I doubt it will get changed. Honestly, the spell isn't bad but given my own personal experience.. nobody ever wants it because they a cleric with a chrism. Other paladins have successful stories where people aren't as picky and will take the raise. I think it was mostly created to give paladins the ability to raise since many of them were complaining after converting over from a cleric (No, I was not one of them).

That said, think up of a good 50th spell.. many ideas were suggested. I'm only afraid if a 50th spell does come and is a defining spell that says "I am a paladin" that I'll have to find another way to make two weapon combat work for me or just go back to two handed weapons since it would really be impossible at that point with how expensive it already is (even as capped).

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- Kobold in Disguise Falvicar, Blade of the Night

You swing a silver-edged black veil iron katana at Sevynne!

* Sevynne drops dead at your feet!
* Sevynne just bit the dust!

I trained 1640 early on (before 120) and use it. I prefer it over the cleric version in some cases (e.g. Rift rescues on plane 5).

I would not want to see it go away!

-- Robert

* Wyrom was just vaporized!

Paladins can use chrisms too if you can get a friendly cleric to make ya some. I have 1640 and use it at least once or twice a week.


As I gaze over the horizon, the wind tugs at my cloak and whispers, "Adventure" in my ear.

AIM: Kaight (Matt) GS4

Hmmm, double checked the wiki and it says only clerics can use them to benefit corpses. I could have sworn I've used one before but probably mistaken.


As I gaze over the horizon, the wind tugs at my cloak and whispers, "Adventure" in my ear.

AIM: Kaight (Matt) GS4

I converted my warrior to a paladin for 1640, quite shortly before the release of monks.

Another paladin I know in game (I don't talk to very many) was advised not to train 1640 by another character against my own advice, and later regretted that decision (partly because the person advising him wore lower armor class and he and I do, the the TD gain from 120 was not very relevant).

As has been said, the old Divine Word was pretty weak, but the new one is really good. The problem is the player base not knowing about the new Divine Word and how to make use of it. Its as good as or better than a cleric raise in a lot of situations (for instance, finishing your culling bounty quickly and getting a new bounty).

Considering that Divine Word is the ideal field raise, I claim it in fact is combat focused in a certain respect. It will never be "replaced" but of course there's 1650 to think about as was also stated!

If more paladins indeed learned 1640, and started educating people on how it works, the popularity of Divine Word would go up I bet.

You can use my ;1640rant script in lich (or copy and make your own script from gswiki if you don't use lich) to help educate people :D

My paladin just got 1640 recently, at level 57. I went up to 1630 first, then 120, and then up to 1640, overtraining a bit at the end to get there after a friend died on Rivers Rest and needed a raise that I could not do. I think that is likely to be the end of my spell training for a while.

--David

"At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, 'What would Jimmy Buffett do?'"

1640 was the last spell I trained in at cap. I went with 140 before 1640. As people have said the old version needed work, it got work, and now it's pretty good. I view it as a field raise kind of spell. Get the corpse up and running and ready to fight straight away.

It's a great spell actually. Hate to see it go. 1650 does need to be filled however.

Chad, player of a few

1640 is a great spell.

The problems around it are more change management than anything else. It's so ingrained in peoples' minds that after you die you go back to town an rest up, that they generally won't go back out and hunt right after 1640 even when they absolutely can and should.