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Can always use healers, of course, but I know we don't have any druids or rogues really that are mains or even past 20. I'd have a better idea if I were at home and could check the roster, but I'm still killing the last twenty minutes of my shift. Oh, and boobs.

WoW is EQ burnout heaven.

By: NephthysWanderer the Charming
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WHO THE **** R U AND WHAT THE ****?!
Im calling the cops

LMMFAO. RACK Neph.

Welcome aboard Exodus, Demea your next

I played a pally in EQ as my main for a long time, and had a blast with it. The only thing that really hindered that character (besides getting banned) was the fact that, once I reached the higher levels, I just couldn't tank as well as a warrior, so I'd get passed up in groups. How does a paladin compare to a warrior as far as tanking ability?

Also, how does a druid stack up against a priest? Is the druid similar to a bard in EQ, without the songs?

Once I saw my pally with a giant hammer and that I wanted to be a night elf, I said ***** it.


I'm now a Night Elf warrior, which I see me gearing towards damage dealer.


Only level 4...and wowzers. This game is hawt.



Now...for the best part...how do I do that wowsig thing? Part of the reason I joined was to annoy Joph with it.

Well the best information or maybe the most negative information can be found on the WoW Class message boards.

Paladins are tanks and somewhat like EQ bards in that they have some group buffs - if your group is without a warrior, a paladin will suffice. Yes, a warrior will and should be the MT more often than not. But Paladins are great secondary tanks and backup healers. I played a Warrior to 60 and loved it, but I am enjoying the Paladin. Many people say that a playing a paladin is the easiest class to play. Yes and no.

Paladins can do ok at soloing, but they lack range capability (at least at lower levels (I know of one item in your mid-40s mid 50s range where Paladins can use a boomerang). They do have an Exorcise Undead spell that can be cast from a distance at the undead - and there are plenty of undead in the game - skeletons, ghouls, etc.

Still, their tanking ability and healing ability can make them last for quite the distance in a fight. They have one spiffy stun ability move that is nice. Otherwise, they are rather bland fighters as they just swing and bonk. Warriors, Rogues, and Hunters all outshine in the fighting moves department as well as DPS (damage per second). But the tradeoff is none of them can heal themselves during a fight unless they have healing potions.

Groups are where Paladins truly shine. The are quite complex when first looking at all their abilities - but read the Paladin Class boards on the WoW website and look for Paladin guides for more detail. As I mentioned before, I am usually the primary healer and secondary tank all-in-one lately, and it's a challenging task. God knows I'm not the best healer out there by any means. Thank goodness for rez capability! Anyhoo, paladins are welcome in groups for their multifunctionality.

You can only choose between Humans and Dwarves to be Paladins. I should mention that Humans racial mount are horses anyhoo, but the Paladin steed stands out nicely. Dwarven mounts are normally rams, but if you play a Dwarven Paladin, you will also get a horse. As a longtime fan of Dwarves, I prefer playing other classes for my Dwarven characters as I love the Ram mounts. I think they're spiffy!

Despite Exodus's naysaying about the big hammer, I think it's pretty cool. There is a level 20 series of quests that rewards you with Verigan's Fist, an awesome 2hd hammer that will last you from level 20 to your early level 40s.

Another perk of the Paladin - like Warlocks, free mount at level 40. Other classes have to pay out about 90 gold (normally a 100 gold, but if you faction with your home city/racial starting point is Honorable, the cost is reduced to 90 gold). The epic mounts at level 60 cost 900 gold with Honorable faction. Paladins and Warlocks have to undergo another series of grueling quests and there is some cost of gold factored in as well. But the level 40 mount is free.



They do very well - while priests have a larger mana pool and wider variety of healing spells, druids are excellent single target healers and healing over time spells (regen). Druids have been fixed (i.e., Blizzard did a talents review on them) and Priests will have their talents reviewed and patched in patch 1.10 (next big patch).

I would say that Druids are very versatile like bards, but Paladins are probably more similar to EQ bards in terms of buffage. They both have a wide variety of things they can do.

Whew! Sorry for the long post - I'm sure some things may be argued here, but this is from my experience playing a lev 60 Warrior, lev 40 Druid, and lev 47 Paladin (first character on first server I played long time ago).

It is just RP, not RP PvP.

It is a very decent server. Of course any starting zone is full of idiots but they tend to not make it past lvl 15-20.

Paladin FTW!

I've gone through 3 different servers. Every one I couldn't resist rolling a paladin. They are the jack of all, master of none. Pretty much everything Smoggy said about paladins is 100% true.

If you do go that route, just go through your holy tree until your 40/50's

No one likes a retn00b.

A few pointers that were probably already covered, but ***** it

1) Your not a warrior. You can't do massive DPS, but you can do some. Think of yourself as a combat medic. Your job is to make DAMN sure the squishes don't get aggro if the warrior has problems. Blessing of salvation for the fights, blessing of wisdom after.

2) Your not the Main tank. That’s a Warriors job. You are a decent off tank. If you spec holy you have consecration, which is a GREAT off tank ability. Especially with large groups of mobs. MT hits the biggest baddie of them all; you consecrate and tank all of the 5 off tank mobs.

3) Your not a priest. You can never heal as good as a priest. But you’re damn close. In the holy tree you have a free Super heal every 2 minuets. You have the most mana efficient light heals in the game. Spam FoL FTW!

4) If I ever hear the fuc[/b]king words "Shield+hearth=FTW" from you I will personally hunt you the fu[b]ck down and kill you with a herring.

5) You are a paladin. Protector of the light. Crusader for the Order of the Silver hand. Act like it damit. You are the one who saves the entire groups from wipes (LEARN WHAT THE FU[/b]CK Divine Intervention IS). If someone asks you what that is, and you don't fu[b]cking know, then prepare to never get a PUG (pick up group for you slow bast[b][/b]ards).

5) You do it all, just remember when it is appropriate to be doing it all. If you’re needed for healing only, try to stick with it while doing a little DPS. Remember, to do a decent amount of DPS, you'll be burning mana like crazy. Unless you have the mana pool of fricken god, stick with healing and auto-attacking while buffing and cleasening.

Now that I think about it, you guys need a paladin? I dunno if I'm gonna stick on my RP/PVP server for too long.

Good info, Smoggy. I guess I'll just play around and read class descriptions until I find something that tickles my fancy.