So I have been toying with the idea of starting a Paladin recently, I have a 70 War for tanking and a 70 Mage for dps so thought it would be nice to have a healer also.
I originally started a druid thinking I could use him as a healer and although I like the versatility, I just don't like the idea of standing there spamming HoT's i'd rather be the one pulling off those big heals.
So I guess my question is, how slow are pally's to level? Apparantely from what I've read they are one of the most tedious classes to level, is this true?
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It is fairly true. To my knowledge at some point paladins go prot for leveling so they can take large amounts of mobs at once. Then slowly kill them. If you want to pull off big heals you aren't going to like paladins for raiding. Paladins usually spam their quickest heal on the tank. But they still have a big heal, and a very fun to play.
Compared to a true dps class like your mage you will certainly notice the difference but there are ways around this.
If you want to level up as holy it will most likely be the slowest character you level.
Try Ret from 1 to 35-40 then give Prot a go with aoeing after 35. Once you get to the mid 60s respecc to Holy. The beauty about pallies are that specced correctly, you can both tank and heal most instances until you get to level 50.
I believe Captain Jack said something about levelling quickly in another post about going down the Ret tree till you get Seal of the Command then going down the Holy tree until you get spiritual focus maxed out from which point you can either stick with holy or go back down the ret tree depending on what you like (heals or dps) before respeccing for end game.
My question would be what do you want to heal? PvE heroics and Raids or Battlegrounds and Arena? If you want to efficiently heal raids then go the Paladin. If you want an arena healer then I would advise going with the druid.
My advice is to go 1-70 ret. if you resort to grinding you are doing yourself a disservice as it is slower than questing. Unless you really really enjoy mindless grinding... if thats fun then by all means go for it.
Higher DPS = Faster leveling
Ret = Highest Paladin DPS
So go Ret to level to 60 or 70. Then, swap over to Holy, and start learnng how to heal.
Paladins are very easy to play and level. You are a warrior that can heal himself.
For big heals - once you swap to Holy, your Holy Light will be the big bomb of healing. It's always nice to see it crit :) But like previous posters have said, you won't be using that spell very often. The specialty of Paladin healing is spamming the tiny heals.
Ret = Highest Paladin DPS
So go Ret to level to 60 or 70. Then, swap over to Holy, and start learnng how to heal.
Paladins are very easy to play and level. You are a warrior that can heal himself.
For big heals - once you swap to Holy, your Holy Light will be the big bomb of healing. It's always nice to see it crit :) But like previous posters have said, you won't be using that spell very often. The specialty of Paladin healing is spamming the tiny heals.
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Thanks for the info guys.
Im probably going to level as ret all the way to 70, im not a big fan of AOE grinding, I had the opportunity to do it with my Mage, but I found it boring and prefered to quest.
These quick heals, how much do they heal for on average? Im a sucker for big numbers see. Am I right in thinking that Priests are probably the only healing class that constantly throw big heals out during a raid?
Im probably going to level as ret all the way to 70, im not a big fan of AOE grinding, I had the opportunity to do it with my Mage, but I found it boring and prefered to quest.
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If you want to pull off big heals you aren't going to like paladins for raiding. Paladins usually spam their quickest heal on the tank.
These quick heals, how much do they heal for on average? Im a sucker for big numbers see. Am I right in thinking that Priests are probably the only healing class that constantly throw big heals out during a raid?
Flash of Light heals at rank 7 for about 550, add I think 43% of you +heal to it and takes 1.5secs to cast. Holy light at rank11 heals about 2.4k and adds 73%(not sure) of your +heal and takes 3 secs. Get used to your FOL key wearing out.
If you want big numbers in healing role a resto shaman.
If you want a disgustingly efficient healer, then the paladin or druid are the right choice.
I leveled a DPS class (hunter) I have also leveled a paladin, went prot from level 10 and loved it. There are upsides to both leveling types. I am currently leveling a druid, am feral now planning on going resto at 60 because I love druid healing. There where times I cursed pally questing and there where times I loved it!
I know you did it on your mage but aoe killing on a paladin is unlike any other form of killing. People tend to stop what they are doing and just watch you kill 10, 15, 20 things at the same time.
I would suggest ret till 40 or so, then prot. Others say ret all the way. Try both. See what play style you like most.
Overall though, I leveled my pally and hunter to 70 in about the same amount of time played. Pally was slower but not by more than a day or so. that was with casual playing, nothing too crazy.
If you want a disgustingly efficient healer, then the paladin or druid are the right choice.
I leveled a DPS class (hunter) I have also leveled a paladin, went prot from level 10 and loved it. There are upsides to both leveling types. I am currently leveling a druid, am feral now planning on going resto at 60 because I love druid healing. There where times I cursed pally questing and there where times I loved it!
I know you did it on your mage but aoe killing on a paladin is unlike any other form of killing. People tend to stop what they are doing and just watch you kill 10, 15, 20 things at the same time.
I would suggest ret till 40 or so, then prot. Others say ret all the way. Try both. See what play style you like most.
Overall though, I leveled my pally and hunter to 70 in about the same amount of time played. Pally was slower but not by more than a day or so. that was with casual playing, nothing too crazy.
As a Paladin, you can throw big heals if you want. It's not as mana efficient, but very possible. Heck, every healing class can throw out big heals. I'm not 100% sure, but I think Paladins are the only ones that can throw out a 100% guaranteed crit big heal (i.e. super big heal).
Any healing class that constantly throws out big heals will go oom quickly. That is just how healing works.
If you want high "total healing" numbers, then go with a Shaman. They are the kings/queens of AoE healing. If you want to be the best healer to keep a single target (i.e. Main Tank) alive, then roll a Paladin.
As for your druid - what is stopping you from casting your big heals? If it's mana efficiency, then that will occur with every class. Rolling another class won't help you there.
Any healing class that constantly throws out big heals will go oom quickly. That is just how healing works.
If you want high "total healing" numbers, then go with a Shaman. They are the kings/queens of AoE healing. If you want to be the best healer to keep a single target (i.e. Main Tank) alive, then roll a Paladin.
As for your druid - what is stopping you from casting your big heals? If it's mana efficiency, then that will occur with every class. Rolling another class won't help you there.
rinkkel the Flatulent wrote:
Overall though, I leveled my pally and hunter to 70 in about the same amount of time played. Pally was slower but not by more than a day or so. that was with casual playing, nothing too crazy.
That is because on your pally, you don't have many corpse runs. I don't think I died more than 3 times while questing from 40-60. Paladin survivability is insane...
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