At a crossroads

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so im at a crossroads right now gameplay wise, i came into classic recently wanting to remake my warrior and re-do classic like the old days minus the good friends for the moment. I just find myself getting bored of the class I think mainly because over the few years ive been playing a warrior non stop in retail and maybe i just finally brunt out of the class.

so Im thinking of trying something new being a healer, it’s something i have never done before outside of a few times trying out my friends paladin years ago before bc launched. so long story short im looking at either starting a priest or a paladin as my healer. either that or i finally start this warlock ive been mulling around about but thats another story.

so does anyone have any insight on healing in classic on those two classes? also in terms of paladins as a side question can the tank in mainly 5 mans without a ton of gear?

i turn to the community for your guidance and i thank you.

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I think you created your character on the wrong server,. there are no Bloodelfs in classic…

Go to the Classic servers and have at it with a Rogue

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Have to be mindful that healers tend to stare at a 40 man raid UI and click 1 spell.

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paladin has 2 healing buttons, flash of light and holy light.

though you’ll pretty much just be hitting flash of light unless your tank is at half hp or so.

pallys can tank, but without being specced into it I wouldn’t recommend it.

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The disc priest is an excellent healing class and pretty indestructible.

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Yeah, I was there for a while too.

But then I went to Camp Taurajo.

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How far have you gotten on the warrior this time around? Also, what spec/content are you looking towards?

I’ve always played warrior main, and sometimes paladin alt. With the paladin, I’ve come to just think of him as a healer who is basic, but tough and effective. In melee combat (dps/tanking), I’d typically prefer to be on the warrior because I enjoy that toolkit and playstyle better compared to ret or prot paladin.

Paladin healers start out kind of sparse, but once you get Flash of Light at 18, an identity starts to emerge. You’ve got nice buffs for everyone in your party, emergency cooldowns, and a very efficient flash heal that you can spam to keep everyone healthy.

Firstly, until you unlock Greater Blessings (so basically until you’re 60), you’re responsible for buffing everyone in your party every 4 minutes or so, and you want to be timing that rebuff so that you’re not having to do it while you’re also healing. So prior to and entering combat, you’re making sure that everyone is buff, healthy, within range, and that you’re well-positioned and aware.

During combat, I assume that I’m going to be spamming a downranked FoL on every global, so I’m mainly just focused on prioritizing which targets they’ll go on. If the heal isn’t needed at all, I’ll cancel the cast. One thing that’s unique about paladin healing in Vanilla is that all of your heals are casted manually and individually (the only exception to this is tiny passive heals from Judgement of Light). When the whole group starts taking damage, it can get tricky because your multitarget throughput is limited by your GCD and cast bar. My understanding is that it’s common for raiding paladins to be mainly responsible for just healing the tank.

So you’re riding the cast-bar, pulsing FoL, anticipating where your next few heals need to go and whether you’ll need to uprank or cast a big Holy Light to catch up. Beyond that you’ve got things like Cleanse, Blessing of Protection, Blessing of Freedom, feeding lock life-taps, and situational Judgement debuffs, which are all things that can really help your party if you use them well.

One drawback to paladin is that it does sometimes have a stigma that it’s a second-rate healer to priest, but if you’re intrepid and on-point, people will definitely notice and you can make a huge difference for your party.

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the plan for the warrior was to hit 60 and start up tanking and helping people get gear and keys. in terms of llvl ive only really gotten to the mid 20s on some. i know everyone say it gets better at 40. outside of raids im mainly gonna focus on pvp and farming bgs to rank up so a decent dps spec would be great

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Man, you be missing out. Warriors are top dog in 1.12. Best DPS, best tank and best PVP class. Warriors scale so incredibly that it makes dragonball z look pale.

Try something new go balls to the wall and spec Fury/Prot. You get to be this bad mofo DW tank that just has so much threat and can top the damage charts.

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No.

You will be required to have the Defense needed to handle everything. You will probably have to grind Scholo for AWHILE to get the Deathbone Set as a Healer. But since Tanks run Scholo also for Deathbone you will have to get the second copy that drops while doing it.

Having gear not only makes the runs smoother but you won’t give your healer a heart attack.

And don’t expect to raid as a Paladin tank. You will be brought as a healer. Ret can do well in PvP, but if you raid as Ret expect to get weird looks.

When you do [In Dreams] quest though. Take the ring, not the Defense Chest for your Paladin or you WILL regret it.

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Me too bro and I made it to 60! I love warriors in general:) my main in retail is fury warrior and my main on classic PROT WARRIOR WOOPWOOP! I love warriors in general.

When classic was announced I knew I was going to go warrior, I wanted to see what it’s roots were like. How rough it really was, pulling 2 mobs=death.

I got that and I’d do it all over again if classic was rereleased and my memory was wiped, and that initial rush to 60 was there!

Warriors are not a independent class for the most part, you need friends to help complete your Whirlwind axe.

I have beautiful memories from classic that I’ll never get to recreate again!

By the time I 60 so many people on the server knew me, people mailed me black smithing mats for when I hit 60 and was 300/300, how cool is that?

I dunno asking for help and working together with strangers really made classic for me.

Even now people message me like “hey!!! I remember you! We ran Gnomergan together!”

Getting to 60 was a achievement I wanted for myself and my future warrior career, whether it’s on retail or it’s on classic :blue_heart:.

I know this post was all over the place, but maybe sharing my experience can help you decide on what you want.

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Level 40 really helps warriors because you can unlock the big instant attacks from the talent trees.

I think the 30’s are a good time too, though, because at 30 you can unlock the final stance, the weapon quest, intercept, slam, and then later the whirlwind attack and pummel. It’s a cool feeling when that third pillar of the class’s foundation falls into place, and the game is pretty explicit about that in the quests.

You also start getting more cool gear in the 30’s, and 40’s and once you get rolling in Gnomer, Razorfen, and SM, warriors really start to shine and you can really pick up some steam.

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Head east across the bridge, until you get to Razor Hill, then turn North: behold, Org.

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yeah it did. im thinking a change from human might help me some as well i know they are the better choice for pve but ive done them alot. might try night elf or maybe dwarf.

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Classic is my vanilla, so I’m taking my time and exploring all the classes. I rolled a warr on Arcanite Reaper with tanking in mind. Is 2-hand tank viable for all content? I ask because I’ve seen quite a few posts against it.

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Go with Hpally, Holy shock is too much fun. You can even tank few low lv dungeon for faster level up.

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Right there with ya. Leveling a warrior in classic sux. They say it gets way better at endgame though. I level my warrior til i get bored and then hop on this toon and level. Helps cut the boredom. If youre looking at endgame go priest over pally, youll get invited to raids a lot more. Also roll dwarf so youll have fear ward for onyxia.

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Paladins can tank just fine in holy spec. The only hiccups you’ll really run into are aggro drops since you have no taunt. Things like tree boss in DM-W, Rattlegore in Scholo, etc, will be minor inconveniences.

For being a pure healbot, Paladin beats priest. But both are very strong healers so you can’t go wrong with priest. And heal spec priest has more offense than heal spec paladin if that matters to you at all.

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I’m playing warlock because I knew the least about them. I wanted classic to be a new experience for me.

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If you have good gear, a good healer, and good dps (group and personal) then you can get by with 2h tanking while leveling, but it’s good to be able to use the shield mechanics, which are actually pretty cool for warriors.

If you’re pugging your way through the dungeons, you’ll probably find yourself with some healers who prefer that you use a shield, and some who might prefer that you just use a 2h and go all-out. I think it’s good to be able to be flexible based on the group and the situation.

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