3.1 Pally update

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   Go protection!!!1

I am excited for once we are viable in pvp...

Paladin
Oh boy. Where do we start? Blessing of Kings
is going to be baseline, which is a phenomenal change as it's the
single best raid buff in the game. It's also the best Paladin buff for
Arenas, although the changes to mana regeneration in Patch 3.1 might
push Blessing of Wisdom's utility much higher. Exorcism
being castable on all targets is a DPS buff, but more notably, it's a
30 yard direct damage spell usable against enemy players, expanding a
(Retribution) Paladin's PvP options.

The real winner, however,
is Protection. All the changes are excellent for PvE and solve a lot of
caster mob problems, but the buff to Judgements of the Just
will make Protection Paladins true stunlocking gods in PvP. Even
subject to diminishing returns, Protection will now have access to a
10-second spell interrupt and Seal of Justice will become the seal of choice for Protection Paladins in PvP. Furthermore the Shield of the Templar change, which confers a 3-second silence effect to Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness,
makes Protection Paladins the most frightening anti-caster class in the
game. That's right, even more frightening than a Death Knight. This is
right in line with what Ghostcrawler described as making Protection
viable for PvP. Because if a stunlocking, cast-interrupting, silencing
class with bubble isn't viable in PvP, I don't know what is.

From http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/06/what-3-1-means-for-pvp-part-ii/#comments

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thesamson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Page Joined: 01/20/2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Quote Reply Topic: 3.1 Pally update Posted: 02/06/2009 at 6:03am
	Go protection!!!1 I am excited for once we are viable in pvp... Paladin Oh boy. Where do we start? Blessing of Kings is going to be baseline, which is a phenomenal change as it's the single best raid buff in the game. It's also the best Paladin buff for Arenas, although the changes to mana regeneration in Patch 3.1 might push Blessing of Wisdom's utility much higher. Exorcism being castable on all targets is a DPS buff, but more notably, it's a 30 yard direct damage spell usable against enemy players, expanding a (Retribution) Paladin's PvP options. The real winner, however, is Protection. All the changes are excellent for PvE and solve a lot of caster mob problems, but the buff to Judgements of the Just will make Protection Paladins true stunlocking gods in PvP. Even subject to diminishing returns, Protection will now have access to a 10-second spell interrupt and Seal of Justice will become the seal of choice for Protection Paladins in PvP. Furthermore the Shield of the Templar change, which confers a 3-second silence effect to Avenger's Shield and Shield of Righteousness, makes Protection Paladins the most frightening anti-caster class in the game. That's right, even more frightening than a Death Knight. This is right in line with what Ghostcrawler described as making Protection viable for PvP. Because if a stunlocking, cast-interrupting, silencing class with bubble isn't viable in PvP, I don't know what is. From http://www.wowinsider.com/2009/02/06/what-3-1-means-for-pvp-part-ii/#comments


Sweetbelly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Knight Marshal Regent of Excalibur Joined: 08/30/2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 471	Quote Reply Posted: 02/12/2009 at 6:56am
	Yep, prot pallies are going to shine quite a bit. Some of the changes aren't too bad for retribution either. I've read a lot of QQing on the WoW pally forum regarding the change to Divine Plea, but Blizzard said it was never intended to make holy paladins "OOM proof". (As most of you know, when Brant was holy, his strongest aspect in a raid was mana efficiency.)


thesamson Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Page Joined: 01/20/2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 10	Quote Reply Posted: 03/27/2009 at 9:00am
	Talents builds for 3.1 if anyone has comments let me know expesically on my holy build for dual specs..... holy http://ptr.wowhead.com/?talent=sVAzgGrsiuftgdx Prot http://ptr.wowhead.com/?talent=smZE0tAcqfdIIRGox


Sweetbelly Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Knight Marshal Regent of Excalibur Joined: 08/30/2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 471	Quote Reply Posted: 04/14/2009 at 6:56am
	I'm dual speccing retribution/holy. I have to say, I had a time of it deciding which talents to take when I got all the ret talents I felt were needed for PvE (and a couple that were optional) and still had 8 points left over. On the WoW forums I've read people complaining that dual spec will allow crappy players into raids just because they pick two good specs. I think this is QQing from people who are afraid that someone who is a great prot pally will also turn out to be a great holy pally, and people will start asking "How come so and so heals better than you do and it's not his primary spec?" LOL