Level 38 checkin

[LizardClan1]

>skills
XXXXXX (at level 38), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 220 120
Combat Maneuvers...................| 138 39
Two-Handed Weapons.................| 178 78
Physical Fitness...................| 138 39
Dodging............................| 117 29
Harness Power......................| 136 38
Spiritual Lore - Religion..........| 105 25
Perception.........................| 15 3
Climbing...........................| 20 4
Swimming...........................| 5 1

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 1

Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 35


I'm almost 1x in spells (up to 1635, and 101). I skipped two spells for a big push into augmented breastplate, and then later, half plate.

Somebody told me I should be able to get away with 0.5x Dodge, so instead of untraining, I stopped at 29 ranks.

My only lores are 25 ranks of Religion.



>info
Name: XXXXXX Race: Human Profession: Paladin (shown as: Holy Warrior)
Gender: Male Age: 0 Expr: 1588140 Level: 38
Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 71 (15) ... 76 (18)
Constitution (CON): 78 (14) ... 78 (14)
Dexterity (DEX): 84 (17) ... 89 (19)
Agility (AGI): 84 (17) ... 84 (17)
Discipline (DIS): 79 (14) ... 79 (14)
Aura (AUR): 78 (14) ... 78 (14)
Logic (LOG): 93 (26) ... 93 (26)
Intuition (INT): 87 (23) ... 87 (23)
Wisdom (WIS): 79 (14) ... 84 (17)
Influence (INF): 70 (10) ... 70 (10)


Stats were set at level 0 to be optimal at cap.



>armor info
XXXXXX, your Armor Specialization training is as follows:

Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
Armored Fluidity fluidity 3

Available Armor Training Points: 30


Ten more ranks of Armor Use, and I will have fully trained off the hinderance of half plate, and will also be able to get Fluidity 4.



>cman info
XXXXXX, your Combat Maneuver training is as follows:

Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
Feint feint 5


I am, of course, 1x in CM. Not sure when that'll change.

The annual fixskills is coming up in May. I'm open to suggestions.

Sincerely,
-LizardClan1
AIM: LizardClan1

[mrjrd222]

I'm just surprised you don't have more climbing/swimming by that level. Everything else seems fine to me.

I found that 101, 103, 107 were so easy to get, I could put them off for a real long time and get extra Cmans and Dodging.

With so many spells, are you relying on 1615 or staying with just Feint? I can totally understand getting to 1635 asap, it's a life saver for a solo paladin in many situations.

If you aren't having any troubles hunting, then I'd say you're doing fine, no glaring mistakes in my mind.

[dacatchman]

Overall you're looking fine, but here's some of my thoughts.

I was 1640/103 with 40 ranks of religion and I fixskilled to 15 blessing and 1635 no minor spirit, and went double in CMANs. I'll get more religion ASAP because I'm a zealot whore, but once you get beyond +/- 5 it starts taking a lot of ranks to see more benefit (I'll stop at 55 probably).

The AS boost and extra points for the moves themselves in combat really increased my hunting fun. It was pretty slow paced and boring before.

I really wanted more spells, but having dropped way back on them, I simply don't miss them all that much.

101,103,107 are very easy to get in town, if you even need them. I hunt like level and I really don't. I know I will want 117/120 in time, but until I have a lot more armor ranks self-casting 117 while hunting won't be all that feasible (I am 51 trainings; still too much hindrance and mana would be limited). I guess I can wait till rift years for 120.

Since the AS bonus through 1611 is uncapped, CMANs are really where that donkey dick huge swing come from. Self spelled with zealot and surge up I swing like 430. I gained like 30 AS just from more CMAN ranks, not to mention I got rank 5 wspec for an extra +10.

I hunt with a shield though, so the DS may be more of an issue for a 2 hand swinger, but I eat plenty of hits regardless since I'm too lazy to get wizard/spirit spells for hunting anymore. I'm trying to break that convenience for when I get to the rift, anyway. I avoid swarms but if I get caught, the plate will protect me well enough to judge or move rooms.

Just my 02, I'd stop on spells for a bit and try to work toward 1.5x CMANs or even 2x. Yeah half or full plate might be nice, but you're already in Aug, so it might be a good place to stop tripling to recoup PTPs for more CMAN ranks. You could switch to single/double armor until you get full plate around 50.

The main thing is to get your head/arms covered with plate and padding. Wounds there are most frustrating for me since they can prevent casting/searching.

[LizardClan1]

Thank you both of your feedback!

[Androidpk]

Thank you both of your feedback!

Here's what I'm currently rocking with my paladin at level 49.






Normal (Bonus) ... Enhanced (Bonus)
Strength (STR): 89 (34) ... 89 (34)
Constitution (CON): 72 (21) ... 71 (20)
Dexterity (DEX): 91 (15) ... 91 (15)
Agility (AGI): 91 (15) ... 91 (15)
Discipline (DIS): 96 (23) ... 96 (23)
Aura (AUR): 84 (12) ... 84 (12)
Logic (LOG): 77 (8) ... 77 (8)
Intuition (INT): 60 (5) ... 60 (5)
Wisdom (WIS): 85 (17) ... 85 (17)
Influence (INF): 85 (22) ... 85 (22)




Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Armor Use..........................| 190 90
Combat Maneuvers...................| 167 67
Two-Handed Weapons.................| 200 100
Ambush.............................| 108 26
Physical Fitness...................| 198 98
Dodging............................| 147 47
Harness Power......................| 134 37
Spiritual Lore - Blessings.........| 5 1
Spiritual Lore - Religion..........| 105 25
Perception.........................| 105 25
Climbing...........................| 90 20
Swimming...........................| 50 10

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 4

Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 35



Skill name Mnemonic Ranks
Feint feint 5
Specialization I wspec1 1
Cunning Defense cdefense 2

Available Combat Maneuver Training Points: 1
Unlearning Combat Maneuver Training Points: 17

No real set training plan at the moment. I'll probably stick with MBP for awhile and focus on bumping up CM a bit more and get some more HP and start training in MIU and AS.

[Jace Solo]

(at level 43), your current skill bonuses and ranks (including all modifiers) are:
Skill Name | Current Current
| Bonus Ranks
Two Weapon Combat.......| 165 65
Armor Use......................| 220 120
Combat Maneuvers..........| 143 43
Edged Weapons...............| 190 90
Multi Opponent Combat.....| 25 5
Physical Fitness...............| 165 65
Dodging.........................| 143 43
Harness Power.................| 143 43
Perception.......................| 70 15
Climbing..........................| 50 10
Swimming........................| 25 5

Spell Lists
Minor Spirit.......................| 7

Spell Lists
Paladin............................| 30


I got the spirit spells for convenience but I could definitely just get them in town. Heard 1x dodge and 1x CMan was the minimum. I'm making TWC work pretty well with what I'm at. I may just drop down on the spirit spells or slow the dodge and the like. PF at 1.5, TWC at 1.5 but hoping to bring both up to 2x eventually.

Just picked up rank 5 in Feint so I'm not sure what I'm moving to next. Probably Cunning Defense.

[Androidpk]

I'd get 3 ranks of wspec, small AS boost (not that we really need it) and it helps out with feint.

[Jace Solo]

What hunting ground should I be looking towards after I move into full plate?

Undead obviously doesn't matter but I'm out growing the Landing and wouldn't mind going elsewhere. Teras the best bet?

[Androidpk]

You could try Teras. From 40-47 I was mainly doing darkstone and stone valley. On Teras now hunting the lava flows and outer eye.

[dacatchman]

Icemule/Pinefar is good up to mid-50s if you don't mind the climbing/avalanches/weather/ice patches.

[dacatchman]

Speaking of which, once one reaches mid-50s, any recommendations?

Sorry for thread hijack! /duck

[LizardClan1]

Okay, I printed this thread, so I can refer to it this coming May when we get our next free fixskills.

But for now: I've got feint 5, 1635, 25 ranks of Religion, and I'm wearing half plate.

I think I will train Religion up to 40 ranks, so I get the nice title with my name, and then go from there.

All the best,
-LizardClan1
AIM: LizardClan1