Curious why is paladin's the least played class?

[Erati]

I have a 60 Druid/Clr/Paly/Rogue/Wiz (yikes)

When parking out for raids, I typically park the Cleric/Rogue/Wiz and even when theres a zillion mobs in window- I just can never find a real good use of where to park poor Eratou.

so now he lives in Karnor's Castle - ready to assist with tanking the newly 3 day VS in a jiffy - except - with no Evasive disc, VS procs on him way too much to tank it without a good supporting raid and my wizard is actually way better class to assist on a VS kill anyway!

Poor guy - he used to dominate in Howling Stones/Sebilis Crypt. Duoing the Hierophant with my shaman friends was some of the best P99ing I have gotten to experience, great mix of dangers and rewards.

Don't get me wrong Paladins are still great though, I love mine and will keep gearing him out. I just find it hard to select him over my other choices. Being a lvl 60 tank with the ability to res is very clutch and Velious offers so much new 'group' content that a Paladin/Shaman can pretty much take on most of Velious on their own whether it be Sirens Grotto or Western Waste Dragons.

Paladins sadly get crushed trying to Rampage tank high end raid mobs like Vindi and even in Halls of Testing you have to have a CH chain running on them to perform their duties.

[mr_jon3s]

Like most sub par classes in this game they didn't get better till AA's and focuses.

[Muggens]

Gotta relroll into Warrior if you want to be Main Tank in your guild

[maskedmelon]

The sad truth is that a great paladin can make a shitty group as well as an excellent group ok. That does not speak well of Paladins and is one source of player aversion. That makes it difficult to get groups and feelings of inadequacy when you group with monks.

[Shift]

So human paladin was not a wrong move, we cannot get the best armor for a paladin for the fact humans did not get the special armor like Elfs and Dwarfs.

[Superranger]

human best race for wichever class can be human

Races are irrelevant and min maxing is for sad sad people

[Jauna]

Not.. sure what elves get that makes them super amazing yaycakes oh gosh yes im glad i did this type character.. but you still lack discs and damage as a paladin.

I cant remember the last time I seen a dwarf paladin at end game

[Glasken]

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

I feel we are the most hated out of all classes to be played.

I don't see why people would not give a paladin a chance.

1. We can heal ourselves
2. We can tank
3. We can hold aggro by snapping FoL or rotating stuns.
4. We are a pretty versatile can handle ourselves against undeads, also not to shabby against normal mobs.

What is your opinion on why paladins are not played or why you play a paladin.

But I would say our class is pretty needy, gear dependent.

All of these elements make me prefer a paladin to any other "tank" class when in a full group as an enchanter or cleric. Solid exp group tank.

That being said, they are masters of nothing. In a small group or raid situation, there are much better alternatives.

[Ivory]

They can't be gnomes [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Maschenny]

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

They can't be gnomes [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Dont you mean cause they cant use bows? You've changed man. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]