Sap them! Seduce them! Fear them! Sheep them! Once the Divine Shield is gone, all they have is plate, and sorry, two out of the eight other classes do physical damage, that's 6 classes that are dealing damage the paladin might have the right aura up for.
Shed damage. Yeah, sure, whatever. Warriors and your average warlock are far tougher against spells thanks to larger hitpoint pools, and forget casting on a warlock that has a felhunter out.
Shamans mitigate slightly less than paladins, and if they didn't nuke, they'd be much better combat healers than paladins thanks to worthwhile flash heals, generally better caster stats on their gear, and actual healing spell talent progression. The only reason paladins "last longer" is we have nothing to spend mana on except heals. The rest of our mana-consuming abilities are rendered useless by the first rank of a talent.
Druids certainly can defend flags easier than paladins against massive groups, and they could before the patch, too.
Priests can fricken solo defend objectives. Their bag of tricks is deep and when well played they're arguably the most formidable class in pvp.
More to the point- any class can defend, especially in an organized group (oragnized being loosely used to define a group that actually responds when someone says "BS needs help").
Why should the performance of paladins in a single instance, that favors defensive play, be any rule of measure in defining the actual strengths and weaknesses of the class? Anyone who has played a paladin will testify to the shallow nature of the judgement system and bitter realities of the abysmal talents.
Shed damage. Yeah, sure, whatever. Warriors and your average warlock are far tougher against spells thanks to larger hitpoint pools, and forget casting on a warlock that has a felhunter out.
Shamans mitigate slightly less than paladins, and if they didn't nuke, they'd be much better combat healers than paladins thanks to worthwhile flash heals, generally better caster stats on their gear, and actual healing spell talent progression. The only reason paladins "last longer" is we have nothing to spend mana on except heals. The rest of our mana-consuming abilities are rendered useless by the first rank of a talent.
Druids certainly can defend flags easier than paladins against massive groups, and they could before the patch, too.
Priests can fricken solo defend objectives. Their bag of tricks is deep and when well played they're arguably the most formidable class in pvp.
More to the point- any class can defend, especially in an organized group (oragnized being loosely used to define a group that actually responds when someone says "BS needs help").
Why should the performance of paladins in a single instance, that favors defensive play, be any rule of measure in defining the actual strengths and weaknesses of the class? Anyone who has played a paladin will testify to the shallow nature of the judgement system and bitter realities of the abysmal talents.
"AND THEN THE PALADIN TOOK MY EYES!"
Forever oppressed by the GOLs.
Grom Hellscream: [Orcish] kek
Forever oppressed by the GOLs.
Grom Hellscream: [Orcish] kek