Rolling again…Bowr’s the name

I got the itch for playing a hunter again. I will be concentrating on leveling Deadr to 60 for the expansion, but I really wanted to make sure I could get the name reserved that I wanted. I researched the racial abilites and had a really hard time deciding between an orc and a troll. I must have debated for a full 2 minutes with myself. 🙂 I went back to the Priest’s Haven to research because I knew they had comments on the racial abilities.

I settled on a troll because of four things, rather than the two positives I saw in orcs.

Orcs:

1. Pet melee damage increase.
2. Axe specialization.

Trolls:

1. Regeneration- Increases health regeneration by 10% and also works in combat (normal regeneration works off the 5-second rule).
2. Beast Slaying- 5% damage bonus against beasts. In many ways, this equates to a 5% experience bonus if you choose your hunting grounds with this ability in mind.
3. Berserking- Activate when “Wounded” to increase melee and spellcasting speed by 25% – lasts 20 sec – 2 min cool-down. This ability seems good in theory, but in practice you are rarely thinking about it when you are “wounded” which I believe means you are below 20% of your health.
4. Trolls now also receive a bonus to Bow weapons in addition to Throwing weapons. (new in 1.9)