What makes a great Paladin

[Pint]

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

what mkes a great paladin?

a player willing to level one to 60

ah yea, this too

[Tuljin]

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

Have a set of CHA gear. You will calm very often, despite what the P99 hivemind says.

Funny how quickly a member of said "hivemind" chimed in to belittle my good advice. Its behavior like this which is why most good players are reluctant to share secrets and advice. "Great" players are "great" due to esoteric knowledge, little-used tactics, and the willingness to take calculated risks (i.e. try new things.)

I found myself calming all the way through leveling in Unrest, Mistmoore Castle, Sol B, Lower Guk, and Hole entrance in low 50s. If you want to move the XP bar you don't always have the luxury of waiting around for an Enc, especially one that is likely a nub at low levels. I would duo with Rogue and trio a lot with a Shaman. I was calming often. Carrying CHA gear is certainly unorthodox advice, but it is far from "bad."

I believe the title of the thread is "What makes a great Paladin?" Many of the comments on this thread are accurate - one who is willing to get to level 60. Really what that is saying is its hard to even get a Paladin levels at all with the negative stigma associated with them, coupled with the fact that if you play a Paladin you can't "just be a tank" in order to be truly effective. You have to utilize your spells properly and effectively as well as be willing to go out of your way to find ways to move your XP bar, something that your average player "rolling a tank" simply won't do.

I lulled, bashed, LOS root parked, and stunned my way through my levels in small, unorthodox groups in little-traversed mid-level zones in order to move my bar as quickly as possible. I even succesfully duoed the Arch Magi in LGuk with a Rogue when he was white to me at level 45. The Rogue was 43. You can't just post up LFG and get groups on Paladin. On this path, I found myself calming ~often~ - - - - - certainly ~often~ enough to warrant the use of CHA gear.

A Paladin calming/tanking Seb at level 52 certainly isn't something you see every day. I was tanking just fine and the XP was way better than the LCY in KC. I will say Root was not sticking well, but when you get Enstill its way better. My stuns/bashes were landing just fine, and they were even hitting Krups often enough. All that really matters is keeping the agro on you and keeping the DPS from charmed pets and other melees coming from behind the mob. Why was I in Seb at 52? Because I know the class and zone well enough to be effective there, and there was no fucking way I would watch paint dry in KC with the "hoi polloi" of P99.

If you look at the character distribution statistics website, you will see there are barely 40 people that have leveled a Paladin past level 55 in the 5 year history of this server. If I played like everybody else, I certainly wouldn't be a member of this small group. If I played like everyone else I'd post up LFG in KC and barely get through 51 then quit.

[kaev]

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

what mkes a great paladin?

a player willing to level one to 60

I'm trying to think of a Paladin I've known on p99 who kept playing more than a month after hitting 60. Hit 60 then ghost seems to be the norm, with a bit of hit 60 and then level an alt to 60 and play that instead mixed in.

[Erati]

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

I'm trying to think of a Paladin I've known on p99 who kept playing more than a month after hitting 60. Hit 60 then ghost seems to be the norm, with a bit of hit 60 and then level an alt to 60 and play that instead mixed in.

thats bc most of them get 60 sitting at the zone in of Chardok nowadays

my paladin enjoys being useful while being parked in places like Crypt or Raid targets hehe

[pharmakos]

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

I'm trying to think of a Paladin I've known on p99 who kept playing more than a month after hitting 60. Hit 60 then ghost seems to be the norm, with a bit of hit 60 and then level an alt to 60 and play that instead mixed in.

Tysidious.

[Raev]

In my experience on my enchanter, the resist rate is determined by MR/level, but the critical resist rate is determined by charisma. The second is far more important, of course. That said, I haven't really tested it because lull crits are so rare that I would need to do like 1000 trials with 255, then another 1000 with 200, etc.

Originally Posted by Erati

my paladin enjoys being useful while being parked in places like Crypt or Raid targets hehe

That's why I rolled a warrior . . . [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ele]

a pure heart

[Ezalor]

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

Funny how quickly a member of said "hivemind" chimed in to belittle my good advice. Its behavior like this which is why most good players are reluctant to share secrets and advice. "Great" players are "great" due to esoteric knowledge, little-used tactics, and the willingness to take calculated risks (i.e. try new things.)

I found myself calming all the way through leveling in Unrest, Mistmoore Castle, Sol B, Lower Guk, and Hole entrance in low 50s. If you want to move the XP bar you don't always have the luxury of waiting around for an Enc, especially one that is likely a nub at low levels. I would duo with Rogue and trio a lot with a Shaman. I was calming often. Carrying CHA gear is certainly unorthodox advice, but it is far from "bad."

I believe the title of the thread is "What makes a great Paladin?" Many of the comments on this thread are accurate - one who is willing to get to level 60. Really what that is saying is its hard to even get a Paladin levels at all with the negative stigma associated with them, coupled with the fact that if you play a Paladin you can't "just be a tank" in order to be truly effective. You have to utilize your spells properly and effectively as well as be willing to go out of your way to find ways to move your XP bar, something that your average player "rolling a tank" simply won't do.

I lulled, bashed, LOS root parked, and stunned my way through my levels in small, unorthodox groups in little-traversed mid-level zones in order to move my bar as quickly as possible. I even succesfully duoed the Arch Magi in LGuk with a Rogue when he was white to me at level 45. The Rogue was 43. You can't just post up LFG and get groups on Paladin. On this path, I found myself calming ~often~ - - - - - certainly ~often~ enough to warrant the use of CHA gear.

A Paladin calming/tanking Seb at level 52 certainly isn't something you see every day. I was tanking just fine and the XP was way better than the LCY in KC. I will say Root was not sticking well, but when you get Enstill its way better. My stuns/bashes were landing just fine, and they were even hitting Krups often enough. All that really matters is keeping the agro on you and keeping the DPS from charmed pets and other melees coming from behind the mob. Why was I in Seb at 52? Because I know the class and zone well enough to be effective there, and there was no fucking way I would watch paint dry in KC with the "hoi polloi" of P99.

If you look at the character distribution statistics website, you will see there are barely 40 people that have leveled a Paladin past level 55 in the 5 year history of this server. If I played like everybody else, I certainly wouldn't be a member of this small group. If I played like everyone else I'd post up LFG in KC and barely get through 51 then quit.

Yikes... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Someone might be taking an elf simulator way too seriously.

[Tuljin]

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