New Player trying Pally

[Funkutron5000]

Originally Posted by Lorraine [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Actually that is not exactly true. Paladins are fully capable of decent solo exp (and in some level ranges VERY good solo exp) as long as you know what/where and how to do it. It just takes patience (and later on, a Deepwater Helm, though the nerfed version will test your nerves).
Our class is more suited for group encounters though, where we will outperform warriors by a good margin (but then again so do shadowknights, they just simply bring a different area of skills compared to paladins).
In a server with not a lot of paladins, gear comes relatively cheap, and while it does matter what you have, you don't "need" to be in the 400k margin whatsoever. For example, if you have 1k to spend on a SotM, you'll gain a lot more if you purchase a Ghoulbane and a Baton of Faith.

You definitely know what you're talking about. With a deepwater helm and root pretty much any non-casting mob is soloable by a paladin, no matter how long the fight takes. It's not always the fastest xp, but it definitely keeps you moving forward.

I would have loved to combo a DW helm with a mana stone. Medding is the one thing that really slows down a paladin's soloing career. But, even without much good gear a paly can solo well. Look at the undead frogs at the lguk zone in (especially if you're not kos to the live ones). I was able to solo there without anything approaching respectable gear as my paladin was my main and I didn't get any real solid gear until my planar armor (except for a few random pieces of Ro armor).