12-19-2005, 01:47 PM
Dozer,Dec 18 2005, 11:16 PM Wrote:Without getting too much into Paladin flame wars, this guy is completely offbase. He wants the Paladin to have its cake and eat it, too; no class gets three different roles viable at the endgame level (certainly not Shaman, and not even druids.).
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I disagree here. As a tanking paladin I would like, if specc'd for protection, to be on par with a feral tanking druid. As it is now in 1.8 and especially in 1.9 there is absolutely NO reason to choose a paladin over a druid.
If I spec as a holy paladin I would like to approach the viability of a druid specc'd for healing but I cannot. The closest I can come would be to be as viable as a feral druid. Even then I'm at a disadvantage due to heal over time spells.
If I spec retribution? I still won't approach the dps of a feral druid.
I don't want a uber class. I want that if I make a choice and spec a certain way I WILL be more effective than another paladin who specc'd differently. They helped a little bit with regulating dps. They made the protection tree a joke and retribution is only slightly better. Most paladins view the "awesome" changes as the sign to re-roll or spec 31 holy. Though from what I have seen of talents there is little incentive to even allocate talents in 1.9.