Paladins...is it as bad as they say?

[Tal]

Uh! That sounds like hard work! I'm glad I'm playing a supportive class. ;)

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Thats what is so hard about building a tanking paladin - you almost have to go down retibution for multi-target damage for holding multiple aggro. Imagine the looks I get as a protection paladin when I explain that I didn't get improved Salvation. ;)

Concerning Seal of Fury: I'm under the impression that judging SoF only benefits aggro holding if you get healing. So I thought it would be most appropriate for boss mobs where you're supposed to get major damage and holding aggro at the same time. Normal instance elites should be manageable with casting (improved) SoF and just hitting every mob that you want to keep to yourself.

Hmm... maybe that is confusing. Let me try again: Seal of Fury should generate threat by just hitting mobs. Judging Seal of Fury only generates threat if the paladin is healed.

Or am I wrong?

-Arnulf
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Its my understanding that any holy damage will generate additional threat. This means that everytime you get hit and retribution is reflected will up your threat level. Seal of Righteousness proccing, holyshield, and consecrate all conspire to keep you on top of the hate list in my experience with judged seal of fury. Its been rumored that firing up seal of light and having that proc will also cause threat. I haven't done any real testing on this as the need for Shar to MT has been eliminated by my capping Shalandrax and Galreth and Gnolack also capping and being available. :)

Unleashing this Seal's energy will judge an enemy for 30 sec, causing Holy damage spells cast on that enemy to generate additional threat. Only one Judgement per Paladin can be active at any one time.