Ailees

I have an arguing with some friends about racial characteristics.
I told them that a high wizard in high raids would have same DPS being an ogre, a gnome or an erudite.
Because equipment and buffers are much more important than any other thing (supposing that the way the char. is played is same, of course) and they allow to be at any skill cap.
Of course I see in here more gnomes/erudite/elfs than any other race, but I wonder if wizard in a high guild has got an odd race ?

Ipaan

A high wizard? Depends on what he's smoking I guess...

Nah, just kidding... It all comes to playstyle and shit more than race... Whereas ogres have this neat hp-buff that will help ya survive AE:s and shit, Darkelves for example have a nifty temp-buff that increases spell haste and crits together with a static crit/disruption buff.
But when it all comes around, sure... A small diff there will be and the further you progress as a player/guild, the smaller the difference will be.

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Xalmat

Most racial differences will be made up for by the time you are level 20, and will be almost nonexistent at level 80. However some races do get some useful abilities worth considering that other races might not. For example:

Dark Elf: Temp buff that increases spell haste and crit rate. Emergency deaggro ability every 5 minutes. 3% higher base Power.

Erudite: 2% higher base Power and 5% permanent cast time haste.

Gnome: Clockwork illusion. Emergency deaggro ability every 5 minutes. 3% higher base Power.

Ratonga: 3% higher base Power. Emergency deaggro every 5 minutes.

You get the idea.

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dakkota

Dark Elves and Erudites have the best abilities hands for for wizards. Unfortunately they added these effects in after I made my toon! Shows what I get for trying to make my wizard a pretty lady instead of sticking to old school fundamentals like erudites as casters.

Ailees

Only interesting thing at raiding time can be the Erudite 5% permanent cast time haste.
If, of course, one is not already capped, I don't know what's the value for that.
I am a gnome and never use the deagro buff, one every 5 minutes is useless.

Anyone ever tested an Ogre ? Iksar ?

Gwanath

As a dark elf I use the deagro buff all the time. I find it more useful than blip or Concussion for one reason. It lowers you on the hate list by one, no matter HOW much agro you have over the person below you. Very handy in instances when spike agro gets the mob running at you, or in raids if you accidently pull off the MT (much rarer). A side benefit of being a Dark Elf is Hover, which I also use all the time, (No lawn darts to go to MC!)

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Irulana

I rolled Iru as a high elf, way back when I had no idea what I was doing, I just rolled her cos she looked good. I think if I was to re-roll her today I'd roll her as a dark elf or Erudite.

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Warlocks do it with more than one mob at a time

Whyte

arasai for me.

SacDaddy

Racial doesnt mean too much

Ailees

Not my question hun ! lol, I was trying to see if anyone ever tried a wierd wizard, like an ogre in a VP raiding guild

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