Question - Paladin as main healer?

[Dretski]

Does anyone have any experience with a paladin as a main healer? I have a very well geared warrior tank at my disposal, but no real experience whatsoever with paladins. I'm thinking a paladin would add more DPS for the group and also be a fleshier alternative than the cleric in case of unwanted aggro/macro hangups. I know of course that a manual paladin can easily heal most content with my current group setup, but has anyone tried this for real with a macro'd one?

 

[neflyte3]

I have with mixed results just experimenting. Paladin was tank though and chanter for slows with wiz's for dps group content was doable. Don't know about just using one to heal a warrior.

 

[wackawacka]

This isn't WOW, Cleric Pure Healer, Shaman or Druid for DPS/Heals....

 

[william12]

This isn't WOW, Cleric Pure Healer, Shaman or Druid for DPS/Heals....

You can main heal as a pally. Shit in tempest macro i run tank 4 dps bard no healer.

 

[Dretski]

This isn't WOW, Cleric Pure Healer, Shaman or Druid for DPS/Heals....

I had my warrior grind for 30 mins with a dead cleric in Frontier Mountains just recently, the only backup heals in my group comes from a beastlord who didn't even have the healing spells mem'd.

 

[playj]

I think the main thing to keep in mind is how beefy your MT is doesn't matter War/PAL/SK

If it is raid geared with all the defensive AAs maxed then even a group geared Pally can heal it.

Second of course is the type of content, well geared Pallies and SKs are amazing against older content.

 

[Dretski]

While an SK for instance is an excellent choice for a self healing tank, as a group healer it's quite terrible. I'm thinking a paladin should do it a lot better. All my toons are max AA since about 2 weeks into EoK anyways and they are in mainly raid gear, so it might actually be worth a shot. I still have the cleric anyways if it fails, and then I'll have an extra tank to play with in the worst case. :p

 

[mpb]

I often have a merc die, and wind up tanking and healing with regular mobs even in EOK, a pally can heal on regular mobs.

 

[Dretski]

I sorted my situation, albeit a bit unconventional. All the healing I need for EoK comes from 2 beastlord pets, 1 beastlord healing and chanter scarecrow illusion, + a few warrior abilities.. Also gives me double Paragon for the wiz.