Anyone else EXCITED for MoP as a Pally?

[Voidz]

Didn't have this much pre expansion excitement for pally yet. Finally, FINALLY it seems they are FIXING gaps and adding much needed FLAVOR to the class... That's the one thing that bugged me about my pally. Felt flavorless, lack of distinct, awesome abilities.

For once, I have excitement going into this expansion. Throughout Cata I've been going back and forth between mains, warlock, druid, pally, mage, etc...

Paladin will regain its "fun aspect", rather than a class being played for it's versatility.

Now it's clear. I'ma be a pally for MoP.

[Auguine]

I am not in beta, so take this with a grain of salt, but as holy it looks like every single change is a nerf, and the talent trees are pretty much bleh for paladin.

[Phabulous]

Honestly I'm probably far more excited than I should be. I don't really PvP so all the issues on that side of the coin are rolling off my back like water and I feel we're in a good place as far as PvE goes. The vids of how smooth our rotation is now make me much more hopeful for Ret, and using Consecration again just warms my Prot heart in a very old-school way. It really felt like much of the flavor of paladin tanking was gone without it in Cata.

[Stadtfeld]

Excited just as much as you are, but I hope my anticipation doesn't fade before the release date. Haven't had the chance to play the beta, but from what I read so far, I can't wait.

[Talen]

Didn't have this much pre expansion excitement for pally yet. Finally, FINALLY it seems they are FIXING gaps and adding much needed FLAVOR to the class... That's the one thing that bugged me about my pally. Felt flavorless, lack of distinct, awesome abilities

Blizzard are removing/separating out the classes flavor abilities, reducing the already anaemic toolkit and keeping heavily flawed mechanics. They are creating a more static rotation with less RNG and are showing little interest in solving the classes problems while at the same time making HP even more mindless than it already is.

In short, they are keeping the mechanics that proved so bad and detrimental in Cat and removing the ones that worked.

At the same time, there are a couple of improvements to the combat system that may mitigate these effects.

Overall, I'm not excited. If the class works, it'll work despite Blizzards efforts, not because of them.

EJL

[Krunk]

With a few tweaks here and there, hell yeah.

[Nelrock]

The beta is still early, so I'm reserving judgement (pun intended). But so far, nothing I've gotten excited about. I sit and stare at the talents and go..mmmm...meh. Same with the glyphs. Probably because I'm still adjusting to all the things they took away.
Plus...with Bliz not adjusting stats on existing armor/weaps...it's hard to get a feel for the changes. Using current gear, many things just don't work well.

[Zoator]

Thi is like every expansion patch, shinies for paladins, then the cryrage from other classes comes and... "TO THE GROUND!!" again Uu I really hope this time we get what we need to be equal to other classes, i really hope it

[Schmilblick]

As i PvP player, i'm very excited if i look ONLY at the paladin changes, but when i see what the other classes get, i feel like it's another expansion late changes. But again i will wait and see.

[Seani]

I always play the new expansions, im curious to see how buffs and such workout with new talent system. Im sure the paladin support mechanic will be replaced with the talents instead of buffs.

[Fhi]

I'm excited to see how it turns out. I don't play other classes as much, so I didn't even see what we have compared to what they have, but eh. My pally will always be my main and right now it looks and smells new.

[Acidd06]

Yeah .

[Boogieknight]

I was, but it's waning. Maybe it's just the beta-phase issues that I see from time to time, but I'm taking all the paladin news with a shaker of salt (and a shot of tequila with a lime.)

[CaptUntsAhts]

Hell. Yes. I am so excited. Played to 86, and I am loving that everything gives us Holy Power. I love Boundless Conviction. I love a lot of our talents. I am very excite.

[Triage]

With the front page of MMO-Champ being filled up with alot of new MoP stuff, can anyone link me to the paladin changes please?

Cheers.

[Fhi]

With the front page of MMO-Champ being filled up with alot of new MoP stuff, can anyone link me to the paladin changes please?

Cheers.

http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/...-Class-Changes

[~Valen~]

Sacred Shield!!! <3

[Bigmits]

as playing a holy paladin for 3 expansions, MoP changes for holy just seem to be a ton of nerfs but all could change from now, but if these nerfs remain il probably roll a monk or priest.

[-Scarecrow-]

I can't say I'm excited, but it's looking really good for Retribution, at least from what I've seen.

[Valkiri]

I'm more excited for the new continent, new dungeons and new raids. The other stuff... Not so much.