What hybrid will you roll when Velious is released?

[Clark]

Maybe Shadow Knight.

Prolly a Ranger for tracking too. Maybe more than one.

[Swish]

Is there anything "extra" to make anyone want to roll a paladin in Velious?

[Hiero]

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

The hybrid penalty should be removed roughly 45 days after Velious launches.

how many years is that in p99 time: [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Danth]

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

Is there anything "extra" to make anyone want to roll a paladin in Velious?

My own take on it (Paladin being my favorite EQ class) amounts to this: If you already like the Paladin, Velious makes your life somewhat better due to various detail improvements. If you're not a Paladin enthusiast, there's still precious little reason to play one, particularly at very high levels. Fundamentally they have the same role as always and (outside a modest hit point buff) still lack much of a purpose in raids. I have several of them on my account, including my forum namesake, but I don't really plan on taking any of them all the way to 60. There's not a lot of undead in Velious, and lots of stun-immune creatures (giants, etc). I'd still rather use my Shadow Knight for maximum level content and keep my Paladins as alts for various level ranges where the class is in its element.

Of the hybrids, I'd say Rangers gain the most from Velious. Bards are highly useful already during Kunark, and Shadow Knights are at least serviceable. Rangers and Paladins both fare poorly during Kunark but Rangers proportionally gain more than Paladins do with Velious.

Danth

[myriverse]

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

how many years is that in p99 time: [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

45 days = 64800 mins

72 mins per Norrath day.

64800/72 mins = 900 days Norrath Time

So, about... 2.5 years Norrath Time.

[Jarnauga]

pally is 51, still a pain to level with full planar + epic

Can't wait for verious

[HeallunRumblebelly]

Paladin's get brells and mana intensive group heals. It's something :3

[Nocsucow]

that poll shows atleast 100+ pussies who couldnt handle the challenge of lvling a hybrid the normal way ...

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

that poll shows atleast 100+ pussies who couldnt handle the challenge of lvling a hybrid the normal way ...

Eh, your sig doesn't show any either :P Some of us just like answering polls. Also, we both chardok AE, so I mean, it's only kind of leveling a hybrid :P

[Nocsucow]

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

Eh, your sig doesn't show any either :P Some of us just like answering polls. Also, we both chardok AE, so I mean, it's only kind of leveling a hybrid :P

i dont put my other chars on there because the are shelved till velious i got my 1 hybrid i lvled without chardok AoE and thats the worst one of them all