Dilbrt wrote:
I wish blizzard still had the old class description page. In that description it listed paladins as off-tanks, not main tanks. I don't care if you're the best in the world, there will always be certain situations that a paladin tank will not work, and there will never be a situation where a warrior tank will not work. By that fact alone, I stand by my claim that while paladins are good on trash mobs they are, have been, and most likely always will be inferior main tanks.
Paladins are far different now than when Blizzard first wrote that stuff, as I'm sure you fully realize. So we can simply discard that comment and assume it has been lost in a vat of rendered pork fat.
There will always be situations where tankadins are at a disadvantage, sure. Just as there will always be situations where warrior tanks (especially since they suffer from mass player-retardation in general) suck the royal pair. But you are seemingly making the assertion that paladins are inferior in general. This is where I have a gripe, and every body of evidence points towards you being in the wrong here.
But regardless, actions speak louder than works. When 2.3 comes out, I will happily pick up my 6 new badge items and roll through Zul Aman carelessly smashing through wave after wave of aoe trash pulls. While the warrior tanks are trying to coordinate the traditional kind of CC (and not the newfangled kind, also known as continuous consecration). And besides, in a 10-man setting it is simply a foolish idea to bring a warrior tank. They offer so little to a raid anyways.
So anyways, my crude, offensive posts generally lead towards one clear, unadultered thesis. Prot pallies poon noobs. Warrior tanks are like Grandma's meatloaf.
Edited, Nov 2nd 2007 8:04pm by newfangle