Whats the difference between paladin and priest?

[cowtestickles]

OK i know there is a difference their 2 totaly different charcters, but arn't they both just maily healers? Cause i enjoy healing( i have a monk on gw) and he was fun, but he could also kill if i wanted to play that style. Also are those 2 hard to get through the game solo?

[Icefrost]

Depending on what you want to do in the game, no class is really 'mainly healer' unless you want them to be. That being said, the difference, if you don't know it yet, is that a priest is a full spellcaster, while a paladin uses weapons and armor and a little less spells.
As for your second point, WoW is a fairly easy game. No class is actually any harder that an other one, they just fit for different situations and different players of course.

[rottentomato]

priest wears cloth...pally wears mail...priest has a larger arsenal of healing spells, regardless or spec, and pally is more of a hybrid healer...but still is a main damage producer. pally doesnt generate as much threat doing as much damage, but generates more threat than a preist healing with silent resolve...the other main difference is play style. preist you tend to want to be further away when beginning attack, as your main source of damage can be interrupted. pally doesnt have a main chance for that to occur. pally you run up to your enemy and use seals and judgements plus normal attacks.

in my personal play preference, i like my priest much more than my pally, mostly because i get asked into more groups, and because i sure can kill single mobs faster. when it comes to AoE killing, a lvl 40+ pally has quite the edge on amount of mobs it can take, but cant kill anywhere near as fast.

[Kugan]

Rotten. Your post confuses me. I’m not sure if you rambled (as I sometimes do), or if you just wrote the wrong stuff. But anyway… here goes… me nitpicking. (with my luck I’ll get stuff wrong as well. Then everyone is allowed to point on laugh :P)

priest wears cloth...pally wears mail...

Plate. But we all understood you meant that :P.

priest has a larger arsenal of healing spells, regardless or spec, and pally is more of a hybrid healer...but still is a main damage producer.

Are you saying that Paladins or Priests are still a main damage producer? If you are saying Priest, then you will be right. If you are saying Paladin, you are slightly wrong (considering that Paladins are the only “pure” healer in the game). The 2.3 buff will help for PvP DPS, but a Paladin will still be only a healer in PvE.

pally doesnt generate as much threat doing as much damage, but generates more threat than a preist healing with silent resolve...

The biggest problem with Paladin damage is threat. Since we are standing within malee range of the target, and Priests at a distance, the Priest can go higher in threat above the tank before pulling aggro.

Healing is a different story. Paladins have an inherent threat reduction of 50% on all healing spells. Silent Resolve only gives you 20% reduction. A Paladin pulling aggro from healing is a rare occurrence.


the other main difference is play style. preist you tend to want to be further away when beginning attack, as your main source of damage can be interrupted. pally doesnt have a main chance for that to occur. pally you run up to your enemy and use seals and judgements plus normal attacks.

Healers heal. Holy Paladins might run up to the target to apply a seal, but when that is done, they go back to their position with the Priests (somewhere safe where nothing can hurt them). Generally no normal attacks for a holy paladin. In PvP you will find your Paladin healers hiding even more than Priests.

in my personal play preference, i like my priest much more than my pally, mostly because i get asked into more groups, and because i sure can kill single mobs faster. when it comes to AoE killing, a lvl 40+ pally has quite the edge on amount of mobs it can take, but cant kill anywhere near as fast.
Agree. Paladin healing is fairly boring. Two healing spells? Great. A lot of people who rolled their Paladins specifically for healing can’t do it anymore after a while.

[rottentomato]

Rotten. Your post confuses me. I’m not sure if you rambled (as I sometimes do), or if you just wrote the wrong stuff. But anyway… here goes… me nitpicking. (with my luck I’ll get stuff wrong as well. Then everyone is allowed to point on laugh :P)


Plate. But we all understood you meant that :P.

Are you saying that Paladins or Priests are still a main damage producer? If you are saying Priest, then you will be right. If you are saying Paladin, you are slightly wrong (considering that Paladins are the only “pure” healer in the game). The 2.3 buff will help for PvP DPS, but a Paladin will still be only a healer in PvE.

The biggest problem with Paladin damage is threat. Since we are standing within malee range of the target, and Priests at a distance, the Priest can go higher in threat above the tank before pulling aggro.

Healing is a different story. Paladins have an inherent threat reduction of 50% on all healing spells. Silent Resolve only gives you 20% reduction. A Paladin pulling aggro from healing is a rare occurrence.


Healers heal. Holy Paladins might run up to the target to apply a seal, but when that is done, they go back to their position with the Priests (somewhere safe where nothing can hurt them). Generally no normal attacks for a holy paladin. In PvP you will find your Paladin healers hiding even more than Priests.

Agree. Paladin healing is fairly boring. Two healing spells? Great. A lot of people who rolled their Paladins specifically for healing can’t do it anymore after a while.

haha i forgot about that 50% reduction the pally has..but yea two heals...come on...you gotta be kidding! i personally like a pally as a tank with a bubble. if for some reason a mage pulls aggro, id like to know my tank has a way of saving themselves for 6 seconds while i save the silly cloth mage. my bad on the errors...it is 5am here after all

[Kugan]

haha i forgot about that 50% reduction the pally has..but yea two heals...come on...you gotta be kidding! i personally like a pally as a tank with a bubble. if for some reason a mage pulls aggro, id like to know my tank has a way of saving themselves for 6 seconds while i save the silly cloth mage. my bad on the errors...it is 5am here after all

I know you don’t normally post bad posts, which is why I was slightly confused. The 5am thing explains it. Go back to sleep!!:grin:

[rottentomato]

I know you don’t normally post bad posts, which is why I was slightly confused. The 5am thing explains it. Go back to sleep!!:grin:

well thanks for your confidence in me...and im at work, so distracted with that and lack of sleep :(

[Kugan]

well thanks for your confidence in me...and im at work, so distracted with that and lack of sleep :(

At work? Even less of an excuse to be awake. Go back to sleep (just watch out for the keyboard. It sometimes leaves a funny imprint on your face :wink:)

[rottentomato]

At work? Even less of an excuse to be awake. Go back to sleep (just watch out for the keyboard. It sometimes leaves a funny imprint on your face :wink:)

im just determined to hit 2000 posts tonight

[Dhoum]

im just determined to hit 2000 posts tonight
Blatant violation of Rule 7 ("Don't take the p**s") but saved by Rule 8 ("Unless it's funny"). :smiley:

Back to the OP:

There are four healing classes: Priest, Paladin, Druid, Shaman.
There are three tanking classes: Warrior, Paladin, Druid
There are an awful lot of DPS (Damage Per Second) classes.

The higher the level of game you play, the more important talents become in the role your character fills. For example, a paladin who has specialised in the Protection talent tree will be a better tank (given equivalent gear and levels) than a Paladin who has specialised in the Holy talent tree. The Holy Paladin, on the other hand, will be a better healer than the Protection Paladin.

In terms of soloing, I've never played a Priest but had no problem at all soloing with my Protection Paladin ... although there are certain types of enemy that a Paladin is weak against, and certain types that they are strong against.

[swaldman]

haha i forgot about that 50% reduction the pally has..but yea two heals...come on...you gotta be kidding! i personally like a pally as a tank with a bubble. if for some reason a mage pulls aggro, id like to know my tank has a way of saving themselves for 6 seconds while i save the silly cloth mage.

If a tankadin ever actually tried that, you'd know about it. And regret it.

[Twoflower]

haha i forgot about that 50% reduction the pally has..but yea two heals...come on...you gotta be kidding! i personally like a pally as a tank with a bubble. if for some reason a mage pulls aggro, id like to know my tank has a way of saving themselves for 6 seconds while i save the silly cloth mage. my bad on the errors...it is 5am here after all

doesnt the pala loose all agro if he uses bubble ? that s not the kind of tank i would want...

to the original question : Both chars heal most of the time ( well, used to, priests are better off whit going shadow nowadays ). Priests have a more than viable Damage tree besides that ( shadow ) while paladins have a viable tanking tree. Paladins, however, dont have a high damage build. Not at all.

[swaldman]

doesnt the pala loose all agro if he uses bubble ?

Yup :-)

If the tankadin is very good, and somewhat lucky, it is theoretically possible for him to bubble and immediately taunt, which does mean the mobs hit the bubble for a few seconds... but it's not to be advised as an everyday manoeuvre...

[moopy]

The important difference..

Pally=tinned healer. Keeps fresh in the cupboard for months.

[Zendarin]

I know that I have found my pally MUCH easier to level than my shadow priest. I went ret but will switch to AoE prot at lvl 35 simply because I have a couple guild mates who did that and found it to be a blast.

I will have to say that a pally soloing or doing PVP is far more gear dependant than a priest.

As far as healing goes I love healing with my shadow priest and will probably respec holy at high level.