What do you enjoy about the class you play the most?

A suggestion for a shared blog was made over on Blog Azeroth whereby many bloggers answer the same question.

I'm gonna go one further and link to all of the ones I have found and then answer the question.

Other Answers...
Banana Shoulders
Parry! Dodge! Spin!
Lesser Healing Wave
Mystic Chicanery

Anyone else? If I have missed you let me know.

So, what do I enjoy about the class I play the most? Well, first off: What is the class I play the most?

Take yesterday, for example. I spent 2 hours tankadining (badly) the Lynx boss in ZA and then spent 2 hours battlegrounding with my rogue.

The day before I spent 3 hours healadining SSC whilst Voidy and Solarion were ass-raped and about 6 hours on my warlock(63) and 6 hours on my Shammy(27) (simultaneously) clearing out Duskwood and The Wetlands.

A couple of weekends ago I spent the majority of my time on my mage and before that one of my warriors.

So what is the class I play the most? I suppose I should go with /played and therefore it's gotta be the main. The Paladin. HolyWarrior.

So time for me to go on a totally random jaunt ...

He can tank (kind of), he can dps (with ret spec and full epic gear) and he can heal. Jack of All Trades, Master of None?

The Tankadin
There is no real metric for tanking. You cannot look at a threat meter and say "I have 800 threat for that fight, I am uber-tank". TPS is kinda relative to what is going on around you; ie that nub mage with his PoM-Pyro combo just as you step up to pull! You could say the stats are 490 defence, 102.4% avoidance and X HP. But that is nothing more than a minimum you HAVE to have before you should even consider tanking.

How can people judge you? Well, if you have the stats, if you can do your job, then you can tank.

Jack or Master? Master.

The Retardin Retadin
Pre-TBC, even pre-2.3 most people would have considered this a levelling build only and not raid viable. That has all changed. I have seen some great Retadins raiding. Not only have they been topping the damage meters but they bring something else to the party, 3% extra crit chance for everyone (I've never Retadined and I pulled that figure from memory, I assume it's right!!)

Jack or Master? Master.

The Healadin
I spend the majority of my raiding as a healer. I can top the healing meters. Better geared Priests and Druids have to work hard to out heal me. No, I am not just concentrating on the healing meters. I know that the biggest healer doesn't neccesarily make the best healer. When I am not on the top of the Healing meters it is because it is a cleansing fight; I'll have the most cleanses and still be 2nd or 3rd on the healing meters with most often the lowest over-heal.

Contrary to popular belief healadining does not involve spamming 2 keys. I have the top 2 rows of my Nostromo set up for healing. There is Cleanse, AutoCrit HL(11) Macro, HL(11), HL(4), FoL Mouseover Macro incorporating Divine Favour. And row 2 has Divine Intervention, Holy Shock, Divine Favour, Divine Illumination and Blessing of Protection. All of these buttons get used frequently on every raid. Especially Divine Intervention - No Durability Loss FTW!

Jack or Master? Master.

So, in conclusion? Introducing the Paladin: Master of All Trades, Jack of None.

That's why I like my Pally.

and not forgetting ... The Shockadin
The What? I've heard mention of this? Sounds good. I assume it's a Ret pally concentrating on yellow rather than white damage. Someone tell me please :)