Currently paladin healing is pretty easy. By that I mean that there are few desicions that need to be made when it comes to which heal to use. There is a camp that primarily use Holy Light, and they stack the intellect. There are others (myself at the moment) who primarily use Flash of Light, and they stack spell power.
From what I've gathered from the Cataclysm posts, all healers will have more options about which spell to use. For paladins this means the (possible) end to the "one or the other" playstyle of healing. With the introduction of Holy Power (looking forward to this), an altered Beacon of Light, the new Word of Glory, the Holy Radiance* spell and the 31st talent spell Light of Dawn paladins will have a lot to choose from. Finally!
This has me excited. Not only will the mechanics of Flash of Light and Holy be changed with Divine Light being added, but we are getting another single target instant heal in Word of Glory, and two AoE healing abilities. Combine that with the staple Judgments, Holy Shock, Hand ofs, and our other awesome spells, playing a paladin in Cataclysm should get to be very exciting.
Fights with movement won't be too bad with the boosts to Holy Shock, and Word of Glory being instant casts, and there will be more flexibilty available when it comes to healing more than just the tanks. Depending on how the beta finishes, and how the talents look when 4.0 goes live, this could cause me to enjoy healing on my paladin more than my priest. Which is saying a lot considering the introduction of Chakra.
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