Paladin

[WSoares]

Hi there,

I recently bought this game on Steam so I'm new to all this, I have a question regarding Paladins.

My Gladiator is currently lvl 29, alsmot 30, should I stick with Gladiator till I reach lvl 50 or can I get the lvl15 Conjurer and start the Paladin quest? Will I miss anything by not reaching lvl 50 gladiator first?

Thanks

[Asdamine]

Your soul stone which lets you switch between gladiator and paladin will increase your overall stats. Ideally you would want to have it as soon as possible once you reach lv30.

As for the paladin quests... For me, I was lazy and waited until lv50 to do them. But I didn't see any hinderance overall for skipping those quests for later.

All in all, yes, get your paladin first.

[Remn]

PLD at 40 got "shield Oath", this is a toggle buff that will reduce damage deal to you by 20% and double you aggro gen. (it also reduce your damage deal by 20%). you might have issue keeping up w/ DPS if you dont have this skill.

[Mikedizzy]

It will be easier (in my opinion) getting the conjurer first so that you can do you "Job Quests" as you are leveling and also so you get to learn to play your Job and use your skills in a timely manner. If you plan on doing dungeons as you level up as well you will need some of these abilities to make your life easier.
1. Sword Oath at 30 (Increases the potency of auto-attacks by 50.)
2. Shield Oath at 40 (Reduces damage received by 20%, while lowering damage dealt by 20% and increasing enmity)
Shield Oath really helps you hold "HATE" and keep the mops you are pulling "in line". If you wait to get all these abilities and then start to learn Paladin tanking at 50 you will be behind the curve for sure. As another side note if you wait until 50 you will lose all the XP from those 4 Quests. You will also go 5 levels without the benefit of you AF Gear that you get at level 45 PLD only...cannot get it as Gladiator. Get the Job...plain and simple.

[Ehayte]

Definitely get the Paladin Soul Stone at level 30 - and try to learn to like CNJ, as you will want to get it to level 34 for their skill "Stoneskin" which you can cross-class as a Paladin. It the PLD's best cross-class skill!

[Sunah]

Another reason to get your paladin quest first is that starting at 45 i believe you get a very very nice chain quest that gives you sexy and powerful armor.

[SpookyGhost]

While it is possible to do all the story content without the PLD soulstone (I've tanked a lot of it in Sword Oath), you need good healers to get you through the excess damage you'll be taking. At 40 with PLD you get access to Shield Oath, as others have said, which decreases damage received by 20%. It's recommended to get CNJ to 15 as soon as you ding 30, simply because it'll take about an hour at most and you get a big boost from unlocking it. You also get access to AF armor at 45/50 which is your best armor before 50, so you'll basically want to get CNJ to 15 by at MOST 40.

[Alanon]

As for the paladin quests... For me, I was lazy and waited until lv50 to do them. But I didn't see any hinderance overall for skipping those quests for later.

OMG! Please do NOT follow this advice! This person either did the fate grind until 50 and there by had to play catch up in learning to actually BE a tank, or was just a suck-ass tank in all the dungeons.

Do the quests as they come up. You get good stuff for most. Lvl 40, you will get shield oath which is one of your best tanking "weapons". 45 they GIVE you 4/5 pieces of your AF gear, which is the best available at that level.

[AlrikRouge]

And to answer your other question, you will not miss any story line quests if you get your PLD soul stone or even start leveling another class. The story line must be followed to progress in the game anyway for all end-game content.

Jumping to add the PLD quest line will also help you, as you get some decent gear along the way.

[Espon]

Hi there,

I recently bought this game on Steam so I'm new to all this, I have a question regarding Paladins.

My Gladiator is currently lvl 29, alsmot 30, should I stick with Gladiator till I reach lvl 50 or can I get the lvl15 Conjurer and start the Paladin quest? Will I miss anything by not reaching lvl 50 gladiator first?

Thanks

The Paladin job is more of an extension of the Gladiator class. As you level up as a Paladin, your Gladiator level will increase as well. If reach level 50 as a Paladin, you'll also be a level 50 Gladiator

You should definitely level up Conjurer to unlock Paladin since it's essentially a better Gladiator but without the wider variety of cross-class skills. You'll have access to all Gladiator skills, new Paladin skills, plus the cross-class skills from Conjurer and Marauder.