Are Paladins really bad?

[elwing]

Sorry, but don't buy into this gear dependant thing... You can fulfill your group role with a 100p ec weapon and a set of banded to 30-40...

[Danth]

Paladins are poorly regarded on P1999 mostly because they're specialized towards a job (group tank) that most players don't care about. Paladins solo only slowly, aren't a critical raid class, and aren't generally great at making money, either. If you like the group tank role well enough to want to dedicate yourself to it then the Paladin gives excellent service, but as a main it's definitely a class for a niche portion of the player base. Since the Paladin is at its best during the leveling portion of the game it also serves well for those players who want a tank-type alt to play around with now and then, especially if said alt is cheaply-equipped.

Danth

[Topgunben]

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

Sorry, but don't buy into this gear dependant thing... You can fulfill your group role with a 100p ec weapon and a set of banded to 30-40...

Can it be done? Of course! i never discriminate against poorly geared players, most of the time I try to give them upgrades if I have anything, and they aren't ALS. But there are a lot of jerks that would prefer to pass on a Paladin, a poorly geared one at that, in favor of every other class.

Not to mention that casual players tend to not have the time to put together a full group, so solo, or duo is where it's at. A poorly geared paladin is going to suffer greatly as a solo practitioner.