kazekaje
12-10-2004, 11:35 AM
<DIV>Ah, so thats your question <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> I would have to say yea, they did design paladin; it's not an accidental class or half-[Removed for Content] effort. A paladin has a skillset that is very well suited for a knight, or an Offtank too.</DIV> <DIV> Lay on Hands is nifty in a pinch, but it's not a reason to choose the class.</DIV> <DIV> Paladins in EQ2 are able to tank well, and can hold taunt (in my experience) with very little effort. The ward'ing line of spells stacks with shaman wards I believe, and I believe our AC/stat buffs also stack with all other classes though I admit I don't fully know buff-stacking in EQ2. </DIV> <DIV> We're not really a DPS class, but we can grab aggro in a pinch and tank, put up some heals and wards (which also grab aggro well..), and we have a few melee stuns which fit nicely into any attack routine. They're especially useful when you're downing hard hitting group mobs, and need to give the healer time to patch you.</DIV> <DIV> Another nice touch is our set of AoE's.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>All in all, I think the paladin subclass, like every subclass I've seen so far, is unique enough that every class is a different experience. </DIV> <DIV> I certainly like it -- the only thing that miffs me is that Special Moves resulting in melee damage against PC's does not appear to be mitigated by AC -- meaning if a blue or a green wild swings you, they can still do 400-500 damage in a single hit at higher levels. I hope that was just my bad luck though, and not an actual issue..</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>~Slissik, sebilisian paladin of veeshan</DIV> <DIV>unrest.</DIV>