level 52 is exactly when you would expect to make that switch…It’s rational to be ret until about that level. Then the content requires either good healing gear or a proper spec to heal properly…Presumably you’ve healed some. Can also get by with slamming consumes all instance but that’s expensive relative to a respec.
There isn’t really a rotation to hpala…Just be as mana efficient as you can without putting ur teammates at risk.
Cast blessing of protection when sum1 who shoudnt have agro does…etc
None of the healing classes have anythign close to a rotation in 40 man or 5 man
Yeah, I was holy for about 2 years before switching to ret. To heal as a paladin, I used mostly flash of light. I had 2 ranks of Holy light on in case I needed bigger heals. In the end, it felt like I was playing whack-a-mole. Once I switched to ret, I never went back. I’ll still stop my attacks for clinch heals, buffs, cleanses, etc. But in the end, I have more fun as ret!
tbh, you shoulda have rolled on healing gear and ret. thats what i did and it worked out p well. have a healing set and dps set as holy so im basically a shockadin with the dps gear. but from now on start rolling on healing gear. believe me, holy is much more viable than ret and its really fun imo. fav healing class in the game for sure
Time to find a new guild. Unless they plan on paying your sub fees tell them to stuff it and guild quit, this is Not 2005, they knew you were ret and knew your limitations!!!
Paladins are the easiest healer to play in Classic - and the most annoying thanks to all the blessings & such (plus the fact that you likely need to downgrade from plate to have the best healing gear & soloing/farming as Holy sucks beyond belief). Holy Paladins were a lot better in TBC, so I won’t be playing one until then (as Dreanei or Blood Elf).
Need to refresh buffs? Have an addon manage that for you.
Hell, if you’re assigned to a tank, you never have to target or look at anything else. Could probably just put a caster on auto-follow the entire raid and just mash flash of light for 2 hours and be a contributing member of the raid while watching netflix.
this is the most simple the game has ever been, and you’re playing the most simple class there is.
figuring out holy shouldn’t take more than 30 second. Seriously, you can auto-follow someone with a FoL rank 1 spam macro and accomplish 95% of what’s expected of you without even looking at your screen… the missing 5% would be buffing and cleansing.
Longtime Paladin healer here. I made the choice to go Holy after my very first WSG in 2005. I spent the entire time wishing for more heals, and I realized that if someone has to do it, it might as well be me. This really resonated with me:
I really enjoy picking the lowest ranks of heals I can get away with to stretch my mana.
