Curious why is paladin's the least played class?

[Atmas]

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

Paladins don't really excel at anything. Shadowknight holds aggro just as well and can FD-pull, do okayish DPS and provide snare. Paladin does godawful DPS, and in a good group where you're constantly fighting and chain-pulling, you can't realistically do much healing. A good group doesn't need the tank to provide healing, anyway. Also, in order to hold aggro persistently without med breaks, a paladin needs Clarity or bard mana song, so if that isn't there, it's a problem. SK aggro spells cost practically no mana. Paladin is fine for an exp group tank, but it can get annoying when the tank asks for pulls to stop so he can get back his mana. Flash of Light and stuns cost a fair bit.

Flash of Light is very low mana cost and the lowest lvl stun that does no damage is really the only one that should be loaded. A bard of chanter definitely helps, with one of them in a crypt group I can heal myself for the whole clear excluding Emp, some other seb camps I can heal myself even with chain pulls. However, if you are smart about it bard/chanter aren't really essential even with worse gear. Also in comparison to FD pull/snare a Paladin can lull and root/stun.

I do realize though somethings are gear dependent. We should group sometime [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jimjam]

Root is the best spell in the game! That's something. Especially damage free! (levelling up, at least).

[Shift]

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

Min maxers

also the hybrid penalty before it was removed

On live there was WAY more paladins than here. I played one, loved it.

nice well i finally got my main Kishift to lvl 60 paladin but i think i made the mistake of going human paladin back in april 1st 2010 , right out of the box,

I feel paladin's are the black sheep of EQ lol.

[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.