In Defense of the Paladin

[Calibix]

Lol love this post.

All those cool things paladins can do are probably why most paladins suck at tanking. Too busy trying to be cool instead of using Flash of Light to hold agro. Similar to how most SK's are too busy trying to be cool to use Disease Cloud to hold agro.

[Beaniron]

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

Lol love this post.

All those cool things paladins can do are probably why most paladins suck at tanking. Too busy trying to be cool instead of using Flash of Light to hold agro. Similar to how most SK's are too busy trying to be cool to use Disease Cloud to hold agro.

You mean Stun, not Flash of Light.

[AexDestroy]

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

You mean Stun, not Flash of Light.

Nah man. Flash of light. 12 mana, fast cast, mass spammable.

Stun usues too much mana and its not instantly recastable. If you dont have Clarity of some kind you'll be making your group wait for you to med if you use Stun too much.

[Beaniron]

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

Nah man. Flash of light. 12 mana, fast cast, mass spammable.

Stun usues too much mana and its not instantly recastable. If you dont have Clarity of some kind you'll be making your group wait for you to med if you use Stun too much.

Hmm, I'll have to try it out again.

[Razdeline]

shadow vortex > darkness > disease cloud

[KotBK]

just be sure to be close(st) to mob, as soon as it lands it enacts a proximity aggro type effect initially since it is blind.

[Danth]

When P1999 opened, Flash of Light was broken and didn't work for aggro. Hence some Paladins got into the habit of not using it. Flash works now--it has for quite some time--and any Paladin should make liberal use of it.

Calibix's hunch is probably backwards with respect to the Shadow Knights, however. Disease Cloud has a recast timer and also isn't always desirable to use. As such, a Shadow Knight relies Disease Cloud exclusively for tanking will be fairly mediocre.

Danth

[Calibix]

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

When P1999 opened, Flash of Light was broken and didn't work for aggro. Hence some Paladins got into the habit of not using it. Flash works now--it has for quite some time--and any Paladin should make liberal use of it.

Calibix's hunch is probably backwards with respect to the Shadow Knights, however. Disease Cloud has a recast timer and also isn't always desirable to use. As such, a Shadow Knight relies Disease Cloud exclusively for tanking will be fairly mediocre.

Danth

Its been quite awhile since I played an SK personally, but I'm fairly certain Disease Cloud is still your best bet for agro. Its recast is only 6s, which is negligible considering the amount of agro it generates. But your right, its not perfect for every situation, but it is the bread and butter agro skill for SK's.

I only started playing P99 about 2 months ago, so I was unaware of the FoL situation. Just in my experience on P99 I have not seen a single paladin hold agro well so it was mind boggling to me.

[Vianna]

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

Its been quite awhile since I played an SK personally, but I'm fairly certain Disease Cloud is still your best bet for agro. Its recast is only 6s, which is negligible considering the amount of agro it generates. But your right, its not perfect for every situation, but it is the bread and butter agro skill for SK's.

I only started playing P99 about 2 months ago, so I was unaware of the FoL situation. Just in my experience on P99 I have not seen a single paladin hold agro well so it was mind boggling to me.

Yeah I leveled my cleric from 30 to 55 with a Paladin as tank solely because he never lost aggro with Flash of Light. Well he did on occasion but it usually took something like a bard or a wizard overnuking to take it from him. Flash of Light is hard to beat for aggro.

[Asap]

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

You mean Stun, not Flash of Light.

lol, this guy