[Atmas]

As a Paladin main I have a blast playing Paladin. Heals, roots, stuns, lulls, tanking, rezzes, lay hands, give palies a ton of utility.

People who think they are min-maxers give Paladins crap because they see the game in black and white when a lot of times you need gray. Paladins aren't the best at any one thing individually but a lot of times it is very beneficial to have someone who can do multiple different things. It's the reason why, as many have attested in this thread, Paladins are such good group tanks.

Now, a little talk about Paladins at end game. Paladin is generally not going to be the main tank for high end main bosses because warriors get defensive and have higher hpts gear being equal. I say generally because:

1. A lot of guilds only do content that Paladins are fine for tanking, things like Kael Arena and HoT. Infact Paladins are arguably better for tanking that stuff because they snap agro quickly where as warriors would have to use clickies or spend time getting agro.

2. I've been able to obtain pretty good gear and played in successful guilds so at one point or another I've tanked a lot of end game content including Vindi, a lot of the ToV dragons, ST golems, Dain, etc.

Anyway, the point is tanking still happens because there is a lot more than just single encounter boss mobs. There are epic encounters, trash clearing, rampaging, and planar clears etc.

Even if there isn't main tanking there is still a lot to do. Clerics are generally healing just the MT so other heals are often needed, enchanters need help sometimes managing broken pets. Paladins get a buff that no one else gets. Worst comes to worst you can always add your bad dps. Paladin dps is really bad but it is existent. Which loops back to the point that is beneficial to have a person who can do a lot of things decently at once. MT goes down a lot of times a Paly can step in (gear dependent), someone is about to die and needs a heal? A rogue will never be able to do that.