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[stormlord]

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

Paladins are in short supply? what unholy blight has fallen upon Norrath?! Fear not citizen I'll smite the evil that lurks in the hills and dales! Brell be with you


(i'm gunna make a pally if you can't tell, and i have a RP habit)

Look at the class distribution link in my signature.

Do what you enjoy, but keep in mind that hybrids level slowly.

Lets assume the halfling levels 45% faster than the pally, which is commonly stated.

To put that into perspective, 45% of 50 is 22.5. Since leveling is likely exponential, my guess is that it would be more like 42 instead of 22.5. So the warrior would be 50, the pally would be 42 with a lot of work ahead. However, it might be worse than this. If 100 experience was the baseline, the warrior would get 105 and the paladin would get 60. That's a factor of 1.75. This implies the warrior levels 75% faster than the pally.

After 10 kills, the pally has 600 exp, the warrior has 1050. Again, 75% faster.

And you'd have hide for /afk if you're the halfling warrior.

[Natakaz]

Penalties be damned i'm making a paladin! already working on his backstory and lore lol. I havent played EQ in sssooo long .... i'm gonna get my Roleplay nerd on.

Fear not travelers the servants of Brell will smite evil on all fronts!

(not naming him til i'm on the naming screen, only way to know if i get lol)

[Natakaz]

would it be worth it for me to pick up blacksmithing?

[stormlord]

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

Penalties be damned i'm making a paladin! already working on his backstory and lore lol. I havent played EQ in sssooo long .... i'm gonna get my Roleplay nerd on.

Fear not travelers the servants of Brell will smite evil on all fronts!

(not naming him til i'm on the naming screen, only way to know if i get lol)

My power went out just as I finished telling you that a halflling warrior gets 75% more experience. I think the math is right. If the baseline is 100 and the halfling warrior gets 105 (+5%) and the paladin gets 60 (-40%) then the warrior is getting 1.75x more experience.

Paladins are also least likely to survive to max level according to server statistic. Just go to the "Server class distributions" link in my signature for more information about it.

I'll tell you that the paladin heals better than the ranger, tanks better, and has lay on hands and good hp spells. Good at killing undead.

Brell Serilis was the first God that came to Norrath after Veeshan, the ruler of Plane of Sky. Brell comes from the Plane of Underfoot, a place of tunnels and caves. You may want to check out the Underfoot expansion that launched a year or two ago to see if it has more information about Brell. The original manual says a little bit about him.

[falkun]

Something about a 40% exp penalty, no large racial choices, and the smaller tool-kit than their knightly brethren the Shadow Knights leads to a shortage of one of my favorite EQ classes (my EQLive main was a pally if you check my sig). The good news is this makes pally gear dirt cheap and the class is still incredibly powerful for groups. I can't wait to get my baby pally up to levels where groups really start taking off. He's going to be a beast.

[Kender]

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

Something about a 40% exp penalty, no large racial choices, and the smaller tool-kit than their knightly brethren the Shadow Knights leads to a shortage of one of my favorite EQ classes (my EQLive main was a pally if you check my sig). The good news is this makes pally gear dirt cheap and the class is still incredibly powerful for groups. I can't wait to get my baby pally up to levels where groups really start taking off. He's going to be a beast.

umm no actually. pallies just have a different set of tools.

things pallies do sk's can't.

root. omg this has to the the single most cool thing any tank gets. It outstrips FD for usefulness in a group. It can be used for CC, and it can be used for agro control (stand close to root target)

Heal. Pallies can actually doa reasonable job of healing and at a pinch can be group healers. at max level they have the dame heal as a druid

Lull. ok SK gets FD, but FD can't get a party past hostiles

Stun. Large race SK's can bash, but this is really unreliable for interupts

Buffs. Pallies get lower level versions of cleric buffs. handy if there are no clerics around.

Resurrection. 0% at 49 might aid in CR. 90% at 59 is nice though


that's all i can think of off the top of my head.

Basically, a paladins skillset is based more around and helping the group. SK skillset are more based around helping themselves.

[Shizzam]

More tanks needed! especially in the mid level range.. pallies are really useful for there ability to lull indoors which makes pulling in dungeons much easier. stick to grouping in dungeons and you will level quite quickly

[Lids]

Welcome and spread the words!

[DeathByCactus]

If you make a war or Pally, group invites will never stop. Lull > Uguk.

[Flunklesnarkin]

I think all tradeskills will be worth it whenever velious comes out



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