01-09-2007, 07:33 PM
Quote:You don't consider paladins viable? Even just using Consecration, a level 70 paladin with 500 spell damage and Improved Righteous Fury will do 212 threat per second to all enemies within 8 yards. Holy Shield is another 184 tps divided among targets. Then there's Retribution Aura, Blessing of Sanctuary, and Reckoning.
The change to Swipe seems to be targetted as much at making paladins better than druids in the 3 target case as it is about making druids more in line with warriors at general multi-mob tanking.
The Swipe nerf isn't that bad. While it's threat multiplier has dropped from 1.75 to 1 that's a multiplier to base damage that was recently significantly buffed by AP scaling. It's still going to do enough to keep side mobs off the healer.
I do find holding mobs off Shaman toting dual HWL weapons somewhat tricky, though. WTB +Feral HWL weapon...