Jafo
Aug 11th '05, 05:57 PM
We are fortunate of having a lot of pally?s in our guild and the #1 class we have a hard time finding is a Priest or a main healer. When you take an in depth look at the Paladin, the Paladin has a lot of abilities that can be utilized in allowing them to function as a priest.
The two main heal spells a Paladin has is Holy Light and Flash of Light, each one healing a different amount. This is currently what I can do:
Holy light at Rank 8 will heal a friendly target for 1425 to 1584 using 580 mana
Flash of Light at Rank 5 will heal a friendly target for 278 to 310 health using 115 mana
The Paladin can use the Holy Light and Flash of Light spell very effectively. When you add your Blessing of Light to all friendly players you now have a more powerful effect on those you heal. Blessing of light lasts 5 min and must be cast upon each friendly player in the party one at a time.
Blessing of Light Rank 3 adds up to 400 health points to the Holy light spell for a total healing ability of 1825 to 1984 and adds up to 115 health points to Flash of Light for a total healing ability of 393 to 425 per cast while using the same mana.
When we did our first guild run, Kyraath was not here to be the healer so I played the Main Healer and much to my surprise we actually did well. I have a habit of keeping some of my old items around from time to time so I equipped myself with all the intellect items that I could find and while we were in the instance I found another helm that gave me an additional 17 intellect so it started me thinking about how to convert a Paladin into a Priest.
Why does a Paladin wear plate armor? The answer to that is everyone expects you too. The Paladin is expected to fight helping the main assist or main tank and cast a heal only when need. Everyone is in the mindset that Paladins have to wear plate armor and they have to be a meat shield. No one would think of a Paladin in anything other than plate armor, but Paladins can wear any armor they want!
Why would a Paladin want to wear another armor other than plate? The Answer is Intellect and Spirit. Most of the Cloth items that you typically see are high in Spirit and Intellect. To Function as a Pally-Priest you have to adjust your abilities to fit your role as a dedicated healer. This means #1, you are not on the front line fighting. #2 your job is to stand back and heal the party.
The largest advantage of the Pally-Priest is you have the ability to use a Shield that a normal priest does not have. At level 60 most of the shields you find are over 2000 armor. This automatically gives you more armor than a normal priest has. So if a Paladin who is completely stripped all items other than a shield and runs no auras, that Paladin will still have over 2000 armor.
To expand and create the Pally-Priest you need to think a little outside of the box and be creative. This is where you look at the other armor. Find yourself items that give you intellect and Spirit. It does no matter if it is Cloth, Leather, Mail or Plate just as long as you get the maximum intellect and spirit you can possibly get.
Right now my Paladin in normal tank mode has 2642 mana with 94 intellect points. Which mean I can cast roughly 21 Flashes of light or just under 5 Holy light spells before my mana is gone. My base Intellect is 70 with +24 in bonuses from items.
The standard slots for every character that you can get an ability bonus too is Head, Neck, Shoulders, Cloak, Chest, Wrists, Hands, Waist, Legs, Feet, Finger #1 and Finger #2, not including the two trinkets, weapon or shield. That is 12 slots with an additional 4 optional slots. Lets estimate that you are capable of finding an item with at least +15 intellect for each of those 12 slots, normal green items not blue or purple, that would give you a 180 intellect in bonuses plus my base intellect of 70 for 250 intellect. 250 intellect would give me around 6000 mana allowing me to cast some 52 Flashes of Light or 10 holy Light Spells on a full mana charge.
I think it is very realistic that a Pally-Priest can achieve over 300 intellect points as a primary ability with some 7000 mana points. The other primary ability would be Spirit that could realistically be over 200. Strength, Agility and Stamina would all be secondary abilities and would only be a bonus if you were able to get them.
The Pally-Priest would be best using the Concentration Aura which give you a 35% chance of ignoring spell interruption when damaged and having your holy talents set to for all 5 slots in Spiritual Focus which gives your flash of light and hold light spells a 70% chance to not loose casting time when you take damage and all 3 slots in improved Holy light which increases the amount healed by your holy light spell by 12%. There are additional Talent points that are available to supplement this but this is what I currently can do with how I am speced.
I do not expect to get many blue items because most people would be offended by a Paladin picking up set items for other classes, but when the opportunity presents itself to pick up a solid mage or priest set item I am going to get it. When we do our guild raids and an item drops that no one needs I would like to opportunity to get it just to help me function as a Pally-Priest.
I am convinced that this is realistic and can be done. I am going to pursue this and start getting all intellect items. I am going to carry two sets of items basically. One complete set for when I need to be a tank, and one complete set for when I need to be the Pally-Priest.
The two main heal spells a Paladin has is Holy Light and Flash of Light, each one healing a different amount. This is currently what I can do:
Holy light at Rank 8 will heal a friendly target for 1425 to 1584 using 580 mana
Flash of Light at Rank 5 will heal a friendly target for 278 to 310 health using 115 mana
The Paladin can use the Holy Light and Flash of Light spell very effectively. When you add your Blessing of Light to all friendly players you now have a more powerful effect on those you heal. Blessing of light lasts 5 min and must be cast upon each friendly player in the party one at a time.
Blessing of Light Rank 3 adds up to 400 health points to the Holy light spell for a total healing ability of 1825 to 1984 and adds up to 115 health points to Flash of Light for a total healing ability of 393 to 425 per cast while using the same mana.
When we did our first guild run, Kyraath was not here to be the healer so I played the Main Healer and much to my surprise we actually did well. I have a habit of keeping some of my old items around from time to time so I equipped myself with all the intellect items that I could find and while we were in the instance I found another helm that gave me an additional 17 intellect so it started me thinking about how to convert a Paladin into a Priest.
Why does a Paladin wear plate armor? The answer to that is everyone expects you too. The Paladin is expected to fight helping the main assist or main tank and cast a heal only when need. Everyone is in the mindset that Paladins have to wear plate armor and they have to be a meat shield. No one would think of a Paladin in anything other than plate armor, but Paladins can wear any armor they want!
Why would a Paladin want to wear another armor other than plate? The Answer is Intellect and Spirit. Most of the Cloth items that you typically see are high in Spirit and Intellect. To Function as a Pally-Priest you have to adjust your abilities to fit your role as a dedicated healer. This means #1, you are not on the front line fighting. #2 your job is to stand back and heal the party.
The largest advantage of the Pally-Priest is you have the ability to use a Shield that a normal priest does not have. At level 60 most of the shields you find are over 2000 armor. This automatically gives you more armor than a normal priest has. So if a Paladin who is completely stripped all items other than a shield and runs no auras, that Paladin will still have over 2000 armor.
To expand and create the Pally-Priest you need to think a little outside of the box and be creative. This is where you look at the other armor. Find yourself items that give you intellect and Spirit. It does no matter if it is Cloth, Leather, Mail or Plate just as long as you get the maximum intellect and spirit you can possibly get.
Right now my Paladin in normal tank mode has 2642 mana with 94 intellect points. Which mean I can cast roughly 21 Flashes of light or just under 5 Holy light spells before my mana is gone. My base Intellect is 70 with +24 in bonuses from items.
The standard slots for every character that you can get an ability bonus too is Head, Neck, Shoulders, Cloak, Chest, Wrists, Hands, Waist, Legs, Feet, Finger #1 and Finger #2, not including the two trinkets, weapon or shield. That is 12 slots with an additional 4 optional slots. Lets estimate that you are capable of finding an item with at least +15 intellect for each of those 12 slots, normal green items not blue or purple, that would give you a 180 intellect in bonuses plus my base intellect of 70 for 250 intellect. 250 intellect would give me around 6000 mana allowing me to cast some 52 Flashes of Light or 10 holy Light Spells on a full mana charge.
I think it is very realistic that a Pally-Priest can achieve over 300 intellect points as a primary ability with some 7000 mana points. The other primary ability would be Spirit that could realistically be over 200. Strength, Agility and Stamina would all be secondary abilities and would only be a bonus if you were able to get them.
The Pally-Priest would be best using the Concentration Aura which give you a 35% chance of ignoring spell interruption when damaged and having your holy talents set to for all 5 slots in Spiritual Focus which gives your flash of light and hold light spells a 70% chance to not loose casting time when you take damage and all 3 slots in improved Holy light which increases the amount healed by your holy light spell by 12%. There are additional Talent points that are available to supplement this but this is what I currently can do with how I am speced.
I do not expect to get many blue items because most people would be offended by a Paladin picking up set items for other classes, but when the opportunity presents itself to pick up a solid mage or priest set item I am going to get it. When we do our guild raids and an item drops that no one needs I would like to opportunity to get it just to help me function as a Pally-Priest.
I am convinced that this is realistic and can be done. I am going to pursue this and start getting all intellect items. I am going to carry two sets of items basically. One complete set for when I need to be a tank, and one complete set for when I need to be the Pally-Priest.