Human Pally

[bullsaxe]

Before the servers went down I remember retraining my mage into a pally with incomplete stats (Something like 18 swords 12 strenght 10 fw) So just incomplete for a lvl 24 human to fight normal high end monsters. So my question is, because I have never really specialized in any meele classes(Predominantly prefer mages) how do I structure my pally?

Sustainability: What gear, skills, spells do I get? Do I provide my own buffs through mana or do I rely on equips? Do I self heal or resist or pot up? How can I, as a pally go through MMA and rank myself up there ?

Damage: If I'm not mistaken damage wise I just have to put points into FW, STR, Swords, get myself a big 'ol sword to slice away with and perhaps a flame blade scroll for some monsters.

Also what distinguishes pallies(Especially humans) from other guilds; Cavemen are the tanky bruisers, rouge's are the nimble fighters and mages the distance nukers, what role do pallies serve? Front line tanks?

Looking forward to the game coming up, I know i shouldn't get excited but I can't help myself thanks in advance.