12-09-2005, 10:42 PM
Tal,Dec 9 2005, 04:53 PM Wrote:You assume of course that I would bubble or trinket out at the first opportunity. I try to wait as long as I can until I can either unsheep naturally or out when a teammate is in imminent danger of dying. The last couple of times in BG I've been teamed with a warlock, a rogue and a mage for defense. They tended to take a lot of focus fire damage while I was sheeped.
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Monjo likes to assume a lot of stuff. and if things don't work out that way you must be doing something wrong.
getting back to MJ: If you read my posts you will notice I NEVER argue that the paladin is lacking these abilities you state. I'm fully aware of them and use them as often as possible. What i will say from my side of the fence, however, is the amount of times that i'm able to freely exploit these abilities isn't as often as you would make out.
my normal pvp group i run with is myself, a warrior, and a rogue. it was just me and the warrior untill we realized that i was getting counterspelled way too often and needed to bring in someone that could have more luck against the mages. And it all comes back to that. I can always tell if i'm not facing a group that is our level if my shield is on cooldown and i'm not getting counterspelled/kicked/etc. Paladins really have the ability to take a losing battle and turn it into a winning one, but it's on a 5 minute timer and the next 4-5 encounters you have after you use it up you're relying completely on luck or the ignorance of your opponents.
Sorry, but to use your own tact against you: if you are going up against paladins and 3-4 out of 5 times you aren't able to nullify their casting maybe you're doing something wrong.