Creating new character... Shadow Knight or Paladin?

[Widan]

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

I think you may be underestimating warrior dps even... With dps weapons they're #2 behind rogues thanks to triple attack, zerking and vastly superior disciplines.

Yea on raid mobs they are #2 for sure, I was thinking more along the lines of just a steady 6 man exp group chain killing blues or whatever

[Tenlaar]

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

Paladins are also the most active of the three tanks, at least in my opinion.

There are four plate tanks for group content, and if you think a paladin is active you should try doing it with a bard!

[Deckk]

Honestly, I like monk more than any of the classes being spoken about (SK, Paly, Warrior). No, monks aren't tanks (they can tank low level stuff, sure...) but they are a very playable and fun class. The problem with monks, in my opinion, is how freakin' many of them there are. There's tons.

The fun part about rolling a paly/sk is the group tank viability and the rarity piece... Roll anything non-big for an SK and you're going to be an uncommon class (aside from DE). For paladin, roll anything really... Dwarves are a bit more prevalent.

That's fun to me.

But I'm not really a min/maxer, either.

It's why I've thought and rethought additional characters about 300 times. I really wanted to go monk, but man, the thought of being one of 5000 just isn't fun.

Warriors aren't all that common, either. They're more popular than SKs or Paladins, but outside of ogre there's not a ton of them running around.

[Beinen]

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

Honestly, I like monk more than any of the classes being spoken about (SK, Paly, Warrior). No, monks aren't tanks (they can tank low level stuff, sure...) but they are a very playable and fun class. The problem with monks, in my opinion, is how freakin' many of them there are. There's tons.

The fun part about rolling a paly/sk is the group tank viability and the rarity piece... Roll anything non-big for an SK and you're going to be an uncommon class (aside from DE). For paladin, roll anything really... Dwarves are a bit more prevalent.

That's fun to me.

But I'm not really a min/maxer, either.

It's why I've thought and rethought additional characters about 300 times. I really wanted to go monk, but man, the thought of being one of 5000 just isn't fun.

Warriors aren't all that common, either. They're more popular than SKs or Paladins, but outside of ogre there's not a ton of them running around.

Right - but I played monk from pre-kunark, and been dying to get back into eq(see my post in guild discussion) I may not make this paladin for some thing but I thought if I were to do something different I was going to do a hybrid. I know there are many monks but I'll be one of the few that is very active and may I even say "professional" with my pulls and other duties of my class. - to comment on your monk ideas

[Sage Truthbearer]

Originally Posted by Beinen

I know there are many monks but I'll be one of the few that is very active and may I even say "professional" with my pulls and other duties of my class.

My advice is to not worry about how rare your class is — the only thing that matters is if you find the class fun. Just look up how many Paladins or Rangers exist in the 60 bracket. Very few of them stick it out for the long haul, and part of the reason is because they put rarity over enjoyment.

[Beinen]

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

My advice is to not worry about how rare your class is — the only thing that matters is if you find the class fun. Just look up how many Paladins or Rangers exist in the 60 bracket. Very few of them stick it out for the long haul, and part of the reason is because they put rarity over enjoyment.

Exactly why I play monk. I just thought that there may be times getting a group may be difficult or that there may be a need that I could fulfil from time to time. Was looking for input as far as that goes

[Deckk]

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

My advice is to not worry about how rare your class is — the only thing that matters is if you find the class fun. Just look up how many Paladins or Rangers exist in the 60 bracket. Very few of them stick it out for the long haul, and part of the reason is because they put rarity over enjoyment.

Wait. What?

Some people enjoy rare. Some enjoy min max. Some enjoy fashion. The end of the day your last line is on point. Play what will make you enjoy your time.

[burkemi5]

IMO paladin is the worst class, I'd made a ranger before I made a paladin. Make anything but a pally.

[Clark]

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

It's annoying, true, but you just learn to stun before FoL.