Pure Pally vs Ranger/Pally

[Maelodic]

I'm about to roll a melee class, and I'm looking for something with high survivability, and very good dps. I'll be duoing the game with a pale master.

I'm thinking either 20 pally or 14/6 pally/ranger. Pros and cons of each, and which one shall I pick?

[unbongwah]

I would go pure pally unless maybe the archery feats from rgr really appeal to you. The appeal of ranger 6 / pally 14 was that +10% atk speed from Tempest I and +10% atk speed from Zeal stacked. Sadly, both got nerfed in U5 and now it's +10% offhand proc and +10% double-strike chance, respectively, which is way less awesome DPS-wise but still costs 3 feats (D/M/SA for Tempest pre-reqs) as well as higher-lvl pally abilities. Pure pally would get you pally capstone, 3rd-tier PrE, Divine Might III or IV (depending on how high your base CHA gets), etc.

[Maelodic]

I would go pure pally unless maybe the archery feats from rgr really appeal to you. The appeal of ranger 6 / pally 14 was that +10% atk speed from Tempest I and +10% atk speed from Zeal stacked. Sadly, both got nerfed in U5 and now it's +10% offhand proc and +10% double-strike chance, respectively, which is way less awesome DPS-wise but still costs 3 feats (D/M/SA for Tempest pre-reqs) as well as higher-lvl pally abilities. Pure pally would get you pally capstone, 3rd-tier PrE, Divine Might III or IV (depending on how high your base CHA gets), etc.

Aight, thanks a bunch.