Quite confused on the weapon of choice for the prismatics 2.0

[OrcSlayer96]

<div>Not that I am anywhere near ready for it(on frightful feast at the moment), but what are the true choices for a paladin on the godking/peacock series rewards?  I have seen some pallies say the 2 handed halbard is great because of the option to change from it to a 1 hander sword, but if i saw correctly it is a sword type we cant use so it is really only a two hander weapon for us.  Plus is the 2 hander halbard a direct damage proc or a ae range proc or what now that lu 19 has settled in?  Another thing is at one time there was a choice of using a 1 handed hammer that was mostly useful for priests but now it looks like it is renamed a scepter and only usable by priests and paladins?  Does it retain the 10 percent proc change of a group heal when using direct heals or was that changed?  Are there any other weapon choices for our class or is that it?   With the forum fodder i have been reading i have to slant more towards the 1 handed scepter for me, if the 2 hander halbard does a ae proc it will probably break fellow guildees mez, and i have more use out of a 1 handed crusher with beneficial heals than a 2 handed slasher that can cause group/raid wipe on breaking mezzes/charms.   Any news is appreciated...<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Jonaroth]

you have 3 choices, a 2 hander halbred, 1 hander sword, or 1 hander scepterIf you had the hammer before and you were any class but paly it was turned into a swordif you had the hammer before and were a paly it was turned into the scepter (if you want a sword you have to get a GM to help you)if you had a halbred before, you can turn it in for a sword<div></div>

[WAPCE]

Both forms of the halberd are usable by Paladins: <a href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=4&message.id=18904" target="_blank">Link</a>

[OrcSlayer96]

<div>Cool, glad they added that option on the 1 handed sword, the earlier models had it as a dw piercer that crusaders couldnt use.  It sounds like you can transform the weapon on the fly from a 2 handed halbard to a 1 handed sword as long as it is 100 percent repaired.  If it is damaged it stays at the form till you repair it, then you can morph the weapon again.  Hopefully this is a permanent feature for this and the mage equivalent and not a temporary workaround till they make those items where you can only have the 1 hander or 2 hander in a future live update.  Thanks for the info guys...<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div>

[Iustus]

<div></div><div>Paladins now have two choices:</div><div> </div><div>(1) 2h halberd that can convert to a 1h sword (and back) an unlimited number of times</div><div> </div><div>(2) 1h sceptre which procs a heal when you cast heal spells</div><div> </div><div>For most paladins, choice (1) is the right one, but I could see some healer paladins wanting the 2nd one. When I am not MT on raids, I often spend all my time just casting heals. For these cases, the heal proc would be really nice. But, I choose to focus on tanking, which means choice (1) in the 1hs configuration.</div><div> </div><div>-I</div>

[Vanlaar]

<div><div>I don't think it's much of a competition... 1h sceptre which procs a heal when you cast heal spells... is the clear winner imo for a paladin.</div><div> </div><div>It comes with the same dmg rating as the 1h slasher and a MUCH better proc... More mana we can save thats not used on healing ourselfs = More dps use/longer we can heal ourselfs <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></div><div> </div><div>If you thinking about the 2hander dps... I'd just pick up a Captain's Ever-Shifting Vouge from courts which has an even higher dps rating.</div><div> </div><div>My 2c.</div><div> </div><div>Vanlaar,</div><div>60 Paladin - (Eidolon)</div></div>

[Jonaroth]

<div></div>I dunno, you loose A LOT of hitpoints using the scepter over the sword, and do less damage too... Hitpoints are really king to me, and because the scepter has like none on it, major turn down for me.

[mryankee]

as a paly i was only given two choices at the completion of the peacock. a one hand blunt and a two hander. now i read that the two hander can be converted to a one hander. where was this stated in the rewards? i only learned of it after the fact. nice job by the idiot devs on this one.  how was i supposed to know that it converted to a one hander? why not just offer the one hander to begin with. all that work and i feel cheated by stupid devs who dont know what they are doing. nice going soe. why dont you give these guys a big raise cause i sure would like to give them a raise with the end of my boot.

[Pathin Merrithay]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> mryankee wrote:<BR> as a paly i was only given two choices at the completion of the peacock. a one hand blunt and a two hander. now i read that the two hander can be converted to a one hander. where was this stated in the rewards? i only learned of it after the fact. nice job by the idiot devs on this one.  how was i supposed to know that it converted to a one hander? why not just offer the one hander to begin with. all that work and i feel cheated by stupid devs who dont know what they are doing. nice going soe. why dont you give these guys a big raise cause i sure would like to give them a raise with the end of my boot.<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Or, instead of ranting, you can just petition to have your reward changed. They allowed that because some people were confused about the weapon choices and wanted to be nice. How DARE they! <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />

[Lansalas]

I chose the scepter for my part, just because there are zounds of 2h weapons that have better dps/stats than the 2h of the peacock quests but also because it is hard as hell to find a good 1h blunt weapon (which I use to fit with my AA choices).

[Turb]

Yeah, 1h blunt sounds good now for AA line. Can someone show stats for it against (say) Sceptre of Rahotep?

[mryankee]

<DIV>i am "ranting" as you put it because i should not have to find out after the fact that the idiot devs are being nice. why should i have to petition? it should be offered from the get go. end of discussion. and we all know how well petitions work. i am sorry but we can not do anything about that, working as intended bs.  so excuse me if i rant after spending all that time on a quest and get a lousy reward.</DIV>

[Sarevok]

<P>I am about a week from killing Godking with my guild and there is still some confusion regarding the exact abilities of the weapon reward. Can anyone CONFIRM the ability of the 2H to switch back and forth to 1H and the specific benefit of choosing the 1H crushing weapon?</P> <P>Any help would be greatly appreciated, since this quest line was to involved to get to this point <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></P> <P> </P> <P>Serevok</P> <P>65 Paladin</P> <P>Mistmoore</P>

[Wulfborne]

I can confirm the 2hs halberd switching to the 1hs darksword and back. I have it. I use it. (You just can't switch it if it ever takes damage - have to repair it 1st). I can't give benefits of the scepter, since I don't have it. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />~Sir Hawke Holyblayde, Paragon of Truth<div></div>

[Sarevok]

<DIV>Thanks so much for response Sir Hawke. I truly appreciate the info... </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>~Serevok</DIV>