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gamewow on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 12:00:00 AM
This is one place a This is one place a paladin excels with our versatility. Your typical 5-man group has a Tank, Healer, Crowd Control, DPS and Random. Our best role in that mix is the Random slot, as then we can react to anything that comes up and add dps when things are secure, off-tank if a big pull needs that or if there’s a 2 “boss” fight (eg. BRD emperor/princess and DM Tribute king/observer) and support the healer with our own healing if required. Although that’s our best role, and my personal favourite, we are also easily capable of performing as the main tank for a group or as the healer
wow power leveling. There is no 5-man instance in the game that a paladin cannot tank, and the same for healing. People prefer having a warrior as tank or a priest to heal and sure, if they’re available it’s perfectly reasonable for them to do that and we slot into the random/versatile role. Our best role is in that non-specific slot that allows us to keep an eye on the group and do whatever is needed at any given time but we can also perform the main tank or main healer roles, and that makes us a great addition to any group. In fact, if there’s a dps specced warrior in the group I’ll often do the tanking so they can dps, and the same if there’s a shadow priest
wow power leveling. The problem of course is that most people insist a paladin can’t main tank or be the group healer, if you try to join pugs (pickup groups) for one of those roles. If you’re with people who know you, however, they’ll know you can do it and let you excels with our versatility. Your typical 5-man group has a Tank, Healer, Crowd Control, DPS and Random. Our best role in that mix is the Random slot, as then we can react to anything that comes up and add dps when things are secure, off-tank if a big pull needs that or if there’s a 2 “boss” fight (eg. BRD emperor/princess and DM Tribute king/observer) and support the healer with our own healing if required. Although that’s our best role, and my personal favourite, we are also easily capable of performing as the main tank for a group or as the healer. There is no 5-man instance in the game that a paladin cannot tank, and the same for healing. People prefer having a warrior as tank or a priest to heal and sure, if they’re available it’s perfectly reasonable for them to do that and we slot into the random/versatile role. Our best role is in that non-specific slot that allows us to keep an eye on the group and do whatever is needed at any given time but we can also perform the main tank or main healer roles, and that makes us a great addition to any group. In fact, if there’s a dps specced warrior in the group I’ll often do the tanking so they can dps, and the same if there’s a shadow
power leveling. The problem of course is that most people insist a paladin can’t main tank or be the group healer, if you try to join pugs (pickup groups) for one of those roles. If you’re with people who know you, however, they’ll know you can do it and let you