Paladin?Follow

Ok, so playing a Paladin for the first time ever ( started in 99 ) Been boxing him with a Froglok Wiz and a healer merc, and we are cruisin through LDON's right now. My question is, what exactly does a Pali do? My DPS is not really that great, I am an ok tank but aggro management is tough ( I have played mostly warriors ) and our spells are kinda weak. I see alot of Pali's so they must be cool....what am I missing that makes them special?

( P.S ) He is only 30 right now, so maybe I just need him to grow a bit. Thanks in advance for any advice.

My pally excels at stuns, knockback and undead. Controlled pulls...lol, not so much. Great dps...not so much, unless it is undead.

Yeah, it's pretty much a bad idea overall to judge a class based on how it plays at level 30. You don't have anything near a full toolset at that level. My two Paladins (87 and 71) do very well in level appropriate content. They're a bit underdeveloped (71/316 and 87/1154) but that's only because I often succumb to the old level > AA credo from eons ago.

For the most part, Paladins aren't as obviously powerful in groups as Shadowknights but a skilled Paladin will make your jaw hit the floor. Between swing aggro, stun aggro, and heal aggro, they can be the real deal. The problem is, the Paladin requires more patience as you learn the subtleties of the class. The SK is pretty much plug & play, for the most part. My SK is my main and I had a lot more trouble picking up the Paladin than the SK (and I'm told that's pretty common, which is why you see SO many SKs and relatively few Paladins in comparison).

Stick it out. You'll see the class start to really shine in the 50s and 60s. But only if you pay attention to what no one else is paying attention to.

At high levels, a Paladin is actually the best group tank, due to stun mitigation (you lock even con and lower mobs down 8 out of 12 seconds). Add in heals, massive agro generation (less than SK's, but still impressive) and buffs (most of what a cleric can do) and they're actually overpowered.

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I loved my pally but no one loved him.

Seriously though it doesn't really matter as long as you can keep agro, the rest of the group will kill the mob off. That's what I think.

Be warned. A lot of people have an aversion to pallies and only want warriors or uber geared anything else for tanks. It's a shame but over the years people want very high dps groups limited to only a few classes.

Thanks for that tactic...having fun figuring out different ways to play the game...taht is why I love this site...so much good input...