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Posted by Rome on December 08, 1999 at 11:42:49:

In Reply to: Paladins? posted by someone on December 08, 1999 at 11:26:46:

> Remember every evil being in the realms are after paladin giv them the chance to live alittle.

I would agree completely that paladins are in need of a helping hand in the pk'ing department, but they are hardly push overs to kill.

Their defensive abilities are some of the best in the game.

Parry
Shield Block
Charge Set (Do they still have this?)
Sanctuary
Heal
Sanctify Room

Sanctuary and heal alone make them about as tough to kill as anyone but healers.

Now, on the offensive side, I would say they have a hard time killing people. This is mainly because normally you either have to do one of two things to kill someone.

a) Do hideously sick damage in a very short time.

b) Keep your foe from fleeing.

The damage a paladin can do is around average. Wrath is nice, but not great as far as offensive spells go, and it certainly doesn't match up against some of the more damaging warrior skills. Let's not forget the VERY nice weapons that are paladin only.

I've always found paladins to be excellent at ranking (which would indicate they have at least a little power), but run into their problems in the pk department mainly do to their excessive exp penalty (People do so love their storm giant paladins... that is until someone points at them and says, "DIE").

In summary, paladins are perhaps the weakest pk'er next to healers, however, they are perhaps the sturdiest next to them as well. All they need is some window dressing to make them shine.

...Rome...

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Re: Come now... wolf/kauyor 12:02:53 12/08/99 (2)
- Wrath only doing DEMOS at hero on average? Ever done it on undead? It is rather sickening... I have seen USNPEAKs.... Koe 13:40:52 12/08/99 (1)
  - Skeletons and zombies in Galadon's graveyard don't count. If a paladin unspeaks a PC lich with wrath than said lich was ill-prepared and stupid. nt Ponderer(VIP) 14:24:24 12/08/99 (0)

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Comments:	> > Remember every evil being in the realms are after paladin giv them the chance to live alittle. > I would agree completely that paladins are in need of a helping hand in the pk'ing department, but they are hardly push overs to kill. > Their defensive abilities are some of the best in the game. > Parry > Shield Block > Charge Set (Do they still have this?) > Sanctuary > Heal > Sanctify Room > Sanctuary and heal alone make them about as tough to kill as anyone but healers. > Now, on the offensive side, I would say they have a hard time killing people. This is mainly because normally you either have to do one of two things to kill someone. > a) Do hideously sick damage in a very short time. > b) Keep your foe from fleeing. > The damage a paladin can do is around average. Wrath is nice, but not great as far as offensive spells go, and it certainly doesn't match up against some of the more damaging warrior skills. Let's not forget the VERY nice weapons that are paladin only. > I've always found paladins to be excellent at ranking (which would indicate they have at least a little power), but run into their problems in the pk department mainly do to their excessive exp penalty (People do so love their storm giant paladins... that is until someone points at them and says, "DIE"). > In summary, paladins are perhaps the weakest pk'er next to healers, however, they are perhaps the sturdiest next to them as well. All they need is some window dressing to make them shine. > ...Rome...

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