shaeman
01-06-2009, 08:56 AM
Well, after a break from multiboxing I've decided I want to get back in to it.
(I'm still very active socially in my guild, but want a bit of variety for those times I'm not grouped up - it may also enable our guild a chance to do some 10 mans by making up numbers).
Having changed faction I have pretty much abandoned my horde team (they were only 61 anyway), but my RAF has run out and I cant face levelling a team from scratch plus I also really like the idea of DeathKnights (I know, they're flavour of the month).
I have a 72 deathknight so would roll 3 others.
My aim is to do BG's (no arena) and instances, working towards heroics. So was wondering which of the healing classes would be best for both bg's and pve.
I have a level 80 feral druid and once duel spec comes in, would be happy speccing back and forth to become the healer. Advantages would be AOE heal to deal with splash damage - would it be a tough enough healer in BG's given it wont have the mobility of a well played single druid?
Holy paladin - I favoured this for battlegrounds due to it's plate armour, but reading other threads here suggests it's lack of AOE would be a negative in instances when faced with splash damage. I guess lack of aoe heal might be as big a disadvantage in BG's.
Priest - Squishiest of all. Would be fine in PVE but would it die just too quickly in BG's? Would a discipline/holy hybrid work?
Resto shaman. - Decentish armour, nice utility. Aoe heals. Viable in both PVE and BG's.
I suppose I could get another RAF account and quick level a priest and shaman. (I have a 65 paladin). So I could potentially have 4 different healing classes and use a different one for PVE and PVP.
So is there one healer that would be ideal for both - or would it be better to have specialist healers, one for pve, one for pvp.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
(I'm still very active socially in my guild, but want a bit of variety for those times I'm not grouped up - it may also enable our guild a chance to do some 10 mans by making up numbers).
Having changed faction I have pretty much abandoned my horde team (they were only 61 anyway), but my RAF has run out and I cant face levelling a team from scratch plus I also really like the idea of DeathKnights (I know, they're flavour of the month).
I have a 72 deathknight so would roll 3 others.
My aim is to do BG's (no arena) and instances, working towards heroics. So was wondering which of the healing classes would be best for both bg's and pve.
I have a level 80 feral druid and once duel spec comes in, would be happy speccing back and forth to become the healer. Advantages would be AOE heal to deal with splash damage - would it be a tough enough healer in BG's given it wont have the mobility of a well played single druid?
Holy paladin - I favoured this for battlegrounds due to it's plate armour, but reading other threads here suggests it's lack of AOE would be a negative in instances when faced with splash damage. I guess lack of aoe heal might be as big a disadvantage in BG's.
Priest - Squishiest of all. Would be fine in PVE but would it die just too quickly in BG's? Would a discipline/holy hybrid work?
Resto shaman. - Decentish armour, nice utility. Aoe heals. Viable in both PVE and BG's.
I suppose I could get another RAF account and quick level a priest and shaman. (I have a 65 paladin). So I could potentially have 4 different healing classes and use a different one for PVE and PVP.
So is there one healer that would be ideal for both - or would it be better to have specialist healers, one for pve, one for pvp.
Thanks in advance for any advice.