Post by Sacrelicious
I'm about to initiate a faction change for my paladin from Horde to Alliance. My issue is that I'm now stuck trying to figure out which race is best. I've got the decision narrowed down, but I'd love to see if anyone has any advice or a different perspective on the whole thing... I know it may be difficult to resist urging me to go a different race, but please try to stick to my selections while keeping in mind my argument.
First of all, my paladin will remain Holy spec. I'm not so keen on DPS or tanking and I've started this crazy mission to have a max level healer or all the healing classes.
Secondly, I have zero interest in Dwarves. I understand this may be a decent choice if I were into PvP, but I'm not. My focus is PvE Raiding, so I have no real use for
Stoneform or
Mace Specialization.
This leaves me with Human or Draenei... and I'm stuck.
If I choose Human, I would benefit from
The Human Spirit - How could a 3% spirit increase not appeal to a healer? I would also get
Diplomacy, but as nice as a 10% reputation gain increase may be, this is of little value and I don't consider this a primary concern.
If I choose Draenei, I would gain
Gift of the Naaru, and the idea of a no mana cost HoT is great. I can't help but think this could come in handy during a long, tough, mana-intensive fight. Apart from that,
Heroic Presence has no real benefit anymore as it no longer applies to the party, only the caster... and what does a Holy Pally need 1% hit for? Nothing, really... Well, not unless I'm going to heal the boss to death ;)
So it all boils down to this...
Which is better: 3% spirit or a free HoT?
Post by Defhel
Well, as everyone before said:
humanWhy?
- 3% spirit, it might not seem as much but when you have 2500 spirit (decent spirit value at 85) it grants you 75 spirit which is like an extra item, enchant or buff
- PvP "trinket" on 3min cooldown, useful for quite some fights in Cata and also mana-saver (use this instead of cleansing yourself)
- 10% rep. is always nice when you want to get some necessary items (head enchant, shoulder enchant)