Idea - Make Shield of Righteousness melee.

#0 - Dec. 12, 2009, 5:24 a.m.
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Currently it's a spell of melee range. But make it a melee ability, like Judgment.

That way 1h/shield equipped ret paladins can benefit from Art of War.

Give ret paladins a reason to go Sword and Board when things get rough in PvP, or to temporarily tank in PvE.

Holy and Prot paladins don't go deep down on ret tree to reach Art of War, so I don't think it's game breaking.
It also increases skill cap of ret by a tiny bit to those who wants it, while it doesn't matter to others, because better PvP ret pallies are smart enough to go sword and board when necessary, while BG heroes will still stick to 2h even until dying.

This change is also needed for prot paldains, whose tanking capabilities are extremely crippled when silenced. They can't cast Holy Shield, they can't throw Captain America Frisbee, they can't cast Consecration, they can't judge, and they can't use Shield of Righteousness.

Any opinions?

Edit - Title changed due to GC's request.
#10 - Dec. 14, 2009, 2:02 a.m.
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Make suggestions if you'd like, but please no petitions. Posts that say "yes please" don't provide much information given the very small sample size you're ever going to get.