class difference!

[Razorflame]

eh dafuq?

your comparison is weird

the only advantage a warrior had on paladin was it's higher leadership

the paladin on the other hand could get quicker order/distortion magic cause he gets those mind runes faster
and stoneskin or healing does alot in a battle and those are cheap buffs

just 2 minor examples

and i already said mage was pretty much the same through all series

as for the skald

go start him and look in his spellbook
he has a healing spell (in previous series it would have been a scroll instead of spell)

edda is ok
just give the higher leadership to warrior which he needs badly
and remove the healing spell and make it a scroll instead

edda alone is enough to reap havoc on the first island