Originally Posted by Amera
Am I completely off base here?
I'm certainly willing to entertain the notion that the contribution is less visible. In some games it is very obvious - Solipse described a situation I have seen a few times, in which you end up with just yourself and your warrior vs their paladin and warrior, and you win because you outplay the other paladin. It happens, and games like that are awesome for this reason.
But, consider all the "invisible" things that other classes contribute, and weigh them versus a paladin. Does it really just seem like more of the same, or is your contribution vis-a-vis skill incredibly limited comparatively?
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Yeah, I think you might be off-base. I would never put the monkey-at-the-keys to the paladin. Granted, some of our contribution might be passive and thus provided by just about everyone who can turn an aura on, but you are presupposing that all classes contributions are equal, when it's clear in pvp the paladin healer is king. It's true that someone who basically fumbles with the keyboard could probably be taught to
operate a paladin easier than say, learning to
operate a warrior, but I don't think that really means much when you assume a basic level of competence.
I will admit I don't arena much seriously, but I do try to get 10 games in with a few guildies every week. One such team of PVErs usually runs with 2 paladins. I've noticed that one paladin seems to get counterspelled, killed, or otherwise cc'd without a working sacrifice more often than the other. He is by no means incompetent, and his gear is slightly inferior, but I'm not sure he's getting focused on more just because he's a dwarf. There's a "court vision" factor that's very prominent- spacing yourself away from mages, baiting ranged to waste time closing on you, etc. Seems like skill, rather than luck, is making the difference.