Yet another Paladin Race thread!

[tolinwiz]

Hey everyone,

I'm torn on the race to make my Paladin alt. I'll have access to fungi/haste all that jazz to level, so I'm not terribly worried about base stats.

I am, however, a huge lover of the fashionquest meta. The idea of an erudite paladin is very appealing to me in the sense of being extra rare, in an already rare class.

Humans are pretty baller status in armor (IMO) as well, but I've already got a human bard, so it's a bit redundant.

So, basically, I'm liking the idea of the Erudite.

The rub however, is the Nature's Defender sword. I'm torn, because it seems like a relatively "easy" weapon to attain, but, I'd be forced into an elf race to use it. I could see getting behind the idea of a high elf paladin, if the wis thing makes a huge difference here in Velious, but it would probably always fall second to my interest in the Erudite.

So, to get to the meat of my question here. Is the Fiery Defender viable to attain for a casual player? I work from home, so tagging along on an afternoon Hate raid or 10 wouldn't be the end of the world. The Fiery Avenger, as far as I can tell, is like a 10k MQ to grab the book with a minor group fight in Miragul to complete. The other fights, outside of the Hate item, don't seem too terribly difficult to wrangle up players to help out with (also assuming they're not typically very contested).

If the Fiery Defender is not "that" (big relative here..) hard compared the Natures Defender, I think I'd ultimately choose the Erudite. (I prefer the flame graphic anyhow). Or is the High Elf, with the option for both (and the higher wisdom) just that much of a better choice? Please, help me make this extremely subjective decision! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thanks everyone!