Blizzards love affair with Paladin

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@Schyla-1490

Most people on these forums will admit when their class is busted and are overall pretty reasonable. For whatever reason, that doesn’t apply to Paladin players.

There’s some huge gap of reality from what they experience in game and what is actually going on.

I think you’re a little off the mark here. Specifically you’re confusing what is (reality) with what ought (ethics).

Let’s look at an actual Paladin defender post:

@First123-1992

@Schyla-1490

Paladin privilege

No, it’s paladin fact.

It’s simply a fact that paladins are better than you (by you I mean most other classes)

Because it’s a fact that what paladins focus on (curve out, build board, win tempo, go face) is the most straight forward way to win in HS. It’s the “arena deck” (yes yes I’m sure even arena decks can end up more interesting than paladin, I’m just going with the stereotype here ). It’s basically what you’d have to do if minions do not have text and spells/weapons are limited to very simple effects like “deal X damage (and that’s it)”

Paladin is the “normal” way to play HS. Other classes deviate from the norm. They try to do more with spells. They want to “bank” tempo/value by ramping or using combos or overload. They have outcast. They have rune systems. They cut themselves or discard or kill their own minions for more power. They require specific tribal synergies. They’re a priest. etc

So it isn’t some external privilege that is helping paladins win more. It’s the internal basic facts of life (HS) that help paladins win more.

It’s like if this is a race, paladin is the one who’s going in a straight line, as fast as they can. Other classes try to be fancy, throttling at different speeds, weaving and curving around, running/driving backwards, etc.

Heck, it’s more like if this is a game of staying healthy. Paladin is the one who eats proper meals, liquids, and gets plenty of rest. While the other classes just… like… don’t do that.

This doesn’t strike me as someone who is disconnected from reality. He directly says Paladins are better than other classes. What First is disconnected from is ethics. He’s saying that Paladins should be overpowered — he might not use the “over” part, because of the negative connotation, but this is a clear case of Paladin supremacist thinking.

It’s not that he’s seeing a different reality than you. It’s that he sees the carnage and smiles.