this all sounds too complicated. too many buttons, too many targets etc.

I currently have a 70 paly and a 70 priest, different accounts. Im contemplating 1 play 4x shadow priests.

Shadow has been hugely nerfed since tbc has come out but the damage output is still extremely good when spamming dps. With the 1 paly 4 sp, the SPs could keep targets dotted and the mana/life leech should be able to let the paladin simply keep aggro. I feel this setup would be equally viable with a holy spec. make a macro to target the play and keep it constantly HOTed, use SWP and Smite. Mana might be an issue though.

Does anybody have any feelings on 4/5 pallies? Does melee work with 5 boxing or are the range issues on the followers? 4 or 5 auras would give the palies both ridiculous armour rating and resistances when needed. The mana per sec would also be insane. The damage is a concern for me though.