04-28-2005, 01:04 AM
Quote:It's mostly accepted that playing Alliance is basically playing "easy mode", and that playing a Paladin is basically playing with cheats enabled."mostly accepted" by Horde players, that is. :rolleyes: I'll grant you the poison quest, the massive level disparity of Hillsbrad, and the Crossroads thing (although when I played it was raided only twice ever in all the time I spent there. Granted I'm on a PvP server so maybe I saw less raids overall), but all the other complaints I've heard are pretty insignificant. Both factions have its pros and cons. Horde has better racial traits, better flight paths (quick zeppelin ride to UC from Orgrimmar, compared to gryphon, wait for boat, hippo, portal to get to Darnassus from Ironforge fro example) more instances, and many of the instances are in their areas, to mention a few.
As for Paladins, well their shields isn't a magic get-away-free-card. It saves you a couple of seconds, yeah, but they don't magically make the enemy go away. They just follow you while shielded and wait for it to drop. Hammer of Justice barely qualifies as "ranged" at the just-barely-more-than-melee-distance it has. And the epic mount ends up costing more than 900, according to all paladins I've talked to that have it, and they have to do a quest for it too. (Which I think is a plus, but it's definitely harder than going to a vendor and buying one)
Paladins are durable, of course, but they have by far the slowest killing speed. That's the trade-off. I vastly prefer the other way around.
Which leads to the rogue. Definitely the best choice for a casual gamer. By far the most fun class, too. Stealth is cool and useful for bypassing monsters when you don't want to fight all the time (and avoiding would-be PvPers if your'e on a PvP server and don't feel like fighting), it's fairly stress-free in groups, and you have nice escape abilities like Sprint, Evasion and (when it works) Vanish.
Profession-wise, definitely Herbalism/Alchemy. Buffs and extra healing is always nice. Also a simple stress-free thing.
So, in a nutshell: Dang Bolty, you're completely right.