06-27-2005, 09:07 PM
Tal,Jun 27 2005, 07:23 AM Wrote:I've always maintained that Blizzard can take away my Divine shield when they give me the damage mitigation to make up for it. :)What do you see as the limitations of the invulnebubble vs. the priest shield?
Otherwise I have recommended making it be as powerful as a Priest's bubble. That should still last long enough for me to get a heal off in emergencies. It probably shouldn't still be purgeable unless they up either the damage we do or the damage we absorb in contrast to Shamans. Offensive hybrid versus defensive hybrid.
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My priest's shield soaks up just under 1K HP before it's gone, can't be recast for 15 seconds even with talents, can be dispelled easily, and takes a pretty good chunk of mana to cast. I'm certainly not saying it's useless, but it seems to have a fair bit of limitation built into it. For the sake of argument, call it "balanced". :)
The invulnerability of Divine Shield looks really good by comparison, along with the guaranteed 12 sec duration. But I've never played the class to know much about it.
I will agree with MJ on one thing: Paladins can cause *huge* amounts of mental anguish among Horde players with the bubble-'n-bomb Consecration runs. The pissing and moaning that you hear in chat after a Pally gets away untouched is unbelievable. Probably the strongest point of a Pally in PvP is their ability to incite rage and frustration in the Horde players. :)
Kv