Knights: Decent or Garbage?

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

No one answered the central question: which is cuter?

[myriverse]

Erudite.

[Danth]

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

Anyway, I don't think Knights are terrible as much as I think Warriors are underrated. A big part of this whole 'Warriors are shit in groups' myth comes from leveling with Warriors with the standard noob combo (Yak Scimitar/Skean) and terrible dexterity.

That's no myth; it's reality for many players. That "noob" Warrior with a Yak and a Silken Whip is a whole lot nearer to the norm for most folks than some VP-geared veteran who rarely groups outside his guild or group of friends. Epic Warriors aren't exactly crowding the LFG list in Karnor or Mistmoore. EQ's what you make it, and it so happens that the hybrid tanks do well in the portions of the game where Warriors struggle, and vice-versa. Know what you want to do and pick your class accordingly.

Danth

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

The only case when Knights really shine is when your group sucks. If the monk is terrible and the SK splits, then great. If the Enchanter can't CC and the paladin is rooting and stunning, then great. But otherwise, Warriors and Monks are just better. If the group is humming, then the extra dps of the warrior means more XP, and if the group is taking on tough stuff (= seb protector, EToV) then the superior HP/AC/discs of the warrior will give far better worst case performance than the knight's aggro spells.


Warriors are obviously superior for rampage tanking because their lack of aggro spells is unimportant. Knights will only be used there if there are insufficient warriors.


Anyone with a sow potion and a bladestopper? But I kinda hope training won't be as important in Velious; it's hard for me to imagine anyone seriously training around NTOV without either a) getting vaporized by quads for 400 or b) getting petitioned after annihilating someone else's raid with 4-5 trash mobs.

why don't you post on lorean anymore?

[indiscriminate_hater]

they're okay as a leveling guild but they lack high-level firepower

[Colgate]

Empire on red uses shadowknights to tank everything except for bee boss and overseer of air

they likely won't tank very much in velious, though

[Clark]

SK if you want to pull, Ranger if you want to be more unique and help track.

[BahamutDF]

Knights aren't bad, but I prefer a warrior in my group. I disagree with the notion that Knights are better in fast XP groups. The extra DPS alone from the warrior is more useful and, in a competent group, the majority of knight utility is useless.

[xarzzardorn]

knights are bad but so are 3/4 of the rest of the classes

[Lune]

I still can't decide. Maybe I should just play a monk like everybody else