How to win in CTF

[MongoJerry]

Second, regarding the "I win button" you say the alliance has in small scale pvp (CTF).  I call BS on that.  What the paladin offers to CTF is extremely situational, and as far as i'm concerened the situations where the paladin is using his skills like that is far from optimal.  The paladin can bubble and heal a flag carrier - YAY!!!

I'm wondering if you've played CTF in any organized group, because that's not the case at all. In organized CTF, the main situation is fighting in groups, and it's there where paladins can heal and dispell their teammates and throw up the occational stun on a critical opponent all while being effectively invincible themselves. That's where paladins shine brightly. If it's disorganized CTF where everyone's running randomly, then yeah, I suppose paladins aren't that great, but then again, a disorganized group is going to lose no matter what the group's class composition.

But that only works if the person carrying the flag is slow enough that they stay in range of you.  Which means you aren't using a druid as your flag carrier.

Even druids can be slowed down -- not as easily as other classes, but they can be slowed down. Don't try to pretend to me that it's impossible to escort a druid or for that matter a mage. I play a priest and escort both classes a lot. It helps to be good at positioning (start ahead of them -- not behind them).

On the other hand lets look at the Horde bonus - They get another character that can shift into travel form while holding the flag and run off...

Add to that Ghost Wolf has a built in "Stealth" feature and you have an additional flag carrier that rivals and possibly surpasses the druid.

There's no stealth feature. You're imagining things. Druids can stealth in cat form (but not while carrying the flag), but not shaman. The only bonus shamans get is that they move faster in their travel form than normal running. It's a nice thing if they get out in the open, and shamans make decent flag carriers because of that. However, if you're comparing shamans to druid flag carriers, shamans can't morph through all the snares the way druids can and they can't take the punishment the way druids can by switching to bear form when they get caught and slowed down by opponents.