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Douglas · 03/13/08, 1:56 PM

Here's the thing both "sides" have to get about paladin leveling.

Just about nobody wants to level Holy. It's painful. There's a lot of agreement on that.

Prot and Ret are actually both reasonably viable now. Both can get the job done without making you want to slit your wrists. They do so very differently.

Under some circumstances (AoE grinding), prot is more efficient. Under other circumstances (single-target kill quest), ret is more efficient. Which of those matters more depends on play style, and which of those is most efficient overall changes as the game design changes (eg. the recent boosts to quest XP).

But (some of) the Prot fans and the Ret fans are talking to each other as if they were talking to Holy fans. You're not! Both specs get the job done without a whole lot of pain. If someone has more fun playing Prot, I'm not gonna advise them to go Ret. If someone has more fun playing Ret, I'm not gonna advise them to go Prot. Both are fine, neither has to "l2p", neither is retarded.

There are genuinely awful leveling specs out there. The prot and ret fans shouldn't be talking to each other as if they were talking to a proponent of an awful spec.

03/13/08, 1:56 PM	#116 (permalink)
Douglas Don Flamenco Douglas Night Elf Druid <The Beholden> Earthen Ring	Here's the thing both "sides" have to get about paladin leveling. Just about nobody wants to level Holy. It's painful. There's a lot of agreement on that. Prot and Ret are actually both reasonably viable now. Both can get the job done without making you want to slit your wrists. They do so very differently. Under some circumstances (AoE grinding), prot is more efficient. Under other circumstances (single-target kill quest), ret is more efficient. Which of those matters more depends on play style, and which of those is most efficient overall changes as the game design changes (eg. the recent boosts to quest XP). But (some of) the Prot fans and the Ret fans are talking to each other as if they were talking to Holy fans. You're not! Both specs get the job done without a whole lot of pain. If someone has more fun playing Prot, I'm not gonna advise them to go Ret. If someone has more fun playing Ret, I'm not gonna advise them to go Prot. Both are fine, neither has to "l2p", neither is retarded. There are genuinely awful leveling specs out there. The prot and ret fans shouldn't be talking to each other as if they were talking to a proponent of an awful spec.