About: Paladin/Cataclysm changes

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Paladins have received a new resource system, similar to Rogue's combo points called Holy Power. It is gained by using various spells, such as Holy Shock and Crusader Strike, and consumed by spells such as Divine Storm and Holy Shield. Up to three stacks of Holy Power is applied, and it will stay available for 30-seconds in and out of combat.

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rdfs:comment	Paladins have received a new resource system, similar to Rogue's combo points called Holy Power. It is gained by using various spells, such as Holy Shock and Crusader Strike, and consumed by spells such as Divine Storm and Holy Shield. Up to three stacks of Holy Power is applied, and it will stay available for 30-seconds in and out of combat.
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Link	30.0 http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24261189717&sid=1&pageNo=28#554\|archivelink=http://web.archive.org/web/20100417123920/http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24261189717&sid=1&pageNo=28#554\|body= Here's a bit more clarification on some of these changes. Also, please keep in mind that this is merely a preview and we'll still have more to go in testing up to and including any other changes that aren't listed here in the preview. We've updated the Flash of Light reference to make it a bit more clear in the original post as follows. *Flash of Light remains a fast heal, but will be more expensive to justify the cast speed. Holy Light will be the go-to heal that has average efficiency and throughput. Beacon of Light needs to be changed so that its benefit is letting the paladin heal two targets at once, not letting the paladin get two heals for the mana cost of one. It’s intended to save GCDs and targeting time, not mana. In addition we’re changing the paladin heal design to match that of the other healers. Holy Light is the middle heal. It’s very efficient, but not particularly fast and doesn’t have a lot of throughput. Flash of Light will be the faster heal that costs more mana. Holy paladins can talent into an additional heal that is like a giant Holy Light. It might take three of these big heals to get a tank from death’s door back to 100% health. Currently on live, Beacon of Light is a tool that allows paladins to target more than just the main tank. In Cataclysm if it just doubles their healing, it is going to be overpowered. We have two ways we might handle this and we’ll experiment to see which feels better. The first is that Beacon only works on some heals, such as Flash of Light or Holy Light . An alternative idea is that Beacon increases the mana cost of a heal cast on a beaconed target, since you’re essentially getting a double heal. Under this model, Beacon itself would cost no mana. Also on the live realms currently, paladins have huge mana pools and massive throughput. The trade-off is that they are excellent single target healers and much weaker in other roles. We want paladins to be slightly more interchangeable with other healers. In Cataclysm, you should be able to have a Holy priest on the tank and a Holy paladin on the raid. We’re not sure we’ll back off of the current healing roles completely, but we definitely want to add more breadth to those whose roles are currently too narrow. As for the Guardian of Ancient Kings. First, it's important to understand that this is not a pet nor does it have a pet bar associated with it. Second, it's also not meant to last for very long. So, it's not a pet in the traditional sense. It's a friend in need when you need it, but not a permanent companion.(en) http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24261189717&sid=1&pageNo=34#672\|archivelink=http://web.archive.org/web/20100417124822/http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=24261189717&sid=1&pageNo=34#672\|body= Things are going to be a bit vague yet since many ideas are still ideas that we want to try out. Also, from reading the various posts in all of the class previews, we're running into a few misunderstandings that will hopefully clear up with time and additional information. One of those misunderstandings is in regard to certain abilities either being perceived as too PvP centric or not PvP centric enough. We'll do what we can to correct these perceptions and expand upon this information as we go along. There is a fine balance being done that is looking at creating a variety of tools for each class that are neither purely situational nor a part of every rotation.(en)
Title	Cataclysm Class Preview: Paladin
abstract	Paladins have received a new resource system, similar to Rogue's combo points called Holy Power. It is gained by using various spells, such as Holy Shock and Crusader Strike, and consumed by spells such as Divine Storm and Holy Shield. Up to three stacks of Holy Power is applied, and it will stay available for 30-seconds in and out of combat.

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