Originally Posted by Modez
Who here hates being a paladin in PvP versus other healers? I mean seriously, paladins are probably the weakest arena healers in the game now, and it doesnt seem to be changing anytime soon. I rarely ever see a pally with 2k shoulders either 
(dont take my arena teams into account... i just transferred servers to play with my trash geared friends :P) |
If you're playing with trash geared people, obviously healing is not going to be fun. And with the average gear level of arena this season, since pretty much everyone with time has at the very least s1, yes you do need gear to compete, but what other class doesn't? You don't need to be any more "ridiculously geared" to compete in 2s and 3s than any other class.
I haven't taken 3s seriously at all this seasons, so I can't speak to that bracket. Obviously we shine in 5s, which is where I got my shoulders, but I also found no trouble grouping with a warrior and getting to 1850 in one week before we were there with our 5s to get him the weapon quickly. We sucked against warlock/healer, but we crushed warrior/druid, and were at least even chances against all priest/dps 2s.
The class has weaknesses, but before you just chalk it up to "paladins suck" and feel the need to post about it, try to evaluate your own play as well as the play and gear of the people you're with.