Quote Originally Posted by 'Manaburner',index.php?page=Thread&postID=58830#po st58830
The way I play my priest/lock group is very much what Vyndree siad - run and gun.
However...

If you play like me, my priest is leading the flock and sticks out like a SORE THUMB. Essentially I'm taking all the aimed shots, mortal strikes, backstabs etc and there are time I WISH I had a paladin as the lead because they can take a hit better.
To be honest, I rarely heal that much with my priest anyways - he's there to acquire targets and lead the the other characters around, but I play mostly BG's.

My answer to you if you are going to do PVE is stick with a priest.
If you do PVP, paladin is still viable because as a lead character they'll stay alive longer. My Priest dies all the time. The locks rarely get picked off because of soul-link, +300 resilience etc.
Or... do what Mudd does. Make it 5 locks. Now that is overpowered for PVP!
This is exactly the reason I'm levelling up a pali at the moment...my priest consantly gets focus fired down in BG's and world PvP, even as Disc Holy spec (i.e. with Pain Supression). Hopefully the pali will give me a bit more survivability....