Paladin or Shadow Knight

[Extunarian]

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

rooted mob will attack whoever is closest. A blinded mob will attack according to its agro list, but ignore anyone it can't reach without moving.

funny. I guess blind produces decent agro then because I don't think I've ever seen a blinded mob fail to turn on the paladin immediately. I have however seen the "blind-fear" mechanic in action several times.

[Ektar]

oh ya. it's terrific agro. but as a former poopsocker paladin of p99, I can tell you that's how it works. Unless they changed it in the past year or something.

[Dr4z3r]

HT is really weak on P99, but FD is stronger than LoH for saving your own bacon (mainly due to cooldown).

Paladins have less faction trouble, but SKs have better racial options.

SKs get fear & pets which let them solo (very slowly), but Paladins can eventually get Fiery Avenger.

[Zeelot]

SKs can actually solo at a rate comparable to any other solo class once they reach level 49. You just have to work out efficient fear kiting and have the right items (Blood Ember Gauntlets/boots/vambraces + Polished Obsidian Great Axe).

[aresprophet]

My SK was soloing specs from 40 to 45 just as fast as my necro. Once I hit 45 and BE gaunts started to work it was faster than my necro. Spook the Dead is an amazing spell.

The downside to SK soloing is that there is no downtime, it's exhausting to fearkite stuff in melee for an extended period and you don't get med breaks.

SK soloing isn't slow at all, but with the exp penalty and your limited options for doing it it becomes a boring grind very quickly. I only did it for those levels because if I never hunt in Dreadlands again it'll be too soon. Fuck that zone.

I've seen paladin soloing in action, though. With proper use of root/heal (DW helm helps for this) they can take on tough mobs in confined spaces, something that SKs can struggle with. They, like SKs, do better against undead but paladins can handle LGuk a lot better thanks to lulls, roots, and Ghoulbane. It's definitely slower than SK soloing but it's a lot more versatile.

In groups, my SK never really needs things like lull or root to split rooms or hold aggro. The right choice of weapon and judicious use of your mana pool means that you'll never lose aggro (Soul Binder/Zealots Sword is great because the dot is a huge aggro generator). I prefer dark elf for this reason: there are times I've had to keep pulling at under 20% mana to keep spawns split, and if I was an ogre I just wouldn't have had to mana to do it. Stunning from the front or innate regen would be nice but running OOM in a clutch situation can wipe a group.

That and you don't have to rely on shrink in dungeons.

[Ektar]

paladins and sks don't solo. I mean, yeah you can kill a mob by yourself, but to do so is overwhelmingly inefficient. Want to solo while waiting for a group? go for it. Just have your train hotkey ready.

[Zeelot]

paladins and sks don't solo. I mean, yeah you can kill a mob by yourself, but to do so is overwhelmingly inefficient. Want to solo while waiting for a group? go for it. Just have your train hotkey ready.

/shrug... A majority of my exp (especially from 50-60) was done solo and my exp moved faster than group exp when I did it. Depends how you solo. If an SK is spending more than 100-200 mana per mob then yeah it'll become inefficient.

Though just as aresprophet said...it can get pretty mentally taxing due to the focus thats needed.

[Ektar]

yeah maybe sks can solo efficiently.. as mentioned above I don't really know SKs. I just figure that a long grueling feark ite battle will be time inefficient. But I don't really know so I'm fine to say sure. But paladiiiiins.. no.

[Doors]

Pallies solo undead effectively. SKs have better racial options. I've played both SKs and Pals over 50 on live progression servers I basically just alternate to keep it fresh as fawk.