vathdaar wrote:holypaladin is not gear dependant at all as a support class. frost mage (Bg wise) is not gear dependant to fullfill his job and maybe hunter can get basic fast gear enough to do his job also. thats in bgs ofc.
sorry buddy but 2006 paladins will disagree with you by far.
Geld's Revised Guide to the Paladin Class 08/25/2006
http://web.archive.org/web/200611102258 ... 1828&sid=1Statistics and you: What do paladins need?
The
most gear dependant class in the game, or the class that is made or broken most by the gear it is wearing, is the Warrior.
But we’re second on that list! Remembering that keeping your weapon, armor, and even your trinkets up-to-date is critical to having a powerful character. Don’t go into a gunfight with a stick, and don’t run into an epic battle with a green. But which stats, you may ask, are most critical to a paladin and what do they all do?
Master of Group PvP: Why do they want you?
A paladin is
hugely powerful in group PvP due to its unpredictability and ability to combat heal. Remember that your presence in the group should be increasing everyone’s survivability, and not just your own. Your heals are slow, but powerful, and your Blessings are cheap and powerful. Save Blessing of Protection for a teammate and remember that a rogue or mage is going to deal more damage then you can, so keep them alive to increase your group’s overall DPS. When a paladin charges an enemy player, it’s difficult to predict what will happen. Is he going to dump a Reckoning bomb? Will he get a double-crit Seal of Command proc? Is his whack going to deal negligible damage? It’s never certain, but it is very disruptive. Heal until you get Horde agro then fight until they forget about you or you die and you’ll be a group PvP giant. If you can heal and melee at the same time, all the better.
Remember that the spell Blessing of Sacrifice actually deals damage to you, so any kind of crowd-control spell that breaks when you take damage will break when you take blessing of sacrifice damage. This is a hugely powerful pvp tool… it can effectively make you immune to seduce, sheep, sap, gouge, scattershot, hunter traps, intimidating shout cower, repentance (when the expansion comes out), blind, and any other kind of incapacitate. It also increases your ability to break out of spells like Fear and various roots.
Fin.