Worth going Paladin?

[Skittlez]

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

haha you're very close! My paladin hatred goes back to my live days as a rogue, knockback stuns pushing mobs behind me, paladin buffs overwriting my atk buffs, paladins that didn't understand agro mechanics and would just stunlock mobs making positioning horrible.

A warrior friend and I shared this hatred and a lot of it came from him but it stuck around for nostalgia sake. Down with paladins!

Hates paladins.



Doesn't hate the bad player piloting the paladin.




Paladin is fucking awesome. This nonsense about not being able to solo is a sham too. 70% of mine has been solo and I rock that shit yo. Far better soloing than the other melee classes

[Estu]

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

This nonsense about not being able to solo is a sham too. 70% of mine has been solo and I rock that shit yo. Far better soloing than the other melee classes

I like paladins but I don't buy this. Shadowknights and monks can fear-kite; that alone would make soloing with them a lot more efficient than with a paladin. You can cast weak undead nukes and heal yourself all you want, but you're going to spend a lot of mana on that. Monks get superior DPS and free self-heal; SKs get a pet and snares.

[Wulvgeng]

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

paladin is awesome if you are a good player - they have the strongest cc and mob parking skills of all the tanks. you can root and stun as well as blind for snap agro. if you pull multiple mobs you can root them yourself, and if they're casters you can chain interrupt them and they won't cast a single spell.

i have done some awesome duos/trios that wouldn't be possible with other classes. if you have enough dps in your group you can be your own healer because casters wont rape you every time they come into play. i duoed ghoul am in lguk with 46 pal and 45 epic rogue thanks to stuns, interrupts, and sword and board (and the am not resisting all my spells :P)

paladin is awesome, you just have to be good at eq to get the most out of them - theres a reason so few people on the server play them [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think another reason not many people play Pallys is that they have a 40% exp deficiency. I wouldnt ever play one because I have other things I want to do than kill 40% more mobs just to keep up with my buddies.

[Malianna]

thanks for the posts guys, however I might just stop the paladin and go with something else. Just doesn't feel right to me and I'm having a hard time sticking with it overall.
However, I should of added that I have a cleric friend on server, would there be a melee/tank duo that would work great with them?

[Holey]

sk imo.

[Erati]

Paladins are an ideal raid off tank, the problem is, there will not be that many times to shine in this aspect ( except for spite golems in Hate)

Tuljin above put it brilliantly, good paladins have to be good at tanking AND good at casting. I can't tell you how many times I have had to CC and heal for my group on my paly. Splitting camps with lull and root are things that can't be learned unless you play caster classes first. Without clarity you are not going to be killing much and it won't be fast but it gets the job done nicely.

You can also stun lock things with ease, and once you get above lvl 55 you can really start to dominate places like Seb and HS. Paladin is the thinking mans tank in groups, you always have to be on your toes, however if your group is beefcake being a paladin also turns into easy mode as after you drop 2 stuns the mob you are fighting isn't coming off you letting you tab out to forumquest

I would not recommend making a paladin if this is your first time playing EQ, for a main character or even untwinked ( it isn't expensive at all to twink them)

Being lvl 20 Paly with a Ghoulbane in Unrest might be some of the most fun times ever!

I lvled my paly to 60 without any easy mode Plvling, so it took forever but was a fun journey!

[JayN]

Once velious comes out they become very much a needed class; they tank pretty much any fearing dragon due to fearless and they get brells a much needed raid buff.

At the moment though they leave much to be desired

[Raavak]

Hybrids in general become more useful in Velious. Bard is the only good one in Kunark just because of resists. SKs can be okay. Min-maxers will make your life hard here.

[Malianna]

So should I even bother to stick with Pal or SK? just wondering cuss I'd rather not deal with eliteist bullcrap, I got enough of that when I was raiding hardcore on live.

[Rhambuk]

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

So should I even bother to stick with Pal or SK? just wondering cuss I'd rather not deal with eliteist bullcrap, I got enough of that when I was raiding hardcore on live.

If you're worried about mix maxxers then no it probably wouldn't be worth gonig SK.

otherwise go Sk and have a blast!