other precondition?
Or, simply I am wrong?
Can anyone carry out this quest in recent days?
I have already petitioned and reported about this, but I really want these armors soon because Iksars can't wear plate armors.
Thank you.
I tried Trooper Scale Armor Quest but it does not work. I have ally faction with Quest NPCs.
When I hailed named Scorpics, "Xlixinar Arcut" and "Drixiv Arcut", they replied "Leave us, Iksar. Leave us to our eternal damnation.". This seems a normal operation.
But next, I saied "What is ancient armor?" or "What is virtue?" or "What is Helm?", they replied "Leave us, Iksar. Leave us to our eternal damnation." again. When I said some meaningless words "aaa" or "abc", they replied in the same way.
Do this quests need other precondition?
Or, simply I am wrong?
Can anyone carry out this quest in recent days?
I have already petitioned and reported about this, but I really want these armors soon because Iksars can't wear plate armors.
Thank you.
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Hi. I'm new to Everquest and I was wondering what other classes are good for newbie iksars besides necromancers. Are shadow knights good, and what are their spells?
-Vanusk
-Vanusk
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No path chosen will ever be painless. Each way has it's own trials, difficulties and horrors, all of which often balance out against eachother. This in mind, choosing a path as a broodling without a solid conviction one way or the other should become a matter of deciding what end you seek to fullfill through your purpose before the ultimate end of death takes you.
In specific response to your query, young Swiftail monks are often very powerful members of the Iksar empire, though I wouldnt say that they are indherently any better than members of other castes. However, we do do very well, right from the start. One thing about a monk is that there is little building time. Many paths take time to reach fruition so that a person must be well-aged before he is a powerful Norrathian citizen. Iksar Swiftail, more than many others, are powerful from the start. But, you must choose your own path.
In regards to your question about the Shadowknights, they do not learn to use magic properly until their ninth season. Then they learn some rudimentary necromancy, such as a low-power lifetap, summoning a weak skeleton and stealing strength. There are sources which list all the lore a young shadowknight learns, and at what age he or she does so. Shadowknights also possess the harmtouch quality, which is something to be taken into consideration. However, the bulk if not all Shadowknight spells are spells taken from the necromancers' books from a few levels down. Thus, level nine Shadowknights use Necromancer spells from several level lower than level nine.
I hope this knowledge will help inform your decision. Choose your path wisely, the Empire needs purposeful citizens.
In specific response to your query, young Swiftail monks are often very powerful members of the Iksar empire, though I wouldnt say that they are indherently any better than members of other castes. However, we do do very well, right from the start. One thing about a monk is that there is little building time. Many paths take time to reach fruition so that a person must be well-aged before he is a powerful Norrathian citizen. Iksar Swiftail, more than many others, are powerful from the start. But, you must choose your own path.
In regards to your question about the Shadowknights, they do not learn to use magic properly until their ninth season. Then they learn some rudimentary necromancy, such as a low-power lifetap, summoning a weak skeleton and stealing strength. There are sources which list all the lore a young shadowknight learns, and at what age he or she does so. Shadowknights also possess the harmtouch quality, which is something to be taken into consideration. However, the bulk if not all Shadowknight spells are spells taken from the necromancers' books from a few levels down. Thus, level nine Shadowknights use Necromancer spells from several level lower than level nine.
I hope this knowledge will help inform your decision. Choose your path wisely, the Empire needs purposeful citizens.
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So, should I be a shadow knight, or a necromancer? Or even a warrior?
as he so eloquently said it depends what you want to be? you are right that necromancers can solo very effectively from early to late levels, but with not a huge amount of hp's you could die easily as well.
where as Shadowknights (SK's) are extremely good in all areas of the game. they get good spells and can be very effective melees plus they look really good later on. and also cant remember if they nerfed it but they get an epic only Iksar SK's can get!!! which is always something to boast about.
warriors are ok, but since we are not a plate wearing race you'd be better off looking at a troll/ogre/human for those. since the way of the warrior is mainly defined by your AC and Hp's
in the end it is a matter of preference! and most importantly have fun
Edited, Wed Jan 8 12:25:00 2003
where as Shadowknights (SK's) are extremely good in all areas of the game. they get good spells and can be very effective melees plus they look really good later on. and also cant remember if they nerfed it but they get an epic only Iksar SK's can get!!! which is always something to boast about.
warriors are ok, but since we are not a plate wearing race you'd be better off looking at a troll/ogre/human for those. since the way of the warrior is mainly defined by your AC and Hp's
in the end it is a matter of preference! and most importantly have fun
Edited, Wed Jan 8 12:25:00 2003
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Before I speak I wish it to be known: I am dead. Oh yes, the dead do have a voice. Had I been one of the mystics in life, perhaps I could even return to Kunark now in form, to serve the empire once again. Or were I a Nihilist, my purpose might be given strength through unlife. Yet I am Swiftail, with no regrets, and as a spirit, we can only whisper sagery into the minds of our postherity. Such I shall do, as best I may, through this council, where the whisperings of my voice may still be heard.
Many young broodlings and, indeed, many seasoned warriors of our kind wonder at the nature of death. I open the eyes of my soul now to see only dust, darkness and wind. There is no more. It is a painful and difficult journey across the black path from your death to the springs of life, where ones essence is wholly drained back into that pool, and one finds himself a shadow, dry of life. It is a harsh journey, climbing over the hills of dust that mark the barrier of the black land, that place where the springs refuse to turn. Finding oneself in the great valley, one loses all sense until eventually, there is no self. Just as the essence of life is limited, and must be drained of the dead that new life may take form, so is the essence of individuality. For a swiftail this is no new lesson. Izelcoatl the Iksar died many seasons ago. It was Izelcoatl the tool, Izelcoatl the purpose, Izelcoatl the action which died that day in the Dreadlands. It is he who speaks now.
Enough of death. It is not worth considering. Swim in the waters fed by the springs while you may, young Iksar, and serve purpose. Waste no time minding your death. I said that death was a difficult journey. Focus now on journeys just as harsh in life, for no path without pain has any destination.
In the future, I may tell the tale of my life, from rebirth as a swiftail to rebirth as a spectre. First, however, I wish to make point in regards to the faction debate in Cabilis. I need not note between whom. The path of the Dead leads into the Valley of Death. The Path of Life leads into, and becomes, the Path of the Dead. The strength of a Swiftail lies in our knowledge and acceptance of this fact. We destroy the self that the path of life ends abruptly, and we walk a third path in between the two emminent ones: The Path of Purpose. We are the Swiftail. We are without wealth, without heritage, without nobility, without status. My father, as many of our fathers are, is an outcast bandit. We are the lowest caste in the empire in regards to ancestry, and yet who does not respect of grandmasters? What citizen does not honour the passing of a great monk? What Iksar does not recognize and accept the strength of the Swiftail. Within this fact lies a great Swiftail Truth that I feel can heal the rift in our city.
There is but one path, one beginning, one end.
As my father does not matter to our society, my origin does not. The purpose of the Iksar was served by my life, the purpose we all feel clawing inside our mind. This purpose detroyed the relevence of origin and end. It is one path, characterized by purpose, within a greater path that none can deny.
Factions. Cast aside your origins and ends as do the Swiftail and know that your purpose is the same. What does the origin, the means or the end matter? They are dust.
It did not matter that I was heir to an outcast. I served purpose. Beginnings are immaterial. Whether you begin as Lord of Pain or Nihilist, it matters not. Serve purpose, and find commonality in purpose, then know that all source and end fades away into the great path.
I must retire, it is difficult to scream above the winds of this land. If any young Swiftail needs sagery or any Iksar seeks council, I will respond. I must go now.
Live with Purpose.
Izelcoatl
Many young broodlings and, indeed, many seasoned warriors of our kind wonder at the nature of death. I open the eyes of my soul now to see only dust, darkness and wind. There is no more. It is a painful and difficult journey across the black path from your death to the springs of life, where ones essence is wholly drained back into that pool, and one finds himself a shadow, dry of life. It is a harsh journey, climbing over the hills of dust that mark the barrier of the black land, that place where the springs refuse to turn. Finding oneself in the great valley, one loses all sense until eventually, there is no self. Just as the essence of life is limited, and must be drained of the dead that new life may take form, so is the essence of individuality. For a swiftail this is no new lesson. Izelcoatl the Iksar died many seasons ago. It was Izelcoatl the tool, Izelcoatl the purpose, Izelcoatl the action which died that day in the Dreadlands. It is he who speaks now.
Enough of death. It is not worth considering. Swim in the waters fed by the springs while you may, young Iksar, and serve purpose. Waste no time minding your death. I said that death was a difficult journey. Focus now on journeys just as harsh in life, for no path without pain has any destination.
In the future, I may tell the tale of my life, from rebirth as a swiftail to rebirth as a spectre. First, however, I wish to make point in regards to the faction debate in Cabilis. I need not note between whom. The path of the Dead leads into the Valley of Death. The Path of Life leads into, and becomes, the Path of the Dead. The strength of a Swiftail lies in our knowledge and acceptance of this fact. We destroy the self that the path of life ends abruptly, and we walk a third path in between the two emminent ones: The Path of Purpose. We are the Swiftail. We are without wealth, without heritage, without nobility, without status. My father, as many of our fathers are, is an outcast bandit. We are the lowest caste in the empire in regards to ancestry, and yet who does not respect of grandmasters? What citizen does not honour the passing of a great monk? What Iksar does not recognize and accept the strength of the Swiftail. Within this fact lies a great Swiftail Truth that I feel can heal the rift in our city.
There is but one path, one beginning, one end.
As my father does not matter to our society, my origin does not. The purpose of the Iksar was served by my life, the purpose we all feel clawing inside our mind. This purpose detroyed the relevence of origin and end. It is one path, characterized by purpose, within a greater path that none can deny.
Factions. Cast aside your origins and ends as do the Swiftail and know that your purpose is the same. What does the origin, the means or the end matter? They are dust.
It did not matter that I was heir to an outcast. I served purpose. Beginnings are immaterial. Whether you begin as Lord of Pain or Nihilist, it matters not. Serve purpose, and find commonality in purpose, then know that all source and end fades away into the great path.
I must retire, it is difficult to scream above the winds of this land. If any young Swiftail needs sagery or any Iksar seeks council, I will respond. I must go now.
Live with Purpose.
Izelcoatl
That is quite an elequent post, with as much bearing to real life as it does to the game.
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as a lvl 5 iksar necromancer .. it's very dissssscouraging to see the newbie armor quesssstss for the other classssessss and have none for the necro :( Verant wake up !! at level 5 we unlessssss we are twinked.. have no money to go buying weaponsssss or armor .. i'm neither and just went to shar vahl to fight ..then to pal to kill bugs etc . any ideas or thoughts on how to get some armor/weapons .. and yessssss i am fighting and selling .. but that barely paysssssss for the spells.. yet i love my necro and i know noone ever said it would be easy ..
Your level 5 necromancer has two choices. The first and easiest is to simply twink her. The second, and the stressful path I followed, would be for you to return to Kunark. You will not make much money, and you will not get any outstanding equipment, but you will be able to get a healthy supply of bone chips (which, if needing money, can be sold in other zones for a decent price) which you can use later on in life. The best you could hope for is to get raw silk (home made) or purchase items as you acquire money from other players. Honestly though, you should be able to survive to the mid levels with only raw silk (gasp, I know it's possible though), and then, if you have been smart and made a few slaves.. um.. I mean, friends, you can convince them to hunt in some of the dungeon places on Kunark, which, you will find (from this site even), have a few very very nice Iksar Necro only items. As far as the quests from the Temple of Ro, I would recommend you simply purchasing the items from other players, because the time invested in them isn't worth it.
If you insist on carrying a weapon (though I have no idea why you would want to do this), you can get a very easy little dagger with a cute effect from the field of bone (again, check this site for maps and info). It drops off a yellow spider, and isn't hard to kill at all.
One other suggestion, and something I only discovered rather recently, find a beastlord and become good friends with him/her, because a necro and beastlord grouped together can do an awesome amount of damage.
Hope that helps.
If you insist on carrying a weapon (though I have no idea why you would want to do this), you can get a very easy little dagger with a cute effect from the field of bone (again, check this site for maps and info). It drops off a yellow spider, and isn't hard to kill at all.
One other suggestion, and something I only discovered rather recently, find a beastlord and become good friends with him/her, because a necro and beastlord grouped together can do an awesome amount of damage.
Hope that helps.
Ursula is right, you really dont need good armour; AC and HP are not essential to a necro. All you need is enough HP for your life to mana spells since the pet takes the beatings for you. The only issue you are likely to have is your mana pool, which if you dump your starting points into int you will be ok. Yes it is a huge help to have nice +INT items to augment your mana pool, but it isnt needed. You could more than likely go all the way to the top naked, though admittedly later in your charachters life he begin to require some item augmentation to his mana pool and will be making enough plat to purchase decent items. then starting at 51 there is AA, to advance your stats. The first tier of AA will give you a max of +10 to your stats. then in the later AA, you can get either another 20 or 30 points, im fairly certain it is 20 though i am not certain (feel free to correct me if i am wrong anyone). Toward the mid to late levels your pet starts to become a force unto itself. being able to proc lifetaps and backstab amounst other things it can dish out a nice can of whoop-a**. All in all, you dont really need items with a necro, allthough I will concede that they are extremely nice to have.
Scholar
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The Iksar are a, as some would say, a evil blood-thristy race of scaley bastards who are hated by every race except the Vah Shir (because apparently they don't get the History Channel =P) That is exactly why I love Iksars =)
We have do have our advantages, Extra AC bonus, master swimmers from birth, built in forage, night vision, high Agility and Dexterity, such a colorful history, the fact were lizards, duh, and armor that is race/class specific at high levels.
This all may make us sound like the super race if your a noob or a moron, our disadvantages are that we are hated by every race in Norrath, we are weak in strength and stamina, we are no smarter then a human but are much wiser, the worst thing of all is that we cant wear any really good mid level plate (Which would have helped insanely in my mids).
Since that we have 70str 70sta 90agi 85dex 75int and 55cha, we are limited at fighting as a warrior or shadow knight and as a casterdue to our "normal human" intellegnce *Begins cursing at that to himself*.
At the very least we have armor for us, and only us, at mid levels and high levels. The Iksar Warriors of The Legions of Cabilis, which is my career, have The Trooper Scale Armor and Legionnaire Scale Armor, which both is actually quite easy to obtain and the Shadow Knights get Dreadscale and Greenmist, and also supposed to be sole owners of Greenmist (The sword) and Shamans get Scaled Mystic Armor.
Considering what you should put into your stats is a problem heres some suggestions
Warriors, Since you have very good Dex and Agi as it is, and Agi is apart of the warrior's most important stats, Try taking the 5 points and dumping them into Stamina and strength, more into Stamina though to, having Stamina, AC and Agility is most important stats, along with Master Taunt skill at higher levels.
Monks, Since you need Agility and Dexterity because you are the masters of Damage, Wars are masters of Taking the damage, depends really, since strength is about as important as Charisma to you, suggestion would be into Stamina, Agility and Dexterity, and since you can feign death (Fake it) You wont need a ton of Stamina in order to run for your life to a zone like a soloing Warrior. But since I've never played a monk I guess im wrong but ur 14.9lbs limit is a hint you dont need far to much strength
Shadow Knights, well its depends wheater you want one that leans to a caster, or one that leans to a fighter. But since we make middle of the run Shadow Knights, I guess dump points into Strength, Stamina and Intellegnce, Do not into Charisma, I hear Charisma is virtually useless to a Shadow Knight, or none so to make a difference, don't waste that extra 5 points on it (Because you ever notice Charisma is not needed for Necromancers, but it is needed for SKs? They say its for fear but I think you just need maxed out Alteration for it to be effective not charisma and alotta other people say that to :/
Necromancers, Everyone's favorite soloing class cause its easiest soloing class. Basicly dump all points into Intellegence and some more into Stamina, because you are a caster, you need to have HP to take a ***** slap from a mob, and be able to cast a ton of spells. Fear is what makes you the best, if the mob is walking away from you scared out of its mind, no way you can die, unless theres 2 of them and one is attacking you :)
Shamans, Altough we have the largest mana pool because we are wiser hen all other shammys, we have the least Stamina which screws us pretty bad compared to a stupid Ogre with 124, I suggest like usually following what the 2 main stats are, Stamina and Wisdom, our Dex and Agi kick in to help us better then the others though at least.
Beastlords, Once again the iksars have the most mana compared to the other races but once again least Stamina, but have better Dexterity and Agility then all others, I have a Beastlord so I can tell you that your Pet will tank most of the time at about lv.30+ So its basicly then just having alot of Wisdom, Stamina and Agility.
Well this probably won't help you, Ijust got bored and wrote this, but this is best I can say being lv.51, oh btw,(Warrior-1hs 1hb piercing)(Shadow Knight-1hs 2hs piercing and 1hb)(Shaman-piercing, duh, actually doesnt matter)(Necromancers-Anything)(Monks-Hand to Hand 1hb)(Beastlords-1hb Hand to Hand) Just suggestions of weapons if you don't wanna try and max out all your offense skills. To be honest doesnt matter what you put your skill points into just that you are ahppy with what you got, just don't make stupid choices like Wisdom in Shadow Knights or Charisma in Warriors :/
We have do have our advantages, Extra AC bonus, master swimmers from birth, built in forage, night vision, high Agility and Dexterity, such a colorful history, the fact were lizards, duh, and armor that is race/class specific at high levels.
This all may make us sound like the super race if your a noob or a moron, our disadvantages are that we are hated by every race in Norrath, we are weak in strength and stamina, we are no smarter then a human but are much wiser, the worst thing of all is that we cant wear any really good mid level plate (Which would have helped insanely in my mids).
Since that we have 70str 70sta 90agi 85dex 75int and 55cha, we are limited at fighting as a warrior or shadow knight and as a casterdue to our "normal human" intellegnce *Begins cursing at that to himself*.
At the very least we have armor for us, and only us, at mid levels and high levels. The Iksar Warriors of The Legions of Cabilis, which is my career, have The Trooper Scale Armor and Legionnaire Scale Armor, which both is actually quite easy to obtain and the Shadow Knights get Dreadscale and Greenmist, and also supposed to be sole owners of Greenmist (The sword) and Shamans get Scaled Mystic Armor.
Considering what you should put into your stats is a problem heres some suggestions
Warriors, Since you have very good Dex and Agi as it is, and Agi is apart of the warrior's most important stats, Try taking the 5 points and dumping them into Stamina and strength, more into Stamina though to, having Stamina, AC and Agility is most important stats, along with Master Taunt skill at higher levels.
Monks, Since you need Agility and Dexterity because you are the masters of Damage, Wars are masters of Taking the damage, depends really, since strength is about as important as Charisma to you, suggestion would be into Stamina, Agility and Dexterity, and since you can feign death (Fake it) You wont need a ton of Stamina in order to run for your life to a zone like a soloing Warrior. But since I've never played a monk I guess im wrong but ur 14.9lbs limit is a hint you dont need far to much strength
Shadow Knights, well its depends wheater you want one that leans to a caster, or one that leans to a fighter. But since we make middle of the run Shadow Knights, I guess dump points into Strength, Stamina and Intellegnce, Do not into Charisma, I hear Charisma is virtually useless to a Shadow Knight, or none so to make a difference, don't waste that extra 5 points on it (Because you ever notice Charisma is not needed for Necromancers, but it is needed for SKs? They say its for fear but I think you just need maxed out Alteration for it to be effective not charisma and alotta other people say that to :/
Necromancers, Everyone's favorite soloing class cause its easiest soloing class. Basicly dump all points into Intellegence and some more into Stamina, because you are a caster, you need to have HP to take a ***** slap from a mob, and be able to cast a ton of spells. Fear is what makes you the best, if the mob is walking away from you scared out of its mind, no way you can die, unless theres 2 of them and one is attacking you :)
Shamans, Altough we have the largest mana pool because we are wiser hen all other shammys, we have the least Stamina which screws us pretty bad compared to a stupid Ogre with 124, I suggest like usually following what the 2 main stats are, Stamina and Wisdom, our Dex and Agi kick in to help us better then the others though at least.
Beastlords, Once again the iksars have the most mana compared to the other races but once again least Stamina, but have better Dexterity and Agility then all others, I have a Beastlord so I can tell you that your Pet will tank most of the time at about lv.30+ So its basicly then just having alot of Wisdom, Stamina and Agility.
Well this probably won't help you, Ijust got bored and wrote this, but this is best I can say being lv.51, oh btw,(Warrior-1hs 1hb piercing)(Shadow Knight-1hs 2hs piercing and 1hb)(Shaman-piercing, duh, actually doesnt matter)(Necromancers-Anything)(Monks-Hand to Hand 1hb)(Beastlords-1hb Hand to Hand) Just suggestions of weapons if you don't wanna try and max out all your offense skills. To be honest doesnt matter what you put your skill points into just that you are ahppy with what you got, just don't make stupid choices like Wisdom in Shadow Knights or Charisma in Warriors :/
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Something to keep in mind. When i started my Beastlord the one weapon skill I didnt train at the start was 2hb. I felt with dual wield that I would never use it. I have since been severely chastised by many for not training it up. There is a place in the game for the slower,,higher damage, 2h weapons. Alot of times these weapons will outdamage two swifter weapons combined. Also apparently some higher level spawns now come with great damage shields. If you use 2 quick weapons you tend to beat yourself up. Albeit you might not use them a lot,,there is an established place in the game for your two-handed skills.
Whoever thinks that monks are actually one of the best classes in iksar HISTORY!!! please send me a tell!
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i have a 52 eudite necro..... just to tell ya a iskar necro is prolly better than a eudite.. eudites may have the best int but.. the regen on an iskar is nice... when you lich it takes lots of hp from you.. the iskar regen will help alot... The thing about the cha. when i started playing a necro i heard the lower your cha the longer fear will work.. so i tried to get my cha down realy low... now that it is not true i have to get it back up.. with out taking off my int items.. i have the 15int -30cha item (cant remember the name of it) the int is nice but the -30 cha realy sucks..
(wish i could change my race but keep my lvl)
Ibar 52 Heretic Cazic-Thule server
BoD,ignite blood,plague = easy duel=)
(wish i could change my race but keep my lvl)
Ibar 52 Heretic Cazic-Thule server
BoD,ignite blood,plague = easy duel=)
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