Heh, seem to be running into a new Free Paladin character at the rate of once a day, from Steel posting here today to someone at the Grindstone last night. Just an observation rather than a judgement, but it appears to be a very attractive title to play as, to the point it seems the majority of sword-and-shield characters are playing Free Paladins.
When I first posted this thread, there were not as many, nor was I aware of the fact that wearing the Gallant armour outside of being an elite Sultansworn was considered a violation of tradition. With it becoming so common, it seems the armour may not be that valuable anymore on both the IC and OOC metalevel. IC at least, Kale will probably tease characters who wear it for the purposes of trying to lend weight to their presence.
That being said, there was at least one lvl50 Free Paladin character who did -not- wear the Gallant armour, which I suppose makes sense, since there is nothing to suggest that you need to wear it to play one.
When I first posted this thread, there were not as many, nor was I aware of the fact that wearing the Gallant armour outside of being an elite Sultansworn was considered a violation of tradition. With it becoming so common, it seems the armour may not be that valuable anymore on both the IC and OOC metalevel. IC at least, Kale will probably tease characters who wear it for the purposes of trying to lend weight to their presence.
That being said, there was at least one lvl50 Free Paladin character who did -not- wear the Gallant armour, which I suppose makes sense, since there is nothing to suggest that you need to wear it to play one.
