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Should I change to halfling for pvp ?
crixus8000
Member Posts: 1,205 Bounty Hunter
I asked this before but didn't get much answers. I don't want to spend 1.5k zen if it's not worth it and as halfling has great race bonuses for pvp I would like to know if people who have a halfling char thinks it worth it ?
Crixus - PVP GF
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If looking freaky and mutated doesn't bother you, the bonuses are excellent for PvP, by the way.
Yeah the looks don't bother me haha. Just I don't make much ad so 1.5k is a lot and I only pvp so it would be a good choice, i just want to make sure it actually makes much of a difference. I'm human now but halfling bonuses seem way better.
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My dilemma is whether it's worth race changing from wood elf to halfling for my combat HR or keeping the wood elf and using the Zen to buy upgraded enchants?
Then hopefully we will get some answers. I don't want to spend all that zen then find out it's not even that much of a difference lol.
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At lower levels of GS, the enchants will probably help more, but as your GS gets higher then the benefits of the Halflings' +3% deflect, +2 DEX and +2 CON become impossible to replicate. The fact that Halflings are slightly smaller and have a slight visibility advantage help also.
If you can accept your toon looking fugly sure go ahead.
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Don't forget their Melon-Sized huge heads.
Yep, giant heads, tiny spindly legs etc.. It's a shame- to be shallow, my Halfling GF was the cutest of all my characters until I foolishly used the appearance change to make a couple of tweaks. Now she's a grisly little mutant.
The fact that they are smaller and you have the bonus +2 CON and +2 DEX is also good for a GF, just go for it.
That's a shame, anyhoo my GS aint that high atm (12.5k) so I may just improve my enchants instead.
Also dont underestimate their tiny size.
I dunno what's with all the hate with how the new halflings look. You can still change the head size smaller to make it look more proportional to the body size. And I actually think they look even more adorable now with their tiny legs. :P
As for the question, halflings are good for pvp. Especially if you want to tank better as a GF. And like some people have mentioned already, the stats are really helpful in pvp.
A simple example:
- non-halfling char: HR boar prones you, Fox Shifts you while you are prone still on your <font color="orange">HAMSTER</font>
- halfing: HR prones you, and the next moment you're off the ground. Might even have a chance to dodge or in your case activate block, dunno about GF, others should tell you.
An entangle also lasts considerably longer on a non-halfling. Other CCs are less visible, but the reduction in duration is there.
Halflings can (could?) also randomly resist CCs almost completely. It's been quite a while since I have seen this stuff, might have been ninja-fixed.
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Thank you this was helpful and thanks to everyone else too. I'm gonna change to a little halfling and I don't mind the look lol. I guess it would be fun to make people lose to a guy half there size :P
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Not sure. It happens to me somtimes, i hit a HR/TR with stun, it connects 100% but the guy start moving after half of a second. You hit them, 100% damage and They stop moving, but get free almost immediately. Must be a bug or some weird combo of estreme cc resistance...
Well, in my case. I am a PvP combat pathfinder HR.
And yeah when I respected to SM I couldn't bring myself to go halfling, on the account that they look like creepy leprechauns running around on baby legs.
But yeah, halflings are BiS choice for PvP. CC resistance and deflect beat dwarf bonuses and human heroic feats and defense bonus.
Still , if you care about aesthetics even a little bit, i wouldn't choose halfling, unless you are trying to make your toon look ugly and creepy on purpose.
I don't think they look bad at all apart from the legs. When race re-roll was on test server I messed around with it a lot and I changed the size of the body/legs and head to look fully normal just smaller version than human and the face looked quite normal too
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I play a Tiefling GF just to enhance damage reflection and nerf any who damage my party with my racials.
Hrm, of racials, to consider a halfling for Protector from the Iron Vanguard tree would be most acceptable. You would have an affinity for DEFLECT! And, since that stat is slower to raise than Defence or -well I'll just say ANY OTHER STAT since it's the most of the most very important stats for a decent Guardian Fighter- make sure you re-roll those stats until you land a 20 Dex! Put a +1 in it every time
They say that CON is the prerequisite for GFs, its in purple and everything.. Well you start with +2 in that too! I'm thinking of trading my horns in for harry feet! Hitpoint gear and boons help with that too but you start with so much as a halfling then, why the heck not?
You will look so much better being sucessful in defending your party in PVP that no one will freaking CARE what your legs or your head look like! For real, at the end of the match, when your team wins the most anyone will say is GG so there -.-
Took me a while on the appearance part to get him looking normal but it came out well
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Well it gave me just under 5% deflect chance, that's actually pretty good and definitely makes a difference and then the extra little arm pen for dmg and the control res was worth it i think.
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I think you've just convinced me, certainly more beneficial to me than a couple of rank 8 deflect enchants!!
for combat HR i would recommend dragon born +2 con/ +2 dex. + 3%power and crit and +5% healing.
1. Halfings are OP for PVP. But look is extremely ugly.
2. geicos
3. half or wood elfs for HR.
My halfling looks amazing! Lol and I actually notice a difference in pvp too. I am really glad I re-rolled now because they are a good race for pvp. As for dragonborn though I don't like the look of them, too big for my taste and they cost too much xD
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