12-08-2005, 10:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-08-2005, 10:53 PM by MongoJerry.)
Chesspiece_face,Dec 8 2005, 02:27 PM Wrote:In PvP the only defense is a good Offense. Paladins obviously can't do either control agro or put up a good offense. If blizzard continues to direct the post 60 game further in these areas the grievances of paladins will only grow.
If you believe that, you must lose a lot in PvP. Paladins are best at *living*, buffing, and supporting their teams. There's no class better at it. I can definitely see paladin players having issues with the PvE experience in that in a well functioning party, the damage is generally directed at a warrior, so their ability to live far longer than any other class doesn't come in to play. However, the support skills that paladins have are good in PvE and the ability to live through just about anything (on the short time scales that are PvP fights) is overwhelmingly powerful in PvP.
The main reason why many people don't understand this is because they fall into the trap that Dozer fell into that causes you to think that fights are only about damage and healing damage. He forgot completely about crowd control. In particular, I would change:
Mages - Ranged Magical DPS, crowd control
Hunters - Ranged physical DPS, crowd control
Rogues - Melee DPS, crowd control
Warlocks - Debuffs, other forms of Ranged Magical DPS, crowd control
Druids - "Pure" hybrid, crowd control
Priests - Healers, dispel crowd control and damage dot's
Paladins - defensive/healer hybrid, dispel crowd control and damage dot's
As you can see, there are only two classes in the game who can effectively dispel most crowd control spells and damage dot's, and paladins with their ability to live and additionally cure poisons are far better at it than priests are in PvP. This is why Alliance wins at PvP in any game involving equally skilled players.