Tauren Paladin - Pros and Cons - NO LORE...

[Lumidar]

NO LORE DISCUSSION!!!

every other discussion on this is either about lore or just a simple question of "What will you decide".

What I want is a Clear Pro Vs. Con of Being a Tauren over a BE.

I'm personally looking at this from a Prot Pally perspective but i'll accept other spec's perspectives too.

Pros:
Big Ass Cow (alot more "manly" than a BE)
New Paladin Kodo
5% base HP increase for Prot is good for PVE
aoe Stun affects more people than silence.
Bigger Weapon/Shield


Cons:
0.5s cast on Stun compared to instant silence
being Big makes you a bigger target in PVP
aoe Stun affects DR on HoJ.
6% mana return is great for Holy spec.
Giant Taurens don't fit in some doors when on certain mounts.



I will update the first post with what you guys can add that's not just trolling.

[Binaris]

con: big ass cow on cool ass kodo can fit in small ass doors

[Shoolace]

Thats alot of achievement points bro.

Horde needed another race for the class for sure and they were the only ones that seems to fit. Yeah but no lore.

[Subliminal]

0.5s cast on Stun compared to instant silence

But silence only has an effect on casters, while stun has an effect on every single class/spec.

[valmorgul]

But silence only has an effect on casters, while stun has an effect on every single class/spec.

Casters will be your biggest problem on a pally... I'm sticking with my blood elf because of the low profile for pvp healing. For dps you might want the cow for the shit-the-pants factor with wings and all that. Plus cow tanks inspire confidence. True story.

[Kankuri]

1. Blood Elves = Laughing stock of the Horde. Tauren = One of the two most badass races in the game (the other being Undead.)
2. Speaking Taurahe sounds a hell of a lot more badass than speaking Thalassian.
3. When the shit hits the fan and a cow sprouts wings, it means your argument is invalid.
4. Paladin shoulders of any tier have always looked better on a Tauren.

I'll get back to you.

[Rivin]

5% base health increase is practically nothing, by the way. It was ~300 extra health at 80.

[Rechym]

Arcane Torrent does also return 6% of total mana, on an equal cooldown to Warstomp. I personally like blood elf as the primary horde paladin but I'm sure the idea of tauren paladins will grow on me.

[purplestank]

When your a male tauren and in WSG level 10-19 bracket running around in a big group in mid, they see you guys and go right after the big plate wearing tauren not a blood elf half the size lol

[Airez]

5% base health increase is practically nothing, by the way. It was ~300 extra health at 80.

If you look at a tank with say 50k hp, 5% equals 2500hp..

300 is abit of, even for a dpser

Edit: Alright, I'm totally of :< missed the "Base" health part.

But at some point it was total health yeah?

[Hobonator]

5% base health increase is practically nothing, by the way. It was ~300 extra health at 80.

So... a free gem. Sounds like good deal to me.

[Extrakt]

Con, when you a tauren it feels you are running much slower then on a Blood Elf.

[Deleted]

If you look at a tank with say 50k hp, 5% equals 2500hp..

300 is abit of, even for a dpser

It's 5% of Base Health my dear friend.

[Rivin]

If you look at a tank with say 50k hp, 5% equals 2500hp..

300 is abit of, even for a dpser

Base health is your health with no stamina.

[Hobonator]

If you look at a tank with say 50k hp, 5% equals 2500hp..

300 is abit of, even for a dpser

It's base health. Not max.

[Extrakt]

If you look at a tank with say 50k hp, 5% equals 2500hp..

300 is abit of, even for a dpser

I am quite sure it's calculated with your base health in mind, so it doesn't matter howmuch you have.
It will always grant you the same healthincrease.

Edit, I am much to slow

[Indless]

But silence only has an effect on casters, while stun has an effect on every single class/spec.

the silence is much better than warstomp in pvp. the shitty stun also has a DR with your hammer of justice

[Deleted]

always imagined undeads for paladins. but the point of paladins is to kill undeads. oh well..

[holyrack]

3. When the shit hits the fan and a cow sprouts wings, it means your argument is invalid.
I'll get back to you.

at first i was like O.O

and then i was like rofl....... cliff

[tjanson]

I would love to go tauren, but Arcane Torrent is just too good. I wish they'd just remove racials. :/