Nooby Paladin questions

[Skittlez]

How is paladin hard to solo with exactly? Withvsoothe you keep from pulling more than one mob, then you root and joust them down. Heal after. Easy.

Bunch of babies here.

[jolanar]

I play a monk and I've seen similar level paladins take down camps solo that I couldn't take with nothing more than basic gear and one of the many uber cheap paladin weapons.

There is a lot to be said for paladin utility, the ability to stun to interrupt casters is something I am extremely jealous of as a monk for example. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not saying it won't be challenging but I think a lot of people overestimate the challenge in soloing the early and mid levels for a lot of classes in the game.

[webrunner5]

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

How is paladin hard to solo with exactly? Withvsoothe you keep from pulling more than one mob, then you root and joust them down. Heal after. Easy.

Bunch of babies here.

I play one myself on here. Not a High Elf, eww, but you know and I know the reason they can't solo well is they have crap for DPS. If you want to take 10 minutes killing a mob well that's ok for you but not most people. There is a reason that a Pally is the LEAST played class on P1999. Lack of DPS, lets not sugarcoat it. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Estu]

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

How is paladin hard to solo with exactly? Withvsoothe you keep from pulling more than one mob, then you root and joust them down. Heal after. Easy.

Bunch of babies here.

Well, sure, it's easy, if you like EXPing at the rate of a snail.

[kaev]

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

Well, sure, it's easy, if you like EXPing at the rate of a snail.

It's not quite incredibly terrible sub-40, but why? Why solo poorly with a class that shines gloriously in a group? Make friends, join a guild, whatever it takes.

[Skittlez]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I play one myself on here. Not a High Elf, eww, but you know and I know the reason they can't solo well is they have crap for DPS. If you want to take 10 minutes killing a mob well that's ok for you but not most people. There is a reason that a Pally is the LEAST played class on P1999. Lack of DPS, lets not sugarcoat it. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

Well, sure, it's easy, if you like EXPing at the rate of a snail.

If you try to kill undead it's really not that bad. 1-10 is the boring part, after that, hit up kurns Tower till your 20-22, then head to unrest. Can go from 14-40 there. Lot's of grouping opportunities and just about each camp there is soloable. Werebats are the slow to kill mob's since you can't cast undead nukes on em between strikes. I felt like I was leveling faster than my shaman was solo just root rotting.

Honestly not sure if it felt slow or not.

[Skittlez]

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

It's not quite incredibly terrible sub-40, but why? Why solo poorly with a class that shines gloriously in a group? Make friends, join a guild, whatever it takes.

XP is faster solo unless you just stick to a duo or trio I have always felt. I hate grouping with 4+ as a hybrid. That beautiful xp just gets sucked away.

I am greedy though and at this point of my EQ life, max xp rate is all I give a shit about. This is also coming from someone who still doesn't have a 60 after 2+ years here though so take it how you will. I really, really like alts. I think I have one of every class besides ranger.

Once the xp really slows down I just hop between toons when I'm bored. Slowly yet surely climbing the ladder on each. I also have this weird nestalgic feeling in the lower levels in the game because I never made it past 40 on live and it has me hooked. The higher level stuff gets a little boring quicker than I'd like.

Eww.. Ranger.

[webrunner5]

I know I am known on here for knocking Pallys and there is good reasons why. But they ARE a good class with a lot of utility both grouped and solo. But Sony with the original expansions just screwed up most Hybrid classes lets face it.

Rangers pretty much suck also. Bards are good but about 4 people on here can really play one worth a crap in a group. SKs are probably the best of the bunch, but the best ones are Trolls or Iksars and God help you with a 68% XP penalty. They all are gimped on here until Velious comes out. There XP rate is slow as hell solo, and most group cringe when one wants to join. But you take them because you NEED a Tank lol.

A Paladin will be great pullers in Velious, and good spot healers and they will be much needed for all the rez's that happen a LOT in that expansion. But guess what, mobs in Velious have a LOT more HP than now and a Paladin will not get that much greater weapons, so they will suck even more with DPS. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] So I don't ever see them anywhere but at the bottom of the heap only classes played even when Velious comes out.

But some people just love them and that is what it is all about. Play what you like and enjoy the ride. Racing to 60 is not all its cracked up to be. You miss a lot of neat zones that few play in, lots of neat Quests, Tradeskills, etc. you name it.

So play on Pallys and you can say you are "one of the Few, the proud, the Pallys". [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]