60 Tankadin Gear Question.

[seeker303]

Disclaimer!!! This is just a question about why you wouldn't im not trying to do some stupid innovative stuff, Im just a dude who has a question so try not to rage at me for my ignorance :3

Question: Why don't paladins at 60 use Lightforge armor set as pre-raid gear for like OT/Trash? I thought I heard somewhere that this server's cons. scales off of Attack Power. That's all

again sorry if the ignorance.

[smilkovpetko]

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=13492

[seeker303]

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=13492

I read that and a lot, not all, of the comments. I know what I should get, I'm asking why I shouldnt get Lightforge armor set.

[Eberon]

I don't think it's viable to skip defense items in favor of the Lightforge-Armor.

You will trade a bit more AP for a lot of defense which results in lower parry, avoide, reduced crit chance and most important lower block chance which could also increase your dmg + threat against melee mobs.

[Dr. Doom]

What you'll be told here is that you should ninja all the warrior gear you can, as the way to tank as paladin is to be a poor man's warrior, going for the same items so you mimic it as best as possible, but always having lower avoidance and mitigation.
Lightforge is an eclectic set. It provides intellect for a non pathetic mana pool, some self dispel, some off heals, while also adding in some strength for auto attack damage. It's not meant to be the main tank pieces that are str/stam/def meant for warriors, it's meant to be a more hybrid set.

The reason why Lightforge set, along with all D1 sets for that matter are disliked here, is because we now relish in the era of specialization, where you essentially stack defense if tank, stack + healing if healer, and stack +frost/+shadow if dps. Hybrid ideas get sidelined.

This being said, I actually play my paladin as a hybrid healer/offtank with largely positive results so far. Doing so with a friend going holy priest dps (smiter that I help with JoC). SO if you feel like trying a Lightforge oriented build, go for it. Free game, do what makes you happy, not hurting anyone other than PvE rats who think they're the elite.

[smilkovpetko]

Lightforge is Retribution set , Intellect is not important at all , i mean that.

Here is all the links that will help you out , drdoom has no idea how to tank as Paladin tho he can only misslead you in wrong direction.

This is how to play example protection Paladin :

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=22875

This is Raiding Preparation :

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=31907

This is "preraid Gear" Tips :

https://forum.nostalrius.org/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=13492

This is how Protection Paladin looks like in Raid :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXV1lqIJr9w