New player - Paladin Advice

[Shodo]

Lull can resist, or it can critically resist. A normal resist will not pull aggro and is based solely on your level compared to the mob's level and on the mob's magic resist. Charisma does, however, affect the chance that you will get a critical resist, which will pull aggro.

That said, raising your charisma is fairly easy with a couple of item swaps so I wouldn't avoid going dwarf solely for that reason. Kobold Jester's Crown + Crude Stein is ~400-500p for +45 charisma when lulling. You can also have your friendly local shaman or enchanter give you a charisma buff, or farm a Luminary Two Handed Sword from Kaesora to buff yourself with.

[Sage Truthbearer]

With the traditional composition for 6-person groups, you will rarely if ever use lull because there will be another designated puller for your group.

[Boarder981]

@Sage Truthbearer - you have a good point, but it's rare to find an ideal 6-person group during the leveling process. That is, unless you have an organized guild or group of friends that have been specifically setup for it.

I understand that from levels 50-60 it's MUCH more likely for this to be the case (I'm sure some would argue it's necessary)... but for me, that's a LONG time from now [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[bum3]

Originally Posted by Boarder981 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

@Sage Truthbearer - you have a good point, but it's rare to find an ideal 6-person group during the leveling process. That is, unless you have an organized guild or group of friends that have been specifically setup for it.

I understand that from levels 50-60 it's MUCH more likely for this to be the case (I'm sure some would argue it's necessary)... but for me, that's a LONG time from now [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Exactly. in exp pick up groups paladin ends up pulling way more than they should considering they have to med to keep hate.

[Dillian]

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[Jimjam]

What are people's preferences to trying to lull a group of mobs vs pulling with root and rooting any further adds on inc?

[Atmas]

This thread brings back memories.

[bum3]

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

What are people's preferences to trying to lull a group of mobs vs pulling with root and rooting any further adds on inc?

When lull works its beautiful. Root pulling is dangerous of wandering mobs or pathing can be an issue. Wife root pulled a camp in runneyeye and instead of taking a direct path it ran down stairs. Wasn't pretty.

[Sage Truthbearer]

To answer your questions: Paladins are not item dependent at all, and we perform extremely well in group settings. Most people would say Paladins are the best group tanks in the game.

I don't think finding groups will be a big problem but won't always be easy. It's simple supply and demand. A traditional group only designates 1 slot for the tank, so demand is capped at 1 tank/group. To help with this you should make friends as you level and be willing to start and organize your own groups.

[teai]

I got a paladin to lvl 40 starting completely naked. Your biggest job is holding aggro and controlling the fight.

Great spells. BEST AGGRO SPELL is Flash of light, amazing, but blinds, so will run in a random direction if mob has no close target.

I would always FOL rooted mobs, I dont think it breaks mez anymore?

My gear sucked, but I saved up and had the cheaper HP rings and decent gear with around 300p earned from 1-10 in GFAY (CB BELTS ARE MAD PLAT STARTING)

I went highelf, for some raisin. If I were to do it again, I would probably go Human, start in freeport, then beg tunnel buffs/starting weapon and get rolling about 50x faster than Gfay.

I say human for dragon helm, cool shit


PS dont go dwarf unless you can deal with the shortstack forever. I hate how they look, fugging gem hoarding mushroom sniffers