summing up the class

[dindaur]

posted this on the soe pal forums, thought it'd perhaps have some life here

spells
aggro tools:
three major lines of stun (<s>stuns before 51</s> cease and desist aren't on a timer, and can be added as 4th + 5th <s>10th</s> stuns)
one line of aggro over time+rune recourse* the only difference between the tss and sof recourse is an increase from 500 to 650 damage runed, the rune is 10 percent
the aa stuns:
one line of interupt stun* 600 hate
one line of aggro stun* 1100 hate

heals:
four+ lines of group heals 65+ (two more in addition below 65)* seems like these may be currently bugged, and 2 lines may be intended
<s>two lines of fast heals</s> two line of fast heals* (burst + light)
one line of heal over time (the lowest level heal over time stacks, the other four are linked)
one line of effecient direct heals* "touch"
90 percent ressurection (also an aa)

damage:
one major line of undead nukes* top four share the same timer
line of reverse damage shield
30 percent self haste

crowd control / emergency:
one major line of root (current all four are unlinked, however recast time is instant, so memming more than one isnt necessary)
divine aura - invuln ( with a 10 minute handicap mem-time )

buffs / auras:
one line of +heal aura
one line of +hp buff
one line of tenacy-immitation buffs
one line of symbol buffs
one line of heroic bond style buffs
one line of ac style buffs ( believe it discontinues at low levels )

self buffs:
shielding line self buff
proc line self buff
heal mod-recourse self buff
resist-all spell 10 percent self buff

typically the paladin deals with things in bulk.
3 - 5 gems are devoted to aggro
3 - 4 gems are devoted to healing
i think that's everything?

my typical lineup these days:

fast heal
efficient heal
group heal
heal over time
stun
stun
stun+knockback
aggro over time+rune recourse
reverse damage shield
tunare

missed out cures, my bad

cures:
poison & disease line
corruption line
curse line* click rgc available

then heal / cure aa's:
self only cure-all
group cure
group heal ( insta )
ressurection

and then the oddities which rarely find use

misc:
<s>undead fear</s> discontinues at 52
blind

melee
taunt
bash* stuns with aa
armor of decorum* 25 percent rune, 22750 total ( x 4 for total damage taken )
slay* frequency + damage increases with aa

[Occam]

My standard lineup:

1. Fast heal
2. Heal over time
3. Stun (Solemn force)
4. Stun (Force of Timorous)
5. Sustenance of Tunare
6. All-purpose (root, undead nuke, another stun)
7. Trial for Honor
8. Group heal
9. Brell's Earthen Aegis (any time I unmem it someone always asks for it right after)
0. Divine Aura

Apparently I missed FoTimorous when I first hit 80, so I just recently got it. I'm still trying to get used to having 2 stuns that actually land. Makes tagging pulls a bit less convenient. If I can, I put Akera in that 6th slot just for tagging, as Trial often takes too long to work, especially if the pulls are short or coming around a corner or something.

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[dindaur]

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[Amanensia]

Two stuns
Trial
Burst
Light
Two group heals
Brells
Two variable slots (cures, root, ward, undead nuke, whatever)

[Abazzagorath]

[Kakimor]

[dindaur]

[Occam]

For those of you with stuns in your 8th and 9th gems...do you use a mouse to click all your spells? I can't see myself hitting Alt 8 or Alt 9 several times per mob.

I think I'm in the minority though; I have my left hand on the left side of the keyboard, covering CTRL, ALT, Shift, Tab, the numbers, tilde for autoattack, etc. My right is on the numpad, which I use for movement (and targeting...numpad 0 targets nearest NPC and the "." next to it targets the nearest PC). I try to use the mouse as little as possible...I find it rather slow in most cases, but maybe that's just because I'm not used to it. In what I've read most places, people seem to use WASD for movement and the mouse for clicking spells and hotkeys and such...is this the case here?

I'm especially curious about Kakimor...I would never ever consider putting DA in spell slot 1.

[dindaur]

i remapped my spells to cast from 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and 0, not the num pad either but above the keys. i had a bunch of stuff remapped but reversed alot of it, kept those to those keys.

for movement i use the arrow keys,
for targeting i use z to toggle targets, and tab to swap beween the mob and myself both on the left side of the keyboard
a is still autoattack

my numpad corresponds to my hotkeys, 1 being assist, 2 being LoH, 3 being HoP, 4 being force of disruption, 5 being radiant cure, 6 being primary weapon for epic clicks, 7 being tank disc, 8 being tank bandolier, 9 being dps bandolier, 0 being HoTT.

as for a mouse, ive used one for years but on vaca atm and just have one of those laptop finger pads, which works well enough but i cant navigate 3rd person as well so ive made the switch back to first person after years, which ive got to say is a much more calm playing environment as to third person. 90 percent of all EQ'ers play in first person so you're "on their level" by doing so.

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