06-25-2005, 04:41 PM
With all due respect Mongo you are full of complete and utter crap. You played Alliance in Beta with paladins who didn't get talents until right before beta. What's more the class got a complete overhaul to its skills at the same time. I was capped at Beta end and spent my remaining time in Beta re-learning how to play my class. Fastforward to retail and your decision to go Horde PvP. Since that time your only experience with Paladins has been as advesaries. I believe in this case you are letting your animosity to one of the hardest to kill classes cloud your judgement. I also don't think you have ever made the effort to play a paladin to a sufficient level to see exactly how challenging the class can be to play well. And you don't care to. Instead you would rather make knee-jerk generalizations and insult a player class that you as WoW admin should be fostering. Its sickening.
You say that paladins don't have any role in a group. I call bull#$%&. In a party I can play tank (and believe me I take a helluva beating before I go down). I heal the squishy members of the group and play interceptor when a mob goes after my healers. I add DPS when the RNG is in my favor. I buff, I dispell, and I provide auras. When things go south I can prevent a full wipe of the group. I can put a melee-proof shield around a party member so a heal can land.
In group PvP I heal and dispell more than I fight. I escort the flag bearer, if things go well I can be there to intercept an enemy flag bearer for the DPS'ers to take down. I can do much more than take up space in a party.
I won't argue that Paladins attract more of the n00bs than most classes but Shaman aren't terribly far behind those numbers.
You say that paladins don't have any role in a group. I call bull#$%&. In a party I can play tank (and believe me I take a helluva beating before I go down). I heal the squishy members of the group and play interceptor when a mob goes after my healers. I add DPS when the RNG is in my favor. I buff, I dispell, and I provide auras. When things go south I can prevent a full wipe of the group. I can put a melee-proof shield around a party member so a heal can land.
In group PvP I heal and dispell more than I fight. I escort the flag bearer, if things go well I can be there to intercept an enemy flag bearer for the DPS'ers to take down. I can do much more than take up space in a party.
I won't argue that Paladins attract more of the n00bs than most classes but Shaman aren't terribly far behind those numbers.