Originally Posted by
Bluerelic
This is just a few things on my mind with the current state of paladins and their talent trees.
2) Prot - Prot is my first love, I care more about this tree than either of the other two, and Blizz is still falling short with Prot like they are for Holy, granted its closer to where it belongs than Holy is, but its far from being well rounded, somethings are just plain broken or pointless. The changes to str and block value are huge, no one appreciates how much more pallies are gonna be blocking compared to the other 3 tanking classes, including warriors who have shields as well, having 100%+ avoidance at all times means roughly 30% more blocks than warriors and leaving druids and DKs far behind. Yes, pallies have lower % of mitigation than warriors, but all our blocking we'll be doing is constantly being ignored. We will survive longer than our paper doll numbers suggest, our mitigation is fine. What's not fine is our base health which should have been changed long ago, not bandaged with combat expertise's buff to stamina, that was a mistake that needs to be undone, we shouldnt have to spend valuable talent points to be only slightly worse off than warriors, this is absurd. The recent nerf to stam cost me around 800hp in conjunction with the gear nerf, meanwhile warriors further the gap from me, and I'm in 5/8 T6 and equivalent BT epics. The change to Seal of Righteousness has made it subpar for tanking, Seal of Vengence is so much more damage right now, that anyone who hasnt switched over yet, will the moment 3.0 drops. Biggest problem with that is SoV is absolutely horrible with reckoning, it offers absolutely nothing, thus alienating the talent and making it unviable, its overdue for a change or replacement. There is an over emphasis on mana cost in pally trees, making any kind of Off spec functionality difficult for any pally. Prot and Ret are incable of supplying any real level of healing, their base mana pool wont sustain any kind of healing stress, to suggest they can Off Heal is wrong, dont even suggest it.