To Di or not to Di, that is the queestion.Follow

Ya, you're technically being killed by a player: I use this, or the ever amusing lifetap+hellfire routine when a pull goes horribly wrong....or I wanna deny somebody an HK. I can vouch that neither cause the 10% durability on death, but if you repeatedly Hellfire yourself to death (25 times o r so) you will see your gear take a minor hit....I assume DI is the same.

Pally love brotha!

As said above our pally's usually only DI each other. Just because inside we all know we ARE the superior class, and the only ones worth saving :)

Since when is sincerity trolling? You scenario the worst PuG possible and state the obvious that it isn't the paladins fault, and then call me a troll? If the PuG is in such a horrible state, then why should the paladin not do his best and use the DI cd every chance he gets to save running, time, and frustration?

Secondly, with an hour cooldown, you get, at most, one chance to use DI if the group is decent. If a paladin has the chance to use the DI as a wipe saver once but doesn't, that's just slacking.

The fact is that paladins that don't bother using DI when all other wipe preventon methods are used up are slacking (barring any unfortunate circumstances as there being no one that can resurrect in range, being out of range of any one at all, etc, etc). To be able to "not slack" , the paladin needs to be aware of what other wipe-savers are on cooldown, if any. Situational awareness comes as a job requirement as a healer, and it definitly applies to paladins. It has the longest cooldown of any wipe-save ability, and thus it places extra responsibility on the paladin to use it wisely. And it should be used.

So call me a troll if you like, but the truth is that DI should be used as a wipe-preventer when possible (all the other wipe-saving abiilites are on cd being the right context to use it in). If it's not being used when it could be used, then it's costing other people time, and possiblity frustration. In the end DI is the same as a Soulstone.

So yes, if a paladin doesn't use it to save a wipe in a group/instance, they are slacking.

Pardon me for taking offense to being called "useless" and considering name calling a form of trolling /sarcasm off

And if a PuG (or any group) is in such a horrible state, no amount of DI usage would make it any better. Not one person here has said it shouldn't be used as you are implying though.



OMG, what a novel idea. Again, no one has said it shouldn't be used to prevent a wipe. I fail to see where this argument is coming from.



Ok, I will, now that I have permission. Stating the (what should be) obvious that DI should be used to prevent a wipe is fine, but popping up calling us all useless for not using DI when no one said they never do (ok, one person said they sometimes forget ... so sue them ...): uncalled for, and makes you, troll :P

Edited, Mar 19th 2008 6:50pm by Maulgak

Quicker way to finish a run with a crappy group is

Bubble+Hearth+Leave Group and go find another group that doesn't need a DI every hour on the hour.

The irony of what you said and what your sig says is not lost on me. xD


And yes I only DI palas, we're normally the only ones left alive!

Edited, Mar 20th 2008 9:09pm by bawbaag

I stoleded mai magik