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    Default Drow, Human, or WF---Sorc

    So, I am closely getting to the point of making a new character once I hit 1750 with my main. It will most definitely be a sorc. Sure, I can solo around a bit with my little dual wielder, but I've seen nothing that compares to the awesomeness of a sorc. So, the question I pose is, what will I make his race?

    Drow

    The way I see it, if I go drow I can bump his charisma up to 27 naturally then add a +3tome then get a +6item and have his charisma sitting at 36, which I think would be pretty cool. The downside to that would be having his con at a 14, (20 with a +6item).

    Human
    I've heard of the 18 18 build. Supposedly this is a pretty well rounded build with high con/char.

    Wf

    Self healing and a buttload of constitution = survivability
    But is starting out at a 16 charisma too much of a hit to sp?

    I am sure this has been posted in previous posts..dug around a bit and didn't find one that addressed these three races as dealing with a sorc.

    Anyway, suggestions? Experience? Lemmy know please.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rholt25 View Post
    So, I am closely getting to the point of making a new character once I hit 1750 with my main. It will most definitely be a sorc. Sure, I can solo around a bit with my little dual wielder, but I've seen nothing that compares to the awesomeness of a sorc. So, the question I pose is, what will I make his race?

    Drow

    Human

    Wf

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    1) If you solo alot go WF. Why you would want to play a MMO to solo I have no idea.
    2) If you are really really worried about HP take human
    3) If you want to finger and pk half the world then you want the highest spell DC go drow. If you are worried about HP, a +6 con item, +2 con tome, and greater false life item will give you plenty.

    The reason you see so many of each is they all have their uses. It really depends on how you want to play.

    CHA doesn't really have much effect on SP. I think every +1 CHA modifier gives 10+level spell points or 26 at level 16. When you are looking at 2400 SP 26 is not really a issue. What CHA gives you is Spell DC
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    Loss of cha does not cause a significant loss of sp(I think it's 25 sp/2 cha at 16, so 50 sp behind a drow on a wf, out of about 2300ish is not a big deal). Your real concern should be the lower dc you will have. That being said, Reconstruct is fantastic.

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    Default Yep

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    Right..thanks but you kinda just repeated everything I said in my original post. Since I have never played either of the 3 what do you suggest I do. I mean, being a first timer..maybe a little higher on the con side because I may do some stupid junk and draw too much aggro towards me? What do you enjoy playing.. I guess I was looking for more of personal experience with either build.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rholt25 View Post
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    Right..thanks but you kinda just repeated everything I said in my original post. Since I have never played either of the 3 what do you suggest I do. I mean, being a first timer..maybe a little higher on the con side because I may do some stupid junk and draw too much aggro towards me? What do you enjoy playing.. I guess I was looking for more of personal experience with either build.
    I have the drow. I see no reason to solo stuff in a MMO, whole reason I am on a MMO is to play with others. As for why I choose Drow over human, I have always made Elf, half elf etc... casters in real DnD for their vision (DDO left this out). So it was a habit, and I like them cosmetically better. The humans women look alittle fat. I have done pretty much every quest/raid in the game and HP has never been an issue. Part 4 of shroud bit me once but a belt of greater false life has kept that from ever being an issue again.
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    the advantages of each: I'll start with my personal recomendation adn atm for a PURE sorc a casting sorc the answere is imo HUMAN.

    WF: Self healign via SP, btu to work REALLY well you want quicken and that cut in to your already limited feat selection, the most HP possible the lowest Cha will 2 points of cha make or break you NO it wont....
    Thsi is the bets race to be IF youwant to build a battle caster, or want really strogn self healign obviusly excelent fro soloing.
    down side you lose a levle 6 spellslot to reconstruct in an already tight spell level.

    Drow: LEAST HP of all the sorcs, most Cha easly, onyl a 28pt build but the bonus stats SOrta make up for it the con hit hurts, you will have to learn to watch your but BUT can still get over 300 HP with a 12 starting con, ok it takes alot of work and a tougheness feat but it's doable. Can self heal with scrolls Via UMD..... make good sorcs.

    HUMAN: great HP, no hit to Cha, +1 skill point a level, (efectivly the same as the drows +2 int), BONUS FEAT.... imo the best sorcs faily easy to break 300 hp with, especaly if your not an original 28 pt build that based soem stat choices on PnP logic the 18/18 is a great build and you still get 2 skill points a level. UMD+concentration add in balance/jump/haggle/whatever when you eat a +2 int tome. the bonus feat is HUGE on feat starved sorcs you can get the important 'standard' set of feats, (EMP/MAX/HIGHTEN/EXTEND/SPELL PEN/GTR SPELL PEN), and STILL have one left over to help in what ever area you need it at a given time toughness for more hp or SKill fouc UMD to help out your umd OR FoP if you wan't a will save some where in the upper atmosphear.... Can get the same efective Cha as a Drow but it takes more work, this may change in the future I.E. abbot trinket migth actuly become a realistic option then a drow can win, but basicaly any time the MAX is ODD you tie the drow just with a bit more work. imo the feat is realyl what wins it for humans atm. Can self heal via scrolls with UMD. Make the best sorcs imo.


    Basicaly IF you wan't a battle caster, or a totaly solo focused caster WF is the best, but for anything else human wins out, and they don't really lose much in soloing to the WF at least not for normal content not likely to ever solo VoD, but then should they ever build a robe with the docent of defiance effect that could change .
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    Quote Originally Posted by FluffyCalico View Post
    I have the drow. I see no reason to solo stuff in a MMO, whole reason I am on a MMO is to play with others. As for why I choose Drow over human, I have always made Elf, half elf etc... casters in real DnD for their vision (DDO left this out). So it was a habit, and I like them cosmetically better. The humans women look alittle fat. I have done pretty much every quest/raid in the game and HP has never been an issue. Part 4 of shroud bit me once but a belt of greater false life has kept that from ever being an issue again.
    DDO human women ever so slightly aprocing actual real demetions for a human femail OMG who thought they would ever se ethat in a fantisy MMO... personaly i actuly liek that they are ever so slightly more realistic, while still beign smokign hotties
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    I have an Elven Sorceror and I don't notice any major issues with HP, SP, or DC so it's all preference IMO.

    Remember if you decide on choosing WF, Sorcerors have a limited selection of spells. As the game stands, there aren't many issues slotting in the basics and there are only ever a few real dilemmas of what spell to pick. However, as a WF you'll probably be slotting in repair and reconstruct spells so take osme time to slot out your spells.
    At level 16 you will have 4 spells from level 1-5, 3 level 6, 2 level 7, and one level 8.

    It's a nice idea to make sure you'll have all the spells you want.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Desteria View Post
    DDO human women ever so slightly aprocing actual real demetions for a human femail OMG who thought they would ever se ethat in a fantisy MMO... personaly i actuly liek that they are ever so slightly more realistic, while still beign smokign hotties
    You think elves aren't close to real deminsions? Ever heard of say kira knightley or milla jovovich. About 5% of women are very very skinny.
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    I disagree that you need quicken on a WF sorcerer. You cast fast enough, all you gotta do is jump and reconstruct.

    I love WF Sorcerers they got a great survivability, sure you lose 1 DC but my opinion is that in the end it doesn't matter much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HeavenlyCloud View Post
    I disagree that you need quicken on a WF sorcerer. You cast fast enough, all you gotta do is jump and reconstruct.

    I love WF Sorcerers they got a great survivability, sure you lose 1 DC but my opinion is that in the end it doesn't matter much.
    You mean 2 DC 16vs20
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    Quote Originally Posted by Desteria View Post
    the advantages of each: I'll start with my personal recomendation adn atm for a PURE sorc a casting sorc the answere is imo HUMAN.

    WF: Self healign via SP, btu to work REALLY well you want quicken and that cut in to your already limited feat selection, the most HP possible the lowest Cha will 2 points of cha make or break you NO it wont....
    Thsi is the bets race to be IF youwant to build a battle caster, or want really strogn self healign obviusly excelent fro soloing.
    down side you lose a levle 6 spellslot to reconstruct in an already tight spell level.
    Yea, I guess human is nice, did not try it.

    I tried Drow on one of my first toons, did not like it very much, was too squishy for my taste. Sure, at high level and with proper gear, they can UMD Heal scrolls, but on the way to level 16, its a long painful haul.

    I have been leveling a warforged one recently, and its been a blast. So much self healing is so nice, be it wands of repair, repair spells, scrolls of reconstruct, and the reconstruct spell itself. It does take the place of one precious level 6 spells, thats true.

    Quicken is absolutely not necessary.

    I happen to play with another guildie who is leveling a human sorcerer, and what a difference! Well, he did not put a lot into Con, I must say. He is real squishy and dies pretty much several times per quest. On the other hand, I rarely ever die at all.

    I love playing that character. My only concern is if I will ever regret that 2 DC compared to a drow. Time will tell!

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    Quote Originally Posted by FluffyCalico View Post
    You mean 2 DC 16vs20
    How much does the loss in DC really matter? Is it going to make or break me if I go WF?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rholt25 View Post
    How much does the loss in DC really matter? Is it going to make or break me if I go WF?
    Providing it's something you don't have a 100% chance of landing its 5% per DC so 2 DC would be 10% more fails on tuff targets. But like he said self heal is neat too.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FluffyCalico View Post
    You mean 2 DC 16vs20
    yeah in my head drow is not even an option was thinking about human vs wf, but you are right.

    WF all the way!!! besides WF got one of the best /dance in the game...

    In my opinion the self healing out weights the lose of 2 DC.
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    Quote Originally Posted by doppleganger View Post
    Yea, I guess human is nice, did not try it.

    I tried Drow on one of my first toons, did not like it very much, was too squishy for my taste. Sure, at high level and with proper gear, they can UMD Heal scrolls, but on the way to level 16, its a long painful haul.

    I have been leveling a warforged one recently, and its been a blast. So much self healing is so nice, be it wands of repair, repair spells, scrolls of reconstruct, and the reconstruct spell itself. It does take the place of one precious level 6 spells, thats true.

    Quicken is absolutely not necessary.

    I happen to play with another guildie who is leveling a human sorcerer, and what a difference! Well, he did not put a lot into Con, I must say. He is real squishy and dies pretty much several times per quest. On the other hand, I rarely ever die at all.

    I love playing that character. My only concern is if I will ever regret that 2 DC compared to a drow. Time will tell!
    Your guildie just made a drow like human thats silly the OP was thinkign about and 18/18 sorc so he would be VERY unsquisy, add in umd healign &/or potions and humans are fine.
    Quicken is not neccicary BUT it's what makes casting so much better then scrolls removing the concentration check.
    And you dont only get self healign through UMD at high levels you cna use it for wands at lower levels... CSW are only dc 26
    At really low levels you want to use potions any way sicne CSW potions are level restricted liek wands of CMW/CSW, the end game bonus is you get to use heal scrolls, but even the WF sorc has to wait till level 12 to start getting the really GOOD healing, and level 12 basicl = 16 in a day or 2 because that when you can join all teh 16's and still get exp so those level FLY by.


    Quote Originally Posted by esoitl View Post
    I have an Elven Sorceror and I don't notice any major issues with HP, SP, or DC so it's all preference IMO.

    Remember if you decide on choosing WF, Sorcerors have a limited selection of spells. As the game stands, there aren't many issues slotting in the basics and there are only ever a few real dilemmas of what spell to pick. However, as a WF you'll probably be slotting in repair and reconstruct spells so take osme time to slot out your spells.
    At level 16 you will have 4 spells from level 1-5, 3 level 6, 2 level 7, and one level 8.

    It's a nice idea to make sure you'll have all the spells you want.
    Agreed you definetly want to think about those spells levle 6 is going ot hurt alreayd LOTS of option there....

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    yeah in my head drow is not even an option was thinking about human vs wf, but you are right.

    WF all the way!!! besides WF got one of the best /dance in the game...

    In my opinion the self healing out weights the lose of 2 DC.
    In my opinion the FEAT and +1-2dc out way the loss of a FEAT i agree i would not do drow, i at one point started to remake my 28pt human as a drow and realized it just wasent worth it the lower HP and loss of a feat HURT on drow VR's human...
    So i'll take a feat & +1-2dcover better self healing wands and scrolsl still work well.
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    I play several casters and I wouldn't roll anything but Drow for any caster....Wiz or Sorc. But that is just personal preference. I like to have max stats and having a 22 int or 22 cha at 2nd lvl is so much fun . Maybe 1% of stuff makes saves....but at 16th level, it can be even more of an asset as your DC's are harder to save against provided you can beat their SR. End game can be rough for the "insta-killer". My wiz has max spell pen, max int, and rarely gets stopped from getting through SR or DC (at least in the vale). However the Vale quest on Hard & Elite, the % goes down for SR and saves vs DC.

    The spells that I tend to use on my Wiz that require the Spell Pen and high DC:

    Dismal
    Banish
    PK (occasionally)
    Flesh to Stone
    Finger of Death
    Charm Monster
    Hold Monster

    If your not going to use these spells or rarely use them....then your DC isn't going to matter alot...especially if your going the Nuker route. My 13th lvl sorc uses PK quite frequently and I would probably fail alot more than I do if my Cha score wasn't maxed...but I am doing quest that are several levels above my actual level too. At 12th level I was doing the vale quest which I believe are 15th & 16th level quest on Normal. The group I was running with we did them up to Hard.

    But in the end, it will come down to your preferences in how you want to play your toon.

    WF - Pros: immunities, self healing, higher con
    Cons: Lower Cha & Wis --> you can still dance and be commanded.

    Human - Pros: Extra feat, extra skill points

    Drow - Pros: Highest Cha score, SR
    Cons: Lower Con

    Just my 2 CP....hope it helps.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Daedalis View Post
    WF - Pros: immunities, self healing, higher con
    Cons: Lower Cha & Wis --> you can still dance and be commanded.

    Human - Pros: Extra feat, extra skill points

    Drow - Pros: Highest Cha score, SR
    Cons: Lower Con

    Just my 2 CP....hope it helps.
    The only problem atm is with out abbot trinket drow cap at 39 cha humans at 38... SOOO the drow DC advantage dissapears with out one VERY hard to get item...

    Next mod brings +4 tomes but also level 20 stat point SOOO all reamans the same the only exception will be possibel the changes to abbot makign trinket more of an option, if they go to +5 tomes at soem poitn and all else remains the same, human will tie drow again....

    I think the human balance of more con & an extra feat make them the best choice for a defalt sorc atm.

    P.S. drow SR is a JOKE, it;s not worht considerign at all ANY thing that actly cares abotu SR will be passign it on absurdly low rolls if not 1's unless your playign WAY down and then what it matter you will be a GOD of power any way.
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    After taking one human sorc and one WF sorc to level cap - I can honestly say I'd never make a non-WF sorc again.
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    This was my 1st mmo, and the 2nd character I rolled up was a 28 point human sorc. I still have her now almost 3 years later.

    Yea she started with 14 con and an 18 charisma.

    she has a 38 charisma, 2380 sp, 337 hp, and a 40 umd.

    I don't really think race will make a much difference of a difference at end game. It's all about your equipment.

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