Uncanny!
Unlike a lot of non-paladins who are poo-pooing Tier 13, I actually like it quite a bit, the color-scheme is subdued but still noble, the shoulders and helm manage to look very ceremonial - I imagine it's the kind of thing you'd wear before a grand ceremony.
Laying swords on shoulders to create Knights, bowing with a long white cloak to receive blessings from the Bishop. Sitting atop a white horse leading a parade. Or just giving a speech to rally the lost, exuding the powerful image of a white-knight to inspire and uplift the broken and huddled masses. Can't you just see that white armor glowing when the Paladin casts Holy Radiance?
Does it sound like I'm talking a bit like a Holy paladin? Don't tell anyone, but I've been futzing and tinkering with a holy set. I respec'd the other night and ran a couple of heroic and didn't kill anyone - and it was even fun. I would kill for a triple spec (or even unlimited specs) just to be able to try out different play styles. In an ideal world, I'd have the following on standby at any point:
1. PvE Protection Raid Progression (for Single Target tanking and survival)
2. PvP Retribution (For Arenas & BGs)
3. PvE Holy (For Dungeons & fill-heals during Raids)
4. PvE Protection Dungeon/Farm Raids (for AoE tanking and damage)
5. PvE Retribution (For off-spec play in encounters where we only need 1 tank)
6. PvP Holy (To putz around in)
They're ordered in my play-style preference right now. And I would happily pay incrementally more gold for each spec. And having a lot (a lot) of off-spec holy-gear that I've soaked up helps as well. I think my Holy set is about at par to heal through up to Domo probably. My Holy set which is, like, my fourth set of gear? - let's see - Protection, Retribution, PvP Retribution and Holy, yep, fourth set, not counting off-set pieces for mitigation or threat or whatever. I'm addicted to hording gear. Help.
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As for raids? Well. Let's just say
I'll chalk this one up to a failure, and try to do better next tier. See? I can sound like a grownup sometimes. Man, this was a rambling post.
Glads ta hear ya had fun. Kinna's guild went from 1/7 ta 3/7 this week, thanks ta the nerfs, and she had fun too. She also says she's down with the pally T13 as well.
ReplyDeleteIt was a good time - not as mindless as T11 but a lot less hectic than it was pre-nerf. I don't think my guild needed these nerfs, but menh. We already killed 6/7 pre-nerf so I'm not too worried about it at this point.
ReplyDeleteI think most guilds shouldn't find at least getting to Rag to be too difficult - a couple of weeks to collect gear and they should start rolling over the other bosses. :)
I completely agree with you on the tier, my mouth hit the floor when I saw it. I have been complaining for years that the paladin sets don't look anything like a "Holy Knight" but this set finally FINALLY comes through. I'm protection/ret so I'll have to buy the matching pieces just for transmoging but it's worth it, this set is so beautiful.
ReplyDeleteYep - that was always my one big complaint about protection paladin gear - our off-set pieces *never* matched up to our set pieces. The colors were horrifically off sometimes. Thankfully this tier, as Prot I'm using the off-set chest piece and I can hide it with a tabard, but Tier 11 with the bright blue armor and the blck belt was hideous.
ReplyDeleteHurray for buying holy-set pieces to transmog!
I wonder if you can buy a piece, transmog with it, and then return it.... >.>