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Is it worth it playing a pally now or should I wait?
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Post by
AngelKnight52
Hey folks!
I always wanted to make/play a paladin because I think they are a really cool looking class. I was wondering if they are worth making because I hear that they are nerfed pretty hard. I am looking to probably play ret/prot or ret/holy. Thanks for your info and any advice you can give!
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Post by
Nooska
I don't know where you've heard that paladins are "nerfed hard". I haven't leveled my paladin from 85-90, but that has nothing to do with them being nerfed, I have just focused on other chars after maining a prot for FL+DS.
Go ahead and level a paladin.
Post by
oldnewb
Pally's are great fun to play,my ret is still my main after more than 4 years.They were nerfed in MoP but can still pull their weight in a raid situation.As tkitch said,they are very gear dependent,so don't be to dissapointed if your numbers aren't great to start with.And if you like old raids they are also a good class for soloing old content.
Holy is supposed to be very strong at the moment,but I stick to ret so someone else might be able to confirm this.
Post by
Nooska
I'm not getting where this "they were nerfed in MoP" is coming from.
Paladins (along with all the other classes) were rebalanced for new mechanics. Active Mitigation has become the mainstay of tanking, and all healing classes were brought roughly in line (disc priest is currently OP in PvE according to Ghostcrawler and is being brought down as a result of this).
Ret paladins are clearly cooldown centered, but this is being looked at for 5.2 (which is not that far off) - off the top of my head I can't remember what they are changing specifically.
None of that is "nerfed" from cataclysm.
Post by
AngelKnight52
Thanks a ton for the feedback! I have a friend who has been playing pally and told me recently that I should stay away from them and to play something op like Death Knight. I was just thinking about that and thought maybe I can get a strong opinion from the forum community.
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Post by
Nooska
Paladin tanks heal a lot more than deathknights unless you aren't healing the death knight proactively so he gets a huge heal out of deathstrikes.
Paladin tank with
and
heals like a beast.
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