Paladin Change(s)

[Ultimatecalibur]

I thought it would finally mean a lower weapon delay weapon would be more powerful , ala SpSpd and DoTs.

Lower delay weapons were previously more powerful at the same ilevel in Sword Oath and have been that way since the start of 2.X. A 2.08 delay weapon was doing roughly ~173 potency every 3 seconds in Sword Oath versus the ~169 potency of 2.16 delay weapons and ~167 of 2.24 delay weapons.

So I guess this change will be somewhat minimal, though it's still very welcome, in any case. I wonder what the amount of GCDs equalling a damage gain from SwO is after this change.

Its a definite increase in Paladin Auto-attack damage even before being combined with the changes to auto-attacking (i.e, you no longer need to be facing the target to auto-attack so more auto attacks will be going out if you are close enough to your target). Now every sword should be doing 175 potency per 3 sec with auto attacks. 2.08 Delay weapons should be going to 52 potency per extra attack, 2.16 to 54 potency per extra attack and 2.24 to 56 potency per attack.

This should be a serious boost in Paladin PvP damage output.