Paladins as a tank?Follow

I am very interested in coming back to EQ2, but I have been away for a very long time, and it seems almost everything has changed (last time I played, you could only start as one of four classes, if that gives you an idea of how long it's been).

I have always played casters, so I am interested in a change. I have been seriously looking at starting a tank-type character. Just from the name alone, and the amount of +hate skills, Guardians seems like a logical choice. After looking over some info about them, and through their ability list, however, I don't think that is really what I am looking for. I was looking for a class with more varied skills and abilities. So, I started thinking about a Paladin.

My question, though, is if Paladins can not only hold their own tanking, but become sought after tanks for instances, and even raiding? I'm not only asking if they can, but if they commonly do. And if Palidans aren't a good choice, what may be a good one? Thank you for any input!

Edited, Oct 6th 2007 1:02am by dacypher

I wanted to make a joke. I really did.

Paladins are great tanks. They have decent survivability and a wide array of stuns that slow incoming damage. Amends is great. You'll be taken in a heartbeat for exp groups and instances.

Raids, like Fronglo says, are another story. In a lot of cases you will only be a secondary choice to main tank a raid. This isn't due to the fact that you can't because you can, but rather that some people have it in their heads that only guardians should tank raids. This isn't true, obviously. I tank raids as an SK and our raiding alliance frequently uses both SK and paladin tanks. If you can find yourself a good guild or alliance that understands the classes and recognizes your abilities then you will have no problem being involved in raids.

Since my main is a Paladin i can answer your questions easily heh. But yes they are great tanks and i think ive seen one who was able to tank in raids....Guardians seem to be the raid tanks heh. Since pallies can heal they can keep themselves or group members alive so i count them as being better then the warriors at tanking. If you ever see people insulting paladins its due to how bad pallies were for the longest time if i remember correctly....so if you play a paladin dont let people insult ya just for being a paladin instead of a boring guardian!

I tried a pally myself earlier since I had a 30 one on eqoa, loved the class but I hate tanking in this game :/

I like tanking in eqoa tho, it was simpler tho.

Here its just a lot more chaotic. Could get into a nice rhythm and you didn't have to lead the way through dungeons and such.