Do I absolutely need a Sarnak Battle Shield as a Paladin?

[Beaniron]

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

If you're going for the epic, don't bother with the sarnak shield. If you have the epic, using a 1H will feel like a downer anyway. A shield won't give you THAT much more AC, you can bash with the epic, and any kunark-era 1H will be very much less damage output.

Danth

I want to use the SoulFire exclusively once I hit 20. How does it fare as a weapon after lv20 compared to Sword of the Morning?

[Danth]

Soulfire is distinctly inferior to a sword of the morning plus a clay guardian shield. Soulfire has a ratio of 23/45. That's worse than the Morning's 16/27 so the Soulfire is both less durability and less damage, too, plus losing bash. You may opt to use it anyway just for the look, but it isn't a very good weapon in Kunark in terms of raw effectiveness.

If you primarily group nobody will care how much damage you do so the Soulfire will do fine in that situation. If you try to solo to 60 you'll die of old age before you get there so it's probably a moot point.

Danth

[Beaniron]

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

Soulfire is distinctly inferior to a sword of the morning plus a clay guardian shield. Soulfire has a ratio of 23/45. That's worse than the Morning's 16/27 so the Soulfire is both less durability and less damage, too, plus losing bash. You may opt to use it anyway just for the look, but it isn't a very good weapon in Kunark in terms of raw effectiveness.

If you primarily group nobody will care how much damage you do so the Soulfire will do fine in that situation. If you try to solo to 60 you'll die of old age before you get there so it's probably a moot point.

Danth

How about Avenger/Defender? How do those compare to SotM? I heard something about Fiery Defender having access to Bash, not sure about it though.