I so use some mp5 on my gear personally though and just so much of the gear has it and haste on it that it would be great to make them more useful at least so there isn't so much gear that everyone is pissed when it drops wasting a slot for a good item that week. Focusing on the Main Tank isn't the issue so much as not being able to raid heal at all like other healers (while they can do main tank healing as well).
Paladins are going to need to end up getting mp5 made more useful and get some new skill to help make us able to raid heal better on Ulduar massive AE fights.
This topic has strayed a little bit from "Why are there healing niches?" to "I am a paladin healer and I hate my class."
Look, we get that....
1) Stacking mostly Int isn't fun.
2) Having 70%+ overheal isn't fun.
3) Focusing so much on the main tank in a raid isn't fun.
4) Casting nothing but Holy Light isn't fun.
We do have some ideas for how to fix these problems. They aren't redesign-the-class level because frankly we don't think the class needs that, but the proposed changes would fix the above four problems. Understand though that part of reducing overhealing and being a more flexible raid healer might come with regen or mana pool nerfs. It is possible that the only thing keeping Holy paladins from being too good right now is their narrow focus.
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