02-07-2005, 05:26 PM
A couple quick things:
The complete lack of Spiritual Focus cannot be underplayed. You will find it extremely difficult to heal yourself or others while tanking without some investment in this talent. In a perfect world, you'd never need to heal, but the world ain't perfect.
It's my humble opinion that you should trade some of your protection talents for anticipation and deflection. Blessing of Sanctuary seems like a great ability, at first glance, problem is how it stacks towards the mitigation cap. There's a specific minimum hit from all monsters. They will almost never hit below that set figure. With gear and devotion, I was hitting that magic value in the thirties. Blessing of Sanctuary's addition did not warrant the loss of BoM or BoW (and in single paladin parties, others will generally prefer either BoM or BoW).
Also, unless you play with guildies or friends who appreciate your desire to tank, you may find yourself pushed to the side in favor of warriors. They are the superior tank, paladins are the superior support class; most people realize this when attempting higher level dungeons.
The complete lack of Spiritual Focus cannot be underplayed. You will find it extremely difficult to heal yourself or others while tanking without some investment in this talent. In a perfect world, you'd never need to heal, but the world ain't perfect.
It's my humble opinion that you should trade some of your protection talents for anticipation and deflection. Blessing of Sanctuary seems like a great ability, at first glance, problem is how it stacks towards the mitigation cap. There's a specific minimum hit from all monsters. They will almost never hit below that set figure. With gear and devotion, I was hitting that magic value in the thirties. Blessing of Sanctuary's addition did not warrant the loss of BoM or BoW (and in single paladin parties, others will generally prefer either BoM or BoW).
Also, unless you play with guildies or friends who appreciate your desire to tank, you may find yourself pushed to the side in favor of warriors. They are the superior tank, paladins are the superior support class; most people realize this when attempting higher level dungeons.
"AND THEN THE PALADIN TOOK MY EYES!"
Forever oppressed by the GOLs.
Grom Hellscream: [Orcish] kek
Forever oppressed by the GOLs.
Grom Hellscream: [Orcish] kek