My first charactor in this game was a Paladin and I started back during the Kunark era. I have to say I had a terrible time trying to do these Armor of Ro quests. The hardest part was the granite from the gargoyles in Mistmore, as well as the pots from the witches. When your lvl 30 even with a full group Mistmoore is ruff. Once again this was a era where if you had 200INT you was a twinked caster and it was ok to have full sets of banded or bronze armor. I even remember a photo taken showing a naggy raid and the warrior tanking had 2 SSOY and a full set of bronze armor heh.
Anyways It was good, and they had a great Paladin look. IF im not mistaken the boots, gloves and helm was gold and silver for the rest of it. Keep in mind this was before armor dye was even thought of.
As for modern day EQ I really think SOE should consider either 1. Upgradeing the stats, or 2. Instead of requireing 220ppish worth of plat maybe change it to gold bars instead (or something cheaper). I mean for 220pp you can get better armor in bazaar now. That reason alone its really not worth doing. Also the newbie quested armor is just about as good as some pieces of this armor.
At least the Armor of Ro quests did contain stats meant for a paladin. I never understood why the Warriors Crafted armor had INT and CHA on it.