What happens when.....

[Shining_Tiger_Excalibur]

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I'm overjoyed at how you guys are handling the situation right now and from what I'm seeing the majority of us are in agreement on the overall issue that Paladin faces; that issue is it needs SOMETHING other than the "I survive hits better" philosophy that the developers have forced onto the job. Paladins have an excessive amount of defensive cooldowns yet it doesn't possess the ability to overcome its weaknesses by using them. I can relate this to Psychology in such a way of "Classical Conditioning."


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_conditioning

'Classical conditioning occurs when a conditioned stimulus is paired with an unconditioned stimulus. Usually, the conditioned stimulus (CS) is a neutral stimulus (e.g., the sound of a tuning fork), the unconditioned stimulus (US) is biologically potent (e.g., the taste of food) and the unconditioned response (UR) to the unconditioned stimulus is an unlearned reflex response (e.g., salivation). After pairing is repeated (some learning may occur already after only one pairing), the organism exhibits a conditioned response (CR) to the conditioned stimulus when the conditioned stimulus is presented alone. The conditioned response is usually similar to the unconditioned response (see below), but unlike the unconditioned response, it must be acquired through experience and is relatively impermanent.'

If you apply that quote in such a way that it relates to Paladin, you'll realize that we're not rewarded with anything for doing our job other than survival. The more I think about it, THAT'S the reason so many are feeling empty when playing Paladin. We just survive and that's it. There's no intangible emotion like Joy or Pride involved after taking a huge hit because we know we're still doing peanuts for damage and surviving only the same as the other two tanks.