Infraction for DiamondTear: 4. Whining in any form is forbidden.

constantius · 06/19/09, 9:08 AM

Post: The Holy Paladin Guide for 3.1
User: DiamondTear
Infraction: 4. Whining in any form is forbidden.
Points: 1

Administrative Note:

Message to User:

Paladin mana regen was completely out of whack with the other 3 healing classes. Just because you're getting nerfed down to the standard level doesn't mean you can whine about it, and cloak it in doom & gloom "we're going to get benched" predictions.

Original Post:

Originally Posted by Silmeria

If mana really becomes a predominant issue, I will not be surprised to see innervates going to your Paladins or a resurgence of tide groups.

Innervate doesn't even begin to cover the loss of mana from the illumination nerf, and the same is true for the mp5 buff (which is somewhat offset by the replenisment nerf). Click me(choose buffs gained) to see how much illumination returns compared to other mana regen skills in Algalon 25, where you must spam HL non-stop.

Originally Posted by Silmeria

I don't know where you guys got the idea that they wanted to change the entire playstyle. If anything, they wanted to maintain the playstyle since it's in the original mission statement for Paladins. Their goal was to break up the niche of "only bring paladins to tank heal", I think they're on the road to doing that.

To me it looks like they changed it from "only bring paladins to tank heal" to "only bring paladins to raid heal". We cannot sustain the same HPS on the tank we have now, not even close. We don't have the -10% phys. dam. taken buff either.

3.1: Paladin keeps the tank up as long as needed thanks to superior HPS and longevity
3.2. Paladin keeps the raid and tank up for a short while before he runs out of mana and has to melee or FoL

Would you rather have a tank healer for the whole fight or a raid+tank healer for short while? I know a lot of you say that you don't use plea or LoH, but that's not gonna help you when your guild benches you because you mana pool doesn't last at Algalon.