How important is Haste for a Paladin leveling up?

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Originally Posted by Kekephee

I see a lot of warriors with a lot of great dps gear doing a shit job holding aggro. I guess you're never going to outdps the people in your group whose job is "do dps" so, I dunno, seems like kind of a weird thing to try to stack up. Seems like the real aggro comes from proc items, which have nothing to do with your haste.

Kaev is totally correct here. Something like 2/3 of a warrior's threat comes from swings; more haste = more swings. Procs just get the credit because they have a tendency to vault the warrior 'over the top' as it were. Also warriors can do 80-90% of a monk's dps when well geared, so that isn't trivial either.

Originally Posted by Kekephee [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Aggro isn't really an issue for a paladin. Not having the ac/hp to take a mob is.

I mean what belt would you wear that has such awesome tanking stats? BiS for stats is an RBG, which has 27% haste. I mean if a paladin is wearing banded in his other slots to save up for an FBSS he's probably doing it wrong, but really paladin gear advice is the same as every other melee class: grind it out to 46, join a guild, get a fuckton of planar armor including a 41% haste belt from Sky.