Holy pala - shield of the righteous. The point?

[Palavlad-drakthul]

Hello,

I have switched to pala as my main in DF, actually playing pala and specificaly holy spec for the 1st time. After some m0 dungeons I had fun and felt good about the gameplay.

Although there is one thing that is bugging me. What is the point of having shield of the righteous? I am not skilled enough yet to pump some extra damage instead of healing so I never use it but why it cannot be used in the same way as CS during Avenging Crusader (healing based on damage done) ? I think it cannot hurt the gameplay and it would promote the melee healer fantasy even more.

What is the reason that it is not implemented ?

[Tinýx-silvermoon]

I just use it for some extra damage, and mainly to maintain uptime on “Of Dusk and Dawn”.

I like your idea though. I don’t why if it had been suggested before, and/or why it was not implemented.

[Holychao-twisting-nether]

I think the point is thats its a baseline paladin ability that you have in all speccs. Just like you have Hand of reckoning as holy paladin.

Maybe you want to tank shortly when the tank dies.

Its the same with other classes that has tank speccs.