Previous Thread
Expand All
Collapse All
Ignore Author
Reply
Hey guys. I really enjoy the RP ideal of my Paladin, he used to be a warrior and I converted him when the profession was enabled.
I guess my problem is this. With the warrior, there was always things to do and the combat itself felt fun and diverse. I was a Voln brawler trained in edged, so I could bring out a katar for variation, Voln Fu when I felt like it, or swing a falchion/OHE around when I felt the need.
This was, obviously, years ago, so maybe things felt more fun then than they do now. But with my Paladin, my playstyle is so... "pigeon"-holed, that I'm looking for ways to try to diversify my playstyle. What can I do to make combat and the profession in general a little more... open ended?
My hands are tied on training, but maybe someone can chime in on what works for them. Here's where I'm at right now.
Name: XXX Race: Human Profession: Paladin (shown as: Holy Warrior of Kai)
Gender: Male Age: 29 Expr: 2650534 Level: 51
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 98 (29) ... 98 (29)
Constitution (CON): 84 (17) ... 94 (22)
Dexterity (DEX): 88 (19) ... 88 (19)
Agility (AGI): 87 (18) ... 87 (18)
Discipline (DIS): 92 (21) ... 92 (21)
Aura (AUR): 94 (22) ... 94 (22)
Logic (LOG): 64 (12) ... 64 (12)
Intuition (INT): 64 (12) ... 64 (12)
Wisdom (WIS): 92 (21) ... 92 (21)
Influence (INF): 67 (8) ... 67 (8)
Mana: 159 Silver: 370
>skill base
XXX (at level 51), your base skill bonuses, ranks and goals are:
Skill Name | Actual Actual
| Bonus Ranks Goals In-Game Time to Goal
Armor Use..........................| 240 140 140
Shield Use.........................| 202 102 102
Combat Maneuvers...................| 170 70 70
Edged Weapons......................| 206 106 106
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 25 5 5
Physical Fitness...................| 153 53 53
Harness Power......................| 151 51 51
Spirit Mana Control................| 102 24 24
Spiritual Lore - Religion..........| 140 40 40
Climbing...........................| 105 25 25
Swimming...........................| 50 10 10
Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 3 3
Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 40 40
Training Points: 26 Phy 22 Mnt
144 days remain until the annual FIXSKILLS is to be granted, on 05/20/2011.
>cman info
XXX, your Combat Maneuver training is as follows:
Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
Feint feint 4
Specialization I wspec1 2
Truehand truehand 4
Surge of Strength surge 1
Available Combat Maneuver Training Points: 4
---
I've used my fixskills up for some tweaking a few months ago, but I have enough bounty points for a fixskills potion.
I've been considering two handed weapons or polearms. Hunting self spelled, shield or not, has a high rate of death (the plate saves me more than spells). I have access to a wizard/empath for full spell ups, so it's no big deal really DS wise.
I'd just hate to change my sword/board as they are both 6x, altered, and the falchion is perfectly forged. Put a lot into them, I guess.
But... I'm so bored. It's literally just tank/spank. I don't have enough TPs to train in anything but core abilities... No room for "fun" I guess.
I hunt seekers/etc on the mountain in pinefar. I will need to move for my mid-late 50s to new hunting grounds (which may itself be the spark of interest I need).
Any thoughts?
>But with my Paladin, my playstyle is so... "pigeon"-holed, that I'm looking for ways to try to diversify my playstyle. What can I do to make combat and the profession in general a little more... open ended?
Honestly?
We do two things very well: hit and take hits well. You need to cap and start using post-cap TP's for your fun.
Other than the obvious switching up weapon styles, or sticking some points into AS/MIU to be abit more magical, Paladins have very little room for diversification without seriously affecting their two strengths. Sure, you could go crazy and do all sorts of weird things to your training plan.... but in my experience Paladins have a much harder time with mutant builds than other Semi's. Not to mention some builds are essentially impossible. Plus, I don't know about you, but I play GS for fun. After a certain point, trying to hard to make a build work is tedious and no fun at all.
-farmer
*
Honestly?
We do two things very well: hit and take hits well. You need to cap and start using post-cap TP's for your fun.
Other than the obvious switching up weapon styles, or sticking some points into AS/MIU to be abit more magical, Paladins have very little room for diversification without seriously affecting their two strengths. Sure, you could go crazy and do all sorts of weird things to your training plan.... but in my experience Paladins have a much harder time with mutant builds than other Semi's. Not to mention some builds are essentially impossible. Plus, I don't know about you, but I play GS for fun. After a certain point, trying to hard to make a build work is tedious and no fun at all.
-farmer
*
| That's just what we want, criss-crossing furrows all over the town streets from someone wandering through with their animated plow super buddy. |
| -Strath |
>>We do two things very well: hit and take hits well. You need to cap and start using post-cap TP's for your fun.
Yeah I realize this. I suppose I'm ultimately asking if the grass is greener on the polearm/THW side of the fence?
The sword/board is nice, I can hit things with my AS quite easily, but they hits aren't always massive or destructive. For Paladins, is the shield really worth hanging onto? Have you extensively tried both?
Since we're so offensive and in plate anyway with easier ways out of stuns/prones, I've been contemplating going for more boom boom and less turtle.
Since I can't reasonably train in more than one weapon skill...
Yeah I realize this. I suppose I'm ultimately asking if the grass is greener on the polearm/THW side of the fence?
The sword/board is nice, I can hit things with my AS quite easily, but they hits aren't always massive or destructive. For Paladins, is the shield really worth hanging onto? Have you extensively tried both?
Since we're so offensive and in plate anyway with easier ways out of stuns/prones, I've been contemplating going for more boom boom and less turtle.
Since I can't reasonably train in more than one weapon skill...
Dump lores and place it all in mstrike. You can get the lores close to, or post-cap.
It's really awesome for crowd control.
Here's my paladin at 83rd:
Taeghan (at level 83), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 292 192
Shield Use.........................| 270 170
Combat Maneuvers...................| 206 106
Edged Weapons......................| 270 170
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 170 70
Physical Fitness...................| 184 84
Dodging............................| 142 42
Arcane Symbols.....................| 120 30
Magic Item Use.....................| 120 30
Harness Power......................| 184 84
Spirit Mana Control................| 102 24
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 10 2
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 70 15
Perception.........................| 105 25
Climbing...........................| 142 42
Swimming...........................| 142 42
Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 30
Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 40
(Use SKILLS BASE to display unmodified ranks and goals)
Armor is maxed at 200 ranks at 86th.
It's really awesome for crowd control.
Here's my paladin at 83rd:
Taeghan (at level 83), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 292 192
Shield Use.........................| 270 170
Combat Maneuvers...................| 206 106
Edged Weapons......................| 270 170
Multi Opponent Combat..............| 170 70
Physical Fitness...................| 184 84
Dodging............................| 142 42
Arcane Symbols.....................| 120 30
Magic Item Use.....................| 120 30
Harness Power......................| 184 84
Spirit Mana Control................| 102 24
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 10 2
Spiritual Lore - Summoning.........| 70 15
Perception.........................| 105 25
Climbing...........................| 142 42
Swimming...........................| 142 42
Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 30
Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 40
(Use SKILLS BASE to display unmodified ranks and goals)
Armor is maxed at 200 ranks at 86th.
I'm training my pally in ohe, shield and thw. I've got to single cman's to do it, but so far (level 58) I haven't noticed any real downside to that and the fun factor is worth it.
A red-hulled airship stained in tears crashes into Solhaven with a "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" sound.
Visit my shop in the Landing. http://shops.krakiipedia.org/shop.php?g=gs&id=135
A red-hulled airship stained in tears crashes into Solhaven with a "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" sound.
Visit my shop in the Landing. http://shops.krakiipedia.org/shop.php?g=gs&id=135
As for spells, I've got 120 and 1635. Gonna stick with this till cap most likely.
A red-hulled airship stained in tears crashes into Solhaven with a "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" sound.
Visit my shop in the Landing. http://shops.krakiipedia.org/shop.php?g=gs&id=135
A red-hulled airship stained in tears crashes into Solhaven with a "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah" sound.
Visit my shop in the Landing. http://shops.krakiipedia.org/shop.php?g=gs&id=135
