1h or 2h for pally

[Splorf22]

Propo I'm real curious what you do for a living now [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I also think your DPS findings will shift as you level up. Warriors have basically the same skills as Knights at 50 but have substantial bonuses at 60, not to mention triple attack and DW becoming better and better. At 60 I found that Snoogan with an Epic+RBB+VoG+Str was putting out 40 dps in HS South while Sakuragi under the same circumstances would be hitting 60-65. Of course the Paladin epic and haste belt are about 100x easier to get than the warrior ones.

Anyway I agree with Lorraine that the offense/defense balance is a lot different for hybrids that can maintain aggro with spells than melee that need damage and procs. In fact that's one of the reasons that I think warriors are so gear dependent. Hybrids can just stack AC/HP/Sta and hold aggro with a few cheap L1 spells and a rusty long sword. Warriors need that and good weapons/dex/haste. In fact, I've spent well over 1M on Sakuragi mostly to increase his aggro (Epic/Shissar/Belt of the Four Winds). Defensively there isn't much difference between that and a Sarnak Warhammer/Dagas/Runed Bolster Belt, but offensively my new config is probably 50% more hate and 25% more DPS.

Finally for the OP, my personal advice would be:

Sword of Skyfire (1-20), Baton of Faith (21-50), Sword of the Morning/Clay Guardian Shield (50-60), Epic (whenever you can get it!). I would definitely focus on getting the epic ASAP as it's quite easy for any casual guild.