Originally Posted by
Dracodraco
Dunno, might be true. The good thing about a paladin, though, is that he can decide where his healing goes. That said, it hardly matters as it's not an option. I do question how a 20% dmg reduc cd that can be used effectively when spread is "not that insane". Looking at their setup, assuming they took a mage or hunter, their raid cds would be:
Tank-druid tranq.
Boomkin tranq.
Barrier.
Ele shaman AG+HTT.
Fury warrior banner+rally.
Considering the boomkin and tank druid tranqs can only be used once per fight, they are severely lacking in the cooldown department for 1 healing the fight. Especially assuming they get 2x empowered whirls (1 in p2, 1 in p3) they won't even have a damage reduction CD for both of them, only pure healing.
As also mentioned, Hands can have other uses than for the tanks, such as covering someone who missed their buff in the intermission, but one thing is for sure - the only thing a mage and a hunter will bring is 5-10% dps more, while a ret brings damage reduction cds. If they insist on solo healing, then they'd be stupid to not take all they can get.