Blog Azeroth :: Shared Topic #1!
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Over on Blog Azeroth, someone proposed that there be a weekly topic for bloggers, something to spark a little comparison and to allow readers to see different points of view. Here’s the first one: Blog Azeroth ::Shared Topic #1!
Q: What do you enjoy about the class you play the most?
At the moment the class I play the most is paladin, namely Andromache on Quel’dorei.
I enjoy being able to buff people. Right from the word go, my presence helps the others in the group. When I tried out a rogue, I found the lack of buffs strangely disconcerting. The constant maneuvering for position annoyed me too.
My previous main was a holy priest. Andromache is specced for paladin AOE grinding. On the occasions when I soloed on my priest, trying to kill one mob a few levels lower was heartbreakingly slow. Now I buff myself, round up as many mobs as I can, and chortle as they die futilely beating against my armor.
I play a protection warrior when I tank for our guild’s static group. My warrior has amazing flexibility when he’s working with a group, but on his own he’s pitiful (see holy priest above). When things go wrong, Andromache can self-heal, bubble and bandage, and lay on hands. One on one with my warrior versus my paladin, there is no question that Andromache would be the last one standing. Paladin have more panic buttons for keeping themselves alive.
Blood Elf paladins are twisting the light for their own purposes, but I see my paladin as closer to the Uther-type of paladin than a power seeker. With a warlock it’s hard to deny that you’re at the very least flirting with evil, with my paladin I can be one of the good guys. (This is why the WotLK Strat instance has me worried.)
My hunter is a powerful DPS machine but she’s basically a solo character. This is a Massively Multiplayer game and playing with others is more fun. A paladin makes a great grouping character.
I still haven’t gotten the hang of shaman or mages. Druid is the only class that might appeal to me as much as a paladin for general play, but my horde druid is only level 11. My level 70 paladin has piles of shiny new stuff to play with.
Thus the reason I play a paladin.
What do YOU enjoy about the class YOU play the most?