Realm abilities questions

[Kirin]

Hey guys,
Pesa and i have been looking at the realm abilities, trying to figure out on which ones we should acually take.. So far im considering lots of mastery of blocking, purge and the big group heal.. Pesas thinking about taking second wind or hail of blows..
anyone got some feedback on how good these abilities work in combat? i doubt theyll let us respec realm skills, so i want to make sure i make the right choices to begin with. thanks

[Axecleaver]

The ability to respec is in the game now, you can do it twice (for realm skills).

Mastery of blocking adds 6 to your shield skill, or about 3%, pretty useful skill, and cheap at only 1 point for the first level.

As a paladin, faith heal is not to be missed. A group insta that heals 80-100% is awesome.

THe tireless/endurance type skills seem to work the same no matter what level you have, so get level 1.

If you buy master of block, also spend a point on master of pain for the increased crits, it's a very cheap skill once you have the augmented dex prereqs.

As an armsman i would buy dex 2, master of pain, and possibly hail of blows (is that dex 2?)

[Kirin]

Hmm ok.. will look into it.. im pretty sure im going to spec mainly in extra blocks.. or see how blocking goes with thrust, not sure.. what kinda of stuff have you bough Axe?

[Axecleaver]

Faith healing, aug dex 2, and i just got a point last night I'm putting in Mastery of Pain.

[Kirin]

hmmm.. waht about Purge?? any feedback on how well thats been working?

[Axecleaver]

It's pretty good, but at 10 pts it's hella expensive. I may or may not take it once i have 10, with a respec.

[Kirin]

hmm i may or may not choose it over faith healing.. i was always more of a solo rvr pally.. does healing or heal chant still cure mezz and all that?

[Axecleaver]

No, but if you want to solo, then faith healing is DEFINITELY your first choice. When you're in a group, a purge can free you and let you help the group. Solo, that free insta is going to be of much higher value. Purge resets your mezz timers, so you can be instantly remezzed.

[Kirin]

Hmmmmmm... god im all confused now.. i dont know what to invest in.. not eevn sure anymore bout respeccing to thrust.. grrrr anyways well see how its going..
btw, Pesa and i are going to wat to lvl asap to 50, so there better be some good exp groing goin when we get there ^_^.

[Nari]

Dude, give me two weeks and I'll be there ready to rock and xp/roll...

[Gueuze]

Soon, we might be running TWO tree groups in Lyon at once.  It's coming folks.

[Nari]

With the level spectrum I see guild-wide there is no doubt in my mind that we can do so...I'll be there for sure.  I always hated having to get on a list to kill trees, lol.

[Lifesbane]

what level range (about) are trees good for?

[Kid]

I started getting invited to tree groups at about lvl 42 but with guildy's I am sure we can handle someone that is somewhat lower as long as there aren't too many people who are lower level the group can survive pretty well. I know we only had 7 people at some points last night and we were able to kill them pretty well, so add a lower lvl person to that mix and no harm done if they don't hit all that often.

[Gueuze]

Noreen escorted us around DF today, and I must say, trees are now yesterday's news.  I confess, 4 level 50's in the group helped, but still it was nice.  And without a PBT even.

And LB, I'd stick with tanglers until about 42 anyway.  You'll cap on the trees, and won't get much more experience than you would with tanglers.  Less probably, since trees make for fewer mobs per pull.