RP PvP Woes

[JustAGuy]

Err, if you are waiting for Hammer of Wrath to make PVE raiding worthwhile, then don't bother.  You shouldn't be damageing anything 20-40 man, but embracinig your inner heal/clense/buff bot.  But if you can do that, don't worry too much about your gear, one under equipped pally out of 40 shouldn't slow down a decent raid group.
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I played it a bit on the test server. It crit'd for 1200 a couple of times, but that was against level 55 mobs. I won't be so nice against players or elite 60+s. In practice, Hammer of Wrath is just a gimpy exorcism for more than undeads that takes time to cast. It's gimpy because of the 1 second cast. Exorcism is a funtastic wonderland, because it's instant, has ridiculous range, and does holy damage. Now, if HoW was instant, it would be an all-around wonderful finisher. Since there's a cast time, despite it being a short cast time, it's pretty much a runner-finisher only. It's nice to have been thrown a bone, but it still doesn't address the real class' combat issues. So yeah, I heal/cleanse/buff therefore I am Paladin.

Here's a tidbit that returns me to the topic of my original post: I had a run-in with the Hordies that left my RP server on my new Horde home of Ursin. They were in the 21-30 WSG bracket, they were alliance and we were horde. Guess what they did? MC/BoP!

I thought it was funny, ironic, hypocritical, sickening, and just plain ridiculous all at once. I guess, if you can't beat em', join em'. Despite the game taking 2 hours or so, we won. :)