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Funky idea - yes, I need sleep. Paladins!
Posted: February 8, 2003, 10:48 pm
by Akaran_D
Giving serious thought to putting together - first finding, then putting - about 50 paladins vs Vindicator or a similar target.
Let me know in PM or ingame if you'd be willing to sign up to give it a shot, rofl.
Posted: February 9, 2003, 12:19 am
by Ebumar
I bet its doable...
Posted: February 9, 2003, 2:06 am
by Damiarch
Does a battle cleric count as a paladin?
Posted: February 9, 2003, 2:08 am
by Sabek
Nah battle clerics > paladins

Posted: February 10, 2003, 1:47 am
by Syndaen Crystalthorn
I'll Try it =)
Posted: February 10, 2003, 1:49 am
by Canelek
You will need ~100 Paladins.
GOGO TEAM SK!
EDIT: Overestimated Pallies

Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:48 am
by Ebumar
If we did knights only. Paladins and SK's, it's definitly doable. But then again, his DPS just might destroy us too readily. I've tanked vindi before, he's a bitch. But then again, so is rhag 2... god that was a fun fight. Might be possible if we had kreugen tanking, since he out tanks most warriors on the server as it is.

Posted: February 10, 2003, 1:10 pm
by Vaemas
Speaking of Rhag 2, we had a ranger MT him once. Ranger would have lived, too...if Apostate hadn't sent him a tell about 2 seconds before enrage.

Posted: February 10, 2003, 1:21 pm
by Fairweather Pure
Level 65 with about 100ish AA's and NToV gear and I'd say 40-50 Pallies could take vindi pretty easy.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 1:26 pm
by Bubba Grizz
Are there that many Paladins in the game? Across all servers?
Posted: February 10, 2003, 1:58 pm
by Fairweather Pure
Good point Bubba. It's kind of odd considering how valuable pallies are nowadays. However, I would guess there are more Pallies than SKs from my experiance.
Who would win in a duel if you had a 65 pally with 100 AAs vs. a 65 SK with 100 AAs and similar equipment? Be a good fight IMO.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 2:02 pm
by Fallanthas
Dueling pallies is teh suck.
Between LoH and HoT's, you ahve to figure on knocking 12-15k hit points off of them.
Just MHO, but a well-equipped paladin should destroy an SK in PvP.
And I don't know why, but I see quite a few SKs these days, and only a couple of paladins with any frequency.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 2:08 pm
by Sirensa
Pretty sure you could do it with a lot less than 50 paladins... assuming they were decently equipped. 50 Paladins would be an unsavory zerg for sure. Frightening sight to behold in any case - that many paladins *shudders*
Posted: February 10, 2003, 2:12 pm
by Aabidano
Fairweather Pure wrote:Who would win in a duel if you had a 65 pally with 100 AAs vs. a 65 SK with 100 AAs and similar equipment? Be a good fight IMO.
With equal skill I'd say SK due to overall better offense. It'd be long fight and probably fun to watch, considering you have to kill a paladin 2-3 times before they finally fall over
You need someone to click them back in as the fight wore on, I'd imgine he'd eat through chars pretty quick with no CHs available.
How long would it take assuming healing problems were overcome? 2H damage is decent, but Vindi has a fair amount of hp.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 2:20 pm
by Shaion
I will gladly destroy any paladin who are up for the challange in a duel ~
Posted: February 10, 2003, 3:01 pm
by Braxter
equip 25 paladins with soulfires and you got yourself a victory.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 3:02 pm
by Braxter
wtf double posts
Posted: February 10, 2003, 3:17 pm
by Canelek
I always wanted to grab up a bunch of SKs to try something like this, but we are few. And to really have an HT fest, each SK would have to have all of the HT AAs, SCF3, etc...
Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:35 pm
by Akaran_D
Two of the SK's in my guild can Crit HT for over 8k.
Barring resist, that's a player killshot, less DA is hit at JUST the right milisecond..
Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:39 pm
by Voronwë
were HT's nerfed in PvP though?
i may not be remembering that correctly....at any rate, i'd still probably go with a SK. i think they are hands down the hardest melee to beat in a duel.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:40 pm
by Sylvos
Vindi down - 4 rangers, cleric, ench =)
Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:45 pm
by noel
Sylvos wrote:Vindi down - 4 rangers, cleric, ench =)
I see how this would work... Ench tanks, Rangers TS, Cleric splash heals?
Out of curiosity, were any outside buffs used, or just mentioned classes?
Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:54 pm
by Sylvos
done on zeb,
ask celt about it.
just 4 rangers, 1 pet (ench) and a cleric.
took less than 2 minutes....
Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:58 pm
by Voronwë
outside of haste on the rangers and the pet, no buffs are needed.
i mean if the giant has 12,000 hp 400 more dont matter

Posted: February 10, 2003, 4:58 pm
by noel
Haha Celt rocks.
Edit: Was just thinking sexterity, Voro.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:05 pm
by Sabek
Aranuil wrote:Haha Celt rocks.
Edit: Was just thinking sexterity, Voro.
Sexterity?
You been playing some other type of EQ Aranuil?

Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:07 pm
by Voronwë
nights dark terror =D
Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:13 pm
by Aabidano
Voronwë wrote:..i think they are hands down the hardest melee to beat in a duel.
What about bards? They're a major pain in the butt, dunno about the HT though. Watching Reypaze kite people was always funny

Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:15 pm
by Voronwë
yeah well bards are unbeatable so they dont count
imo, from a dueling standpoint, i think you have to approach them as casters.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:24 pm
by Sylvos
Bard's I hated much
Buff window for songs is in
Bard's I like much now.
This Hiaku was brought to you by the Ranger's without pants Assocation
or RWPA for short.
p.s.: rangers on veeshan log your fights while dual wielding and using a 2hander please. its for the greater good - contact me in game afterwards!
thx!
Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:30 pm
by noel
Sabek wrote:Aranuil wrote:Haha Celt rocks.
Edit: Was just thinking sexterity, Voro.
Sexterity?
You been playing some other type of EQ Aranuil?

Sexterity most important ranger stat!
Posted: February 10, 2003, 5:37 pm
by miir
With equal skill I'd say SK due to overall better offense.
Paladin and Shadowknight have the same offense.
As for dots and taps, it would be hard for either class to get any spells off.
With 100+ AAs, the Shadowknight would win every time if HT was up.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 7:40 pm
by Fallanthas
Aye, the HT would end things fast, unless your paladin had a very itchy DA finger.
Killing a bard in PvP is possible, but you have to have the right spot to duel and be patient as hell.
Let me say that dueling as a bard is about as fun as watching paint dry. Most classes are killable (knights are the hardest), but it's more a case of boring them to death than anything else.
Posted: February 10, 2003, 8:20 pm
by Aabidano
I've never dualed anyone on my chanter, I could probably bore you into submission if nothing else

Posted: February 10, 2003, 10:25 pm
by Shaion
miir wrote:With equal skill I'd say SK due to overall better offense.
Paladin and Shadowknight have the same offense.
As for dots and taps, it would be hard for either class to get any spells off.
With 100+ AAs, the Shadowknight would win every time if HT was up.
We do have a ton better offensive powers then Paladins. With PoP it really turned out as they intended, shadowknights becoming the more offensive, while paladins got the more defensive and supportive part.
Im not really sure i follow you on not getting any spells off ? 2 0.5 second spells that does 1k dmg together, 1 lifetap for 350 dmg that takes 1.5 sec to cast and 2 dots that casts for 2 sec each, one darkness that takes 1.6 sec to cast. Thats pretty damn easy to get off, especially with shadow step etc. Then we have the lifetap dot, which is basically the only spell we use in a duel that takes more time to cast, ie 3.5 sec. (I have focus effect though but it's not a super huge differance anyway on such short basic cast times.)
Paladins have 2 of their heals that takes 1 - 1.5 secs to cast. Then their stuns.
If they stick or not depending on resists, is another matter
PvP is pretty fucked up now with all PoP spells, resist checks etc anyway.