Shadowknight vs Paladin

[Snaggles]

The SK is more dynamic.
The paladin is more practical.

Turns out a practical spell book is rather boring but I’d rather have a bunch of stuns, buffs, and heals than a few extra DoT’s you won’t cast outside a few times, ever. This also assuming you never quest the soulfire which is an afternoon for 5 magic clicks.

Really though they fill the same need. Go with what you think you will want at the end or seems more fun.

[Zuranthium]

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

lol

Blind kiting is a legit tactic. But it's also stupid that Bio Orb exists as an item usable by anyone, ugh.

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

Yes, even Rez is a huge piece of the toolkit. Learning the difficult solo stuff has a learning curve, that comes with deaths, unless you play 24/7 no one can afford to eat more than a couple deaths. Having rez gives you the freedom to experiment and take risks

Or you can just Feign Death as an SK and not die and not have to trek back to where you're trying to fight.

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

Anyone can retrieve their corpse with: https://wiki.project1999.com/Crypt_M...onjuring_Stone. That's not any kind of real advantage other than not needing to buy a 500p item in EC?

Won't always be someone selling one when you need it and that's still extra time required every death of needing to get ports and run back and forth.

[Snaggles]

For most people it’s turtle/dwarf belt, SWC, and Vindi BP or a fungi. Also ring 10 or Fesh BP.

Sk pets will likely 8-13 levels lower than the stuff the SK’s are fighting so even if stunnable those procs likely won’t land. The odds will be lower than HT which says a lot.

[Ripqozko]

We play on an infinite time locked server, play both. We are 9 years deep into velious, the server has been dead for 8 years after we woke the sleeper. Play everything you want no one cares anymore.

[Zuranthium]

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

We play on an infinite time locked server, play both. Play everything you want no one cares anymore.

People have limited time in life. Most want to do other things than play p99. It already requires a massive time investment to get to 60 on a single character and obtain the best items for them.

[Snaggles]

You can raid with a knight but outside the occasional trash tanking they have little to offer if strictly DPS’ing.

I would suggest anyone actively raiding a knight try a bit harder to trash tank whenever possible and if casual make sure you at least have a bag full of STR gear and at least a Reaver. If you want to feel valued don’t get beat by a necro pet on the parse.

[Ripqozko]

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

People have limited time in life. Most want to do other things than play p99. It already requires a massive time investment to get to 60 on a single character and obtain the best items for them.

not really, it takes very little time, im like 2/3rd bis with my wizard with some sprinkle of bis and it was created just like half a year ago, and i only exp on sundays. im sorry if you are bad or play red, but on blue it really doesnt take long in riot.

[Zuranthium]

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

not really, it takes very little time, im like 2/3rd bis with my wizard with some sprinkle of bis and it was created just like half a year ago, and i only exp on sundays. im sorry if you are bad or play red, but on blue it really doesnt take long in riot.

It takes less time to level on red server, fool. Not everyone wants to just PL though or has the ability to do so. And you talk like anyone can just join a server and get everything for free. That is not the case.

EQ is a big time commitment. "Only exp on Sundays" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] , for a long session probably, and while doing other stuff in the game most other days of the week I'm sure. Not to mention playing these large amounts of hours for years. That's not "little time".

[Ripqozko]

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

It takes less time to level on red server, fool. Not everyone wants to just PL though or has the ability to do so. And you talk like anyone can just join a server and get everything for free. That is not the case.

EQ is a big time commitment. "Only exp on Sundays" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] , for a long session probably, and while doing other stuff in the game most other days of the week I'm sure. Not to mention playing these large amounts of hours for years. That's not "little time".

its a little time, sorry you play on a dead server

[Philistine]

Originally Posted by Revanx22 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Which one is better for solo, duo, grouping, and raiding? It would be more casual raiding, just a couple times a week. I don't care about getting absolute BiS, but I would like to eventually get the epic.

I think I prefer the theme of shadowknight, and I really like the idea of having feign death on my tank, but fear kiting sounds like it could get old when I can't find a group and need to solo. I also have seen people say that shadowknights usually don't get brought to raids, which is another negative. Also, I only have about 15k for gear, which might be another negative for sk due to the cost of the circlet of shadows.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Folks have things pretty well covered, but thought I'd chime in that SKs definitely get brought to raids in some guilds. Are SKs more likely than say, a rogue or a cleric, to get asked to swap to a bot sometimes when guilds are hurting to cover the basic needs of a raid? Sure. But that shouldn't be an everyday/kill thing so I personally wouldn't sweat it.