Spear Class?

[Arngrim]

So which class in eq2 would i get the most out of if i want to fight using a spear? I heard there's stuff like Great Spears and one handes spears aswell alongside Halberd, but if we talk either 2 handed spear or spear\shield?


Cheers.

[Landsknecht Siffie]

Most of the fighter Classes can use 2-Handed spears Or Spear and Shield.

Also scout types can use dual short spears or spears and bucklers.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

The shaman types also have some spears, and with the right AAs can channel their spells into melee attacks. Even so they're priests; spellcasters and healers first and foremost. If you're looking for a straight up spearman who can stand on the front line you're choosing between Guardian, Berserker, Paladin, and Shadowknight.

[Arngrim]

Thanks, so Shadowknight can use them aswell? Read some forums where it said they cant use spears. Glad that was cleared up.

[Landsknecht Siffie]

Sk's can But they are far and few between

[Arngrim]

Sounds like Berserker or Paladin would be the choices for a Spear user then? I'd take it a Guardian would be more towards tanking with a shield?

[Landsknecht Siffie]

Well I personally Play a Sk which is the evil version of a pally and i can tank as well if not better than a Guardian.....Plus Pallys get heals Sks get lifetaps

[ed]

I know this thread is from last month, but on the off chance OP sees this: EQ2 gear types aren't really organized in strict classes. I don't think my necromancer can equip every dagger in the game, for instance. I can equip some swords (I have a scimitar that's technically classed as a dagger, I use it for appearance gear sometimes), but others are for other specific classes only.

So it's not like playing the usual console RPG where someone can use "spears" and therefore only spears and every single spear in the game.

However, even if the best weapon available to you during any given stretch of leveling is a sword or something, you can put a spear in your appearance slot and there will be no difference. Example: There's a very cool-looking spear that drops off one of the named mobs along the coast in the Commonlands (I want to say a skeleton orc?), it has a very low level requirement too. I'm using it for appearance gear on both my shadowknight and my beastlord.

Because that part is so flexible, I wouldn't base an eq2 class decision solely on weapons.

[ed]

Forgot to add: class restrictions do still apply to appearance gear, so you still won't be able to put a warriors-only spear on a mage or something. But a whole bunch of classes will have at least one spear they can put in their appearance slot. There are also appearance-only spears that have NO stats at all and I think anyone can equip those. You can get appearance-only gear off the broker or by completing certain collections, you don't have to pay cash unless you just really want a specific appearance item from the store.

[Arngrim]

Cheers, any help is appreciated. :)

[ed]

Oh good, I was afraid you might not see that. :)

I went and looked through my inventories and character bank at some of my spears to double-check class restrictions for you. I've got a few that say "all mages, all scouts, berserker, channeler, defiler, guardian, mystic, paladin, shadowknight." That low-level spear I use for neat appearance gear (it's called Ripper of the Horde, now that I have the inventory in front of me) is "beastlord, berserker, channeler, defiler, guardian, mystic, paladin, shadowknight." I also dug up a halberd that's "all scouts, berserker, channeler, fury, guardian, paladin, shadowknight, warden." There are no doubt other halberds with a different list.

And that's just a few out of everything that's in the game, and there are a LOT of items in this game.

Now as someone pointed out, some classes that can equip spears won't really be focused on *fighting* with them (mages especially). If you want to focus more on just fighting and tanking rather than adding support to the mix as a melee priest, your best bet for the most spear access is probably going to be guardian/berserker or paladin/shadowknight like the other person said. Some scouts are melee-focused too, and even the ranger is going to want a melee weapon in addition to their bow.

I haven't played guardian/berserker, but paladin/shadowknight do definitely have some helpful magic (the wiki describes paladin as "healing tank" and SK as "tank-mage"). Just be aware that paladin and shadowknight are one of the few divided classes that are still alignment-locked; you can't live in Qeynos and its allied cities as a shadowknight, or in Freeport and its allied cities as a paladin. If you do decide to betray your starting alliance and move to the other side, your class will change to the properly aligned one. You can adventure in most zones and join guilds no matter what side you're on, so it mostly matters for city quests (and faction gear) and player housing.

If you're just worried about being able to solo, as far as I know most classes can solo to varying degrees, especially if you buy the mercenary feature in the $ shop (hire npcs in town who will join your party for a small fee while active). There's not a huge amount of random grouping in the lower levels of the game, since most of the older players are high level by now. Joining a guild and getting to know people will help with that.

This got long, oops. :D

[Landsknecht Siffie]

As far as Sk's go Im a lvl 91 Sk And with my current set up I can solo anything short of full raid zones and the advanced group zones at higher levels

[Landsknecht Siffie]

And a Ranger with a Paladin merc is set for anything short of epic mobs.

[Arngrim]

Damn! Didn't expect such long answers. Thanks alot people. And i was thinking about Ranger if i didn't go "warrior" I like the "hunter" feel with a bow and a spear. Guess that's possible looking at the answers and scouts having spears aswell.

[ed]

Rangers have both melee and ranged powers, so you'd be able to actively use both weapons regularly as well as stealth/track (though all scouts can do that) and use poison (not all scouts can) for even more of a hunter feel. You won't get a combat pet - that's beastlords - but you will be able to get non-combat pets as a little class bonus and/or from holidays, quest drops and random drops scattered throughout the game. (Just remember that the Petamorph wands you can get for $ only apply to combat pets! I've seen at least one ranger player miss that and spend money unnecessarily.)

Shadowknights and paladins can equip bows too, but for them it's going to be used as an occasional tap on the ranged attack button to pull an enemy if you need to. I don't think they have any actual bow attack powers.

[Landsknecht Siffie]

Originally posted by ed:

Rangers have both melee and ranged powers, so you'd be able to actively use both weapons regularly as well as stealth/track (though all scouts can do that) and use poison (not all scouts can) for even more of a hunter feel. You won't get a combat pet - that's beastlords - but you will be able to get non-combat pets as a little class bonus and/or from holidays, quest drops and random drops scattered throughout the game. (Just remember that the Petamorph wands you can get for $ only apply to combat pets! I've seen at least one ranger player miss that and spend money unnecessarily.)

Shadowknights and paladins can equip bows too, but for them it's going to be used as an occasional tap on the ranged attack button to pull an enemy if you need to. I don't think they have any actual bow attack powers.

Correct On the SK/Pallys not having Bow abilities though at high level you can double attck crit for massive damage with a bow. Also downside to a ranger is they are squishy if you normally play tanks..... Hence pally merc