Paladin Tanking

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

Back in the day, I remember seeing some paladins main tanking raids (some sk also) and was wondering how they did it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

And about level 55+ camps, there might not be a lot in Kunark but the server will go up to Velious where we will see more (Kael for example). Ok, Velious won't be here for a while but it will be here at some point [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nagash/Petitpas

On your first question, "Back in the day" must have been later in the EQ lifetime. Even through Velious, raid content was "warrior or GTFO". Defensive discipline, which was exclusive to warriors, is an insurmountable advantage for warriors. Also, warriors are coded to have better HP scaling, their armor has higher innate AC (see Cobalt vs. Deepwater BPs), and I'm sure there are a few other innate benefits that tanks can elaborate on. I don't think it was until guilds were farming PoTime that they started letting knights MT for their increased aggro generation on farm content.

Velious also had a large end-game Giant population, which, if I remember correctly, is immune to stun regardless of level. So even if camps are fighting mobs under the 55th level, their pally tank could still be fighting stun-immune mobs.