02-03-2005, 01:11 AM
Artega,Feb 2 2005, 07:44 PM Wrote:Do Pallies not heal when they're tanking? It would seem that they should, or they'd just seem like gimp Warriors :unsure:
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Speaking without much experience I would say that it is hard for a paladin to heal while tanking. The casting time of a spell goes up immensly if you are constantly taking hits (like a tank usually is) and in that time you are not doing damage or otherwise generating hate. The one option a pally has is to throw on his invincibility shield and heal but this has two problems: 1) He can only do this infrequently due to cooldown 2) Pallys lose all aggro during the time the shield is up. The mobs realize that they can't hit the pally so they go to the next PC on the list. I got killed as the priest because of this once and the pally went down soon after without my healing to help him out.
Sure, heals will generate hate, but that is only if you can get them off efficiently and I'm not sure that that is always the case.
- mjdoom
Stormrage:
Flyndar (60) - Dwarf Priest - Tailoring (300), Enchanting (300)
Minimagi (60) - Gnome Mage - Herbalism (300), Engineering (301)
Galreth (60) - Human Warrior - Blacksmithing (300), Alchemy (300); Critical Mass by name, Lurker in spirit
ArynWindborn (19) - Human Paladin - Mining/Engineering (121)
Flyndar (60) - Dwarf Priest - Tailoring (300), Enchanting (300)
Minimagi (60) - Gnome Mage - Herbalism (300), Engineering (301)
Galreth (60) - Human Warrior - Blacksmithing (300), Alchemy (300); Critical Mass by name, Lurker in spirit
ArynWindborn (19) - Human Paladin - Mining/Engineering (121)