Druid or paladin?

[Rautaketju-herod]

@Horace-remulos

he gets the opportunity to play in guilds with elitist min-max tools like you

I’m not an elitist. I don’t think you understand the meaning of the word. I’m just sharing the data and the reasoning behind the choice I’m suggesting.

My reasoning is not limited to a min/maxing perspective, either. As I’ve stated:

@Rautaketju-herod

they’re just generally the worse choice. Paladin is a very straightfoward class to heal with, having the highest HPM healing in the game while remaining competitive in throughput. Their DPS spec provides more utility than Druids’ DPS specs.

Paladin is an easier class to play and better throughput, to boot. There is more room for them in raids than Druids. They’re useful beyond just having one. Their DPS spec, while abysmally bad, is better than Balance, and has better utility than Feral.

Also, as many others have stated, Paladin is unique to Alliance. If the OP intends to roll an Alliance character, they might as well play Paladin. If they intend to play Druid, there’s no reason not to just play one on Horde.

@Horace-remulos

you care more about optimisation than fun.

Optimization and fun are not mutually exclusive. Go level up, pup.

@Magitwat-sulfuras

Yeah realized he’s a druid

So you know I have firsthand experience in this.

@Chucktaurus-fairbanks

I’m not going to disagree with you, but that also means healing parses are useless in general.

I pointed out far more reasons that Druid was worse than Paladin than just healing parses. Please read:

@Rautaketju-herod

You can’t use your HoTs because of the buff cap. Same thing for Thorns.
Your primary heal has a much slower cast time than other healers on Alliance.
Your DPS is lower than a Priest’s using Smite.
Your AoE is weaker than a Priest’s using Holy Nova.
Your utility is much weaker than a Paladin’s or Priest’s, limited to a 30m cooldown combat rez (useless if no one dies), an Innervate (that you should be using on a better healer because it’s wasted on yourself), and NS + HT every 3m.

@Rautaketju-herod

Lots of empty raid slots waiting to be filled. There’s only room for one, maybe TWO Druids, but every group needs 4-5 Paladins.

@Rautaketju-herod

there’s more gear available to you, your throughput is higher, your utility is better, having more than one isn’t a waste…

@Rautaketju-herod

sure, every half hour you can revive someone. Cool. Or just be a Paladin, Blessing of Protection the person that would’ve died. 5m cooldown untalented.

@Rautaketju-herod

Even if you’re allowed to use HoTs, only one Regrowth/Rejuvenation can be applied on a target at a given time. The value of a combat rez is much lower after the first as you really shouldn’t be having that many deaths in the first place.

@Rautaketju-herod

Most classes, even casters, are getting close to the buff cap, especially with cooldowns up. A poorly timed Rejuvenation can very easily mean bye bye world buffs.