One more thought on paladins after rereading the story of the paladin holding off 5 guys... what do the experienced horde do against the lone paladin that is left... or anybody without an AOE interrupt for that matter, if they have 3 or 4 (or more)?. They all pile into the flag in the exact same spot (so you can't select individually with the mouse cursor) and all tap.
Personally, I think it's rather cheap (especially when they have a rogue/druid with noggenfogger shrink or world enlarger destealth inside a kodo someone's parked beside the flag, but that's another story...), but admittedly effective, and is used by the experienced players on both sides, though more effectively by horde since alliance does not have as many AOE interruption options. You often just can't tab-target through all the players and hit them fast enough before one of them manages to capture. 1.5s global cooldown on spells, add network latency and your own finger pushing speed... you'll probably only hit 3 in the 10 second timeframe, 4 if you get lucky. And unless you're using a really fast attacking weapon or duel-wielding...
Counters to this... Mage AOE. Priest psychic scream (5 targets only). Druid bear form swipe (3 targets only)... hurricane as far as I can tell does not interrupt. Warrior intimidating shout/thunderclap if they have the rage built up. Hunter multishot (3 targets only)... not sure if volley interrupts or not. Warlock howl of terror (5 targets only)... again, not sure about their aoe damage spells, since I don't remember instances where that wasn't stacked on top of some other spells so not sure which caused interruption. Shaman magma totems (takes a while for the first pulse to fire though), chain lightning. All Tauren can warstomp. Engineering grenades, or Un'goro crystal charge.
Rogues can't do much, though if they attack fast enough and get lucky with the tab-targetting they might be able to stop it. Paladin consecration does not interrupt so they're pretty much stuck.
Edit: Forgot chain lightning for Shaman
Personally, I think it's rather cheap (especially when they have a rogue/druid with noggenfogger shrink or world enlarger destealth inside a kodo someone's parked beside the flag, but that's another story...), but admittedly effective, and is used by the experienced players on both sides, though more effectively by horde since alliance does not have as many AOE interruption options. You often just can't tab-target through all the players and hit them fast enough before one of them manages to capture. 1.5s global cooldown on spells, add network latency and your own finger pushing speed... you'll probably only hit 3 in the 10 second timeframe, 4 if you get lucky. And unless you're using a really fast attacking weapon or duel-wielding...
Counters to this... Mage AOE. Priest psychic scream (5 targets only). Druid bear form swipe (3 targets only)... hurricane as far as I can tell does not interrupt. Warrior intimidating shout/thunderclap if they have the rage built up. Hunter multishot (3 targets only)... not sure if volley interrupts or not. Warlock howl of terror (5 targets only)... again, not sure about their aoe damage spells, since I don't remember instances where that wasn't stacked on top of some other spells so not sure which caused interruption. Shaman magma totems (takes a while for the first pulse to fire though), chain lightning. All Tauren can warstomp. Engineering grenades, or Un'goro crystal charge.
Rogues can't do much, though if they attack fast enough and get lucky with the tab-targetting they might be able to stop it. Paladin consecration does not interrupt so they're pretty much stuck.
Edit: Forgot chain lightning for Shaman
Onyxia:
Kichebo - 85 NE Druid
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
Kichebo - 85 NE Druid
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.