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So What Went Wrong?
Blizzard is never, ever going to tell us exactly why paladin development for WotLK unfolded as it did. Currently, Ghostcrawler is publicly blaming it on some bug with weapon switching. But I don't think that's the real story. There's too many other factors in play. So this is my speculation as ...
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Is It Time to Renovate Old Outdoor Leveling Content?
Is It Time to Renovate Old Outdoor Leveling Content?
lumethemad.com — I’ve been leveling some fresh characters, in preparation for Wrath . The last character I leveled from scratch before this batch was my shaman, a year and some months ago. I did this through the draenei starting zones of Azuremyst and ... (more) Is It Time to Renovate Old Outdoor Leveling Content?
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  • EmilyBlips EmilyBlips
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    Detailed Paladin commentary!
    Posted 11/4/2008 respond (flag)
  • fwap fwap
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    I like the idea of Ret Pally being an immobile + high burst spec style. They'd have to be slow, or else they'd be as effective as warriors in dps, which cannot happen.

     

    Posted 11/4/2008 respond (flag)
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The State of Paladin
Banana Shoulders — ... has been doing a good job of keeping up with the changes - the vast majority of which are nerfs - to paladins in the last few weeks, and I’ll point you there if you want to catch up on what’s changed (and changed, and changed again). So, What Went Wrong is a recent example of his interesting and insightful posts. ...

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