tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post114945969243779398..comments2024-01-04T02:49:23.470-08:00Comments on Blessing of Kings: InteractivityRohanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-1149694903767284452006-06-07T08:41:00.000-07:002006-06-07T08:41:00.000-07:00Interesting post.. I do play a rogue and I have th...Interesting post.. I do play a rogue and I have the opposite problem. I have tons of fun and variety when solo (or pvp) but feel very limited when it comes to raids.. <BR/><BR/>Get in and turn the DPS throttle to full. Mostly never stun/gogue or other interesting moves.<BR/><BR/>I did start a paladin alt recently.. partly because of paladins seem to have so much to do during raids. Hey.. I am a supporter at heart =) Still at lvl 20 so auto-attack with mixed judgements (SoC / SoCom) are the bread and butter of most fights.Hexahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09841041684557726289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-1149615648113747302006-06-06T10:40:00.000-07:002006-06-06T10:40:00.000-07:00Well, I'm not saying that the other skills are not...Well, I'm not saying that the other skills are not used in raids. My guild has shadow priests, feral druids, and dps warriors. I was just using the default role as an example.<BR/><BR/>I'm saying the situation with paladins would be akin to a tanking warrior being forced to solo in Defensive Stance. Even if a warrior tanks all the time in raids, they can still switch to Battle Stance and pull out a 2H when not in a group.<BR/><BR/>This is an option a paladin simply does not have. We use *all* of our abilities when in a group. But we can only use a portion of our abilities when soloing, making soloing less interactive than grouping.Rohanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09090769681887119989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-1149583343408013882006-06-06T01:42:00.000-07:002006-06-06T01:42:00.000-07:00First off, I have never played a paladin beyond le...First off, I have never played a paladin beyond level 12. I've never been in a group playing a paladin and maybe that was because I never got beyond the boring part of soloplay. I do like to group with paladins however, as they have proven to be - well - just a class I like to have with.<BR/><BR/>Well I am probably a bit off-topic with the following .... to have different skill subsets for solo and group play is hard to accept for those classes that have them especially upon reaching lvl 60 and therefore starting the "endgame"<BR/><BR/>Think of priests wanting to do damage and all those off-warriors who do not like to tank and last but not least the druids who can do everything pretty well even in a group and are most often told to "just heal". I am a lucky druid my groups usually let me use a wide range of my abilities in group play but many many people are used to use more of their skills in their early levels and are later disappointed to become healbots or def-tanks who can do nothing but tank and do no damage at all.<BR/><BR/>Just my 2c<BR/><BR/>YashimaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-1149543377692413042006-06-05T14:36:00.000-07:002006-06-05T14:36:00.000-07:00Out soloing, as a Shaman, I'd use a Lightning Bolt...Out soloing, as a Shaman, I'd use a Lightning Bolt to pull my target, a Fire Shock to place a DoT on my target, melee with Windfury, Frost Shock to finish it off or keep it from running.<BR/><BR/>Variations: Rockbiter instead of Frostshock if I want to get more aggro out of the attack.<BR/><BR/>If I'm in a small group, I can range DPS with lightning bolts, then move to melee, but that's stupid. I could move to melee, drop totems, melee and frostshock runners and do spot heals. Or just hang back and heal and cleanse.<BR/><BR/>In raids I'm definitely in back healing and cleansing. (The higher the level the PvE Shaman gear is the more obvious it is that we're healers 1st. And 2nd. And 3rd.)<BR/><BR/>So, if I'm out soloing it's either steady DPS with Rockbiter or burst DPS with Windfury, i.e. auto-attack. And a bolt and shock or two to keep it interesting. (Heh.)<BR/><BR/>But, like Devotion says, casting is just too mana intensive. And on a PvP server mana conservation is king. Auto-attack ftw.Kinlesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15541779886424583575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20292755.post-1149488097768415562006-06-04T23:14:00.000-07:002006-06-04T23:14:00.000-07:00Well, Shamans at least have choice.Well, Shamans at least have choice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com