^ Not true at all.
I played an erudite SK on live up to 38, he was awesome and he looked bad ass. What I did was hit 5 from the kobold camp near the entrance to Paineel. Then I went to Qeynos, made it through the sewers to North Qeynos & got a bind. From there I killed gnolls in BB until I could sell. With Gnoll fangs exp was very fast.
For me, a kind stranger gave me a FS 2H sword and I thought it was the most bad ass thing ever, so I went 2 hand. I eventually switched to 2H blunt when I got the Rage War Maul. It served me very well.
Erudite SKs have excellent armor quests like
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/q...tml?quest=1275
If you follow my other SK "guide" you can get your faction very high with all Qeynos factions, including the Bloodsabers & Knights of Thunder at the same time. This will allow you to do bandit sashes, which is a massive advantage in terms of money & exp.
After Qeynos I headed to befallen. You can get some really good armor and the Bone Bladed Claymore there very early. (though the -8 agi is a big hit for Erudites. the Rage War Maul would be better).
Good luck, and if you need anything just pm Alkaiser, i'll be more than glad to hook you up with some equipment & help.
Alkaiser Baneofmistmoore 38 Cleric of Prexus