#0 - Nov. 12, 2008, 1:57 p.m.
Blizzard...
I'm not happy with having an artificially inflated TPS in 25 man raids from Judgment of Light.
I'm not happy that without it I struggle tremendously to maintain threat.
I'm not happy with looking forward to being relegated to off-tank since Blessing of Sanctuary is 100% required for a proper main tank AND my threat is worthless without subjecting my raid to lower heals and utility from JoL.
I'm not happy with having lower effective health, lower mitigation, and a somewhat wasted equipment slot that simply increases the stat gap.
I'm not happy having no 11 pointer, but I'm definitely not going to be happy having an 11 pointer be designed for Retribution PvP.
I'm not happy having horrid DPS because of Righteous Fury.
I'm not happy having to use Hammer of Judgment and Consecration (AoE abilities) to remain competitive in a 5 man instance in single target fights.
I'm not happy that my single target rotation would only be wasted Holy Shield charges, Judgment of Light (required due to the inflated TPS needed), and Shield of Righteousness.
I'm not happy that my end game threat rotation is the same regardless of the fight, number of targets, or many other factors.
I'm not happy that many of my Paladin tools are wasteful or useless in a tanking scenario.
I'm not happy that our only DPS/TPS cooldown is useless due to the lock down on our oh crap button even though reducing the Paladin's damage while bubbled and/or a 12 second shared cooldown would be fantastically better.
I'm not happy that Righteous Defense is very difficult to use, has stupid limitations, and that we don't have a single target MOB taunt to use in situations where RD would get in the way.
I'm not happy that I have to rely on other classes to do my job of tanking since I do not have many utility abilities like a gap closer, single target taunt, spell interrupt, or a proper pulling tool.
I'm not happy that our talent tree is wonky...
- ...because it contains TWO required Blessing for a raid that no other class can provide (why not make MotW Kings-like?)
...because Reckoning is still a waste of talent points at a key point in the tree (with so much potential >.<)
...because we really didn't need ANOTHER tool for AoE threat when we lack so many for single targets
...because Guarded by the Light is a mana reduction talent for abilities only Protection uses or even has access to (yay, more effective at tanking than a Holy Paladin even though they can't even use these abilities in the first place!)
...because Touched by the Light is a healing talent 100% required in any tanking build because of double scaling instead of having all our abilities scale off whichever is highest (AP or SP)
...because Judgments of the Just is an extremely deep talent that provides us a single target version of an AoE ability (aren't we supposed to be the kings of AoE?) when the functionality should have been attached to Hammer
...because you failed to notice that Holy Shield is the exact same thing as the old Shield Block just isn't required to be casted quite as often (honestly..it could be passive, or we could be given a way to use the wasted charges for additional threat)
...because Ardent Defender is still subpar in the mitigation department especially considering our weakness against hard hitting bosses that jump RIGHT over it (especially when Commendation of Kael'Thas from Magister's Terrace has a perfect solution)
...because it does nothing to aid us with lack of threat and mitigation against casters, especially when Holy Shield is useless
However...I am happy with a few things.
I'm pretty happy with the new Judgment and Seal system.
I'm pretty happy that, for the most part, the Blessing system is somewhat better.
I'm pretty happy with the Hands system, even though some are pretty underpowered given their cooldowns.
I'm pretty happy with BoSanc's ability to keep me filled on mana in any situation where I may undergear an instance.
I'm pretty happy with Divine Protection.
I'm pretty happy that I picked up an Apple Pie at the store and will so eat it for breakfast.
That last one was to show the masses that even I, who is so wickedly unhappy with the current state of the Paladin, can find simple joys in life worthy of listing.
/rant
Edit: TL;DR I'm not happy with the Paladin tanking issues and the above list gives specific examples why I think the community would agree.