I think its a combination of taunt not being quite as effective especially at lower levels as it was in classic and hybrids getting things they shouldn't have until later expansions. When i played classic SK's and Pal's seemed to spend the time i was pulling medding up and couldn't reliably keep up a continuous pull cycle. I have found that to not be the case here. They also had significantly less hp's for a while. I haven't played one past level 4 or 5 here but it did seem to me that they had several of the abilities they shouldn't have gotten until later expansions, increased mana/hp pools and reduced spell costs, and the melee timer not being reset. But i may also have been mistaken. Anyone have any insight on what they do or don't have here?
A couple of posts down.
http://www.thesteelwarrior.org/forum...ead.php?t=3400
Here's the list of major boosts to knight abilities since December of 99, as least as well as I can remember them. It's been a long time, so my order and timing compared to expansions is no longer reliable, but I'll try anyway.
Pre-Kunark:
-Knight HP is given a boost to bring us to a level between that of rogues/rangers and warriors. Previously, a naked level 50 rogue would have more HP than a knight. He still out tanks us, though.
Kunark:
-SK Lifetap progression is altered, so that the level 60 tap is 338 HP, rather than 150.
-Harm touch is given a damage boost post 40, and moved to the lifetap resist table. HT has ever since remained in relatively close
proximity to a high end wizard nuke.
-LOH is given a serious boost in damage healed, approximately doubling it.
-Hybrid mana pools are -greatly- enhanced. First, our mana-per-stat-per-level is set equal to casters, removing the nine level penalty. Second, our spells are set to cost the listed mana cost, not twice it, and in the case of the SK's lifetaps, three times it.
Velious:
-Hybrid /discs are introduced. Rangers and bards win big. Knights don't get much.
-Knight defensive caps are raised from 225 to 252. We can finally out mitigate, but not out dodge, a rogue. Warriors still out dodge, out parry, out riposte, and flat out out avoid and out mitigate us. This is as it should be.
-The Great Two Hander Change. This is described above, but the -real- bonus is a seperate, nearly concurrent change.
-Hybrids are flat out given detrimental spell haste on all dots, stuns, DDs, taps, snares, etc with a casting time of 3.1 seconds or greater, not including items. Further, the act of casting a spell no longer causes 'next melee attack' timer to restart. Previously, wielding a 45 delay weapon meant I would swing 4.5 seconds after my last swing, or 4.5 seconds after finishing my last cast. Now, it means I will swing 4.5 seconds after my last swing, unless I am casting at this time, in which case I will swing immediately after the cast is complete. The timer then starts again at 4.5 seconds. This means that I can cast 'between' melee attacks.