DPS ≠ Melee
I'm getting mixed messages from Paladins here. So... let me sum it up for everyone. DPS DOES NOT MEAN THE SAME AS MELEE! RETRIBUTION PALADINS WILL NEVER DPS! However, Blizzard DOES want Paladins to Melee and be on the front lines, as opposed to hanging out with the clothies.
Yes, yes, this is coming from the Holy paladin who doesn't know aaaaaannyyyyyything about being a Ret Paladin. But, plain and simple Paladins don't DPS, and they never did. They did however melee with the best of them IE. Uther & Arthas (Although Arthas was kind of overpowered in the human campaign with his bubble).
Why can't a Retribution paladin support his team with melee based attacks, applying buffs and debuffs? Why can't a Ret pally have some sort of melee based healing factor/ability that isn't just a seal? Perhaps an aura/ability/talent that gives raid/party members 50% of the buff of your seals when it procs. (This may apply only to Light/Wisdom).
Here is an example of a support ret paladin in 2.1 (PTR), it's not exactly the best thing, but it's an idea of where I'm going with this: Support Nub
As for a Paladin's DPS, we wtfpwn Undead better than any other class out there, because of skills like Holy Wrath, Turn Undead, & Exorcism. Which is highly in tune with what the Paladin is/has been in the Warcraft universe & lore.
Yes, yes, this is coming from the Holy paladin who doesn't know aaaaaannyyyyyything about being a Ret Paladin. But, plain and simple Paladins don't DPS, and they never did. They did however melee with the best of them IE. Uther & Arthas (Although Arthas was kind of overpowered in the human campaign with his bubble).
Why can't a Retribution paladin support his team with melee based attacks, applying buffs and debuffs? Why can't a Ret pally have some sort of melee based healing factor/ability that isn't just a seal? Perhaps an aura/ability/talent that gives raid/party members 50% of the buff of your seals when it procs. (This may apply only to Light/Wisdom).
Here is an example of a support ret paladin in 2.1 (PTR), it's not exactly the best thing, but it's an idea of where I'm going with this: Support Nub
As for a Paladin's DPS, we wtfpwn Undead better than any other class out there, because of skills like Holy Wrath, Turn Undead, & Exorcism. Which is highly in tune with what the Paladin is/has been in the Warcraft universe & lore.
Labels: Retribution, Theory
posted by Sylvina Solaris | 10:15 AM
4 Comments:
You guys are already heal better than anyone, I think you deserve to be lumped in there with the clothies =P
That's all to be changing. Anyhow, name me any other RPG where the Paladin was the best healer in the game? Paladins have always been a primary Tank/Melee hybrid some with some healing abilities. Blizzard kind of goofed it up, and they're trying to move Paladins back towards the front lines, but just can't figure out how.
I'm sorry, but a retadin can indeed Dps. Youll never be a mage or rogue, but my ret pally holds his own in dps in Kara (maybe b/c its mostly undead) and am always in the top 3 against people better geared than me. it also takes only a couple clicks to get into healing mode, which is what a hybrid is made to do. The retadin is an excellent support class, but saying that because of that they cannot dps at all is ignorant to their actual potential if played well.
Just a heads up to Anon, this post is almost a year old. To put things into perspective for you. :)
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