Holy Paladin and Rebuke

Classes Paladin
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I just wanted to submit a suggestion for Rebuke to be allowed for Holy Paladins. Questing as a Holy Paladin is extremely fun, but every now and then you fight a mob that casts something you just need to avoid, (which is something all classes have to deal with) and it can be extremely annoying to be fighting a mob without the ability to interrupt.

I find it odd that we haven’t been able to use Rebuke yet, seeing as we’re in melee range. Has there been any reason given for this restriction? Just curious. And thank you.

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We had it

They took it away

Along with harsh word and denounce

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We did have Rebuke as holy at one point, still melee range, so there was a degree of risk vs reward. But I suppose Blizzard decided only Restoration Shamans could be the only healers with a true interrupt in windshear.

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By the Light, how I miss those two.

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The fact that Holy is already rewarded for being in melee range and doesn’t have Rebuke makes 0 sense to me.

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What is/was Harsh Word and Denounce?

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Denounce like a priest smite we could spam and reduced/prevented the target from critting for 4 seconds

Harshword let us use holy power offensively (wog could be used to deal damage instead of heal)

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Does wog stand for Word of Glory?

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Mhm
Harshword was actually a glyph you equipped to change word of glory into it

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I think I might be too low level to know what glyphs are cause that’s new to me. And didn’t come across those on my other pally that I boosted.

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They were removed in legion :frowning:

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Oh, wait. I’ve seen those in the auction house. But barely any are on there.

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They’re purely cosmetic now. However, at one point Glyphs actually made functional changes to your class.

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I did play a lot when we had it and tbh it would be a little much imo right now (however back then it was needed).

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You know when you buy a gift for a little kid or your pet, but they seem to like the box it came in way more? The wow devs right now are like that watching Holy Paladin players. They never wanted any healer to be this melee heavy, but because they struggled/messed up tuning towards the later half of beta, they left holy in this strange state as it went live. So the reason they don’t give rebuke and other things to even further incentivize melee gameplay is because they never intended it to go this far.

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I kind of hope you’re right about that; I’d like to see Holy Radiance, Rebuke, and Denounce make comebacks. (Preferably without losing Consecration, or at least not being in a position where we have no AoE damage tools with short/no cooldowns.)

If Blizzard never wanted us to be melee healers, then at least Denounce and Holy Radiance might make a comeback. If not…well…