Additions to The Ultimate Sigh

Slightly more calm here tonight than previous since I'm in a good, calm mood cause of the joyous time of the holidays. Had lots of good feedback on my post, but there were a couple that I missed so I've decided to complement it in a slightly different format. I'm also considering rewriting the old ones and adding them all together in a huge guide, but I'll probably get to that once I stop feeling lazy.

I'll start out with a simple one: Learn to Cleanse. Obviously most fights that require you to cleanse in PVE force you to focus on that role. But come on...in PVP if you see someone that's frozen by a Freezing Trap...Cleanse them you fool. Towards other Paladin players it just makes you look like a complete noob.

Please learn to switch auras when it's needed. Just don't run around with Devotion. It's stupid.
- If you're being pounded on by a Frost mage, switch to Frost. Fire mage or Warlock, switch to Fire. Shadow Priest or Warlock, switch to Shadow. McHammar said it's bad to use Devotion Aura in PVP because the other ones are more beneficial, and he's absolutely right. Use Concentration when you're healing, and so forth...
- This applies likewise in PVE. Just don't switch to the Fire when zoning in to Molten Core and leave it on there for the rest of the night: switch between pulls. Are you at Garr or pulling giants? Switch to Devotion. Crawling through the Suppression Room in Blackwing Lair? Switch to Retribution. Switch back to Devotion when engaging the Broodlord.

Speaking of the Suppression Room, please learn to use Blessing of Sacrifice appropriately. Even I find myself using this blessing very seldom in PVE against my better judgement. It is ironic because every time I use it I'm always commended for it, and that's of course fun. One guy I know usually gave me thanks for throwing Sacrifice even if there were plenty of other Pallies in the raid. I asked how he knew it was me - he responded with that I'm the only one that he's seen ever cast it on people so it had to be me.
- At spots where Mages and Warlocks do heavy AoE, use it! They're cloth. They love anything that will increase their survivability chances. You have this tool for a purpose. 55 damage might not seem like a lot, but when most of it is just hoards of small damage from several mobs at the same time adds up substantially. A good idea is to throw this on several cloth and then just heal yourself!
- The irony here is that the utility of it in PVE is slightly diminished through the fact that Sanctuary, Protection and Righteous Defense all can be used for the same thing. Sanctuary is less beneficial but it lasts longer, Protection lasts shorter and only works on one target (and only applies to physical damage) while Righteous Defense only works on up to three targets, requires you to do some tanking of your own and requires that you know the full impact of your positioning. They all work in different ways which requires you to do some quick thinking to figure out what's best for the situation. This doesn't mean that you shouldn't use Sacrifice though. A plus is that Sacrifice and Sanctuary even stack together. If you're a Paladin without a designated blessing for the night, feel free to be trigger happy.
- In PVP it's more than just transferring damage...it's anti-crowd control. If you're a good PVP Paladin you know that throwing this blessing up on a target will break you out of sheep, freeze traps and other abilities like that. I tend to throw it on cloth as well, just to give them the little nudge on survivability.

Learn to buff properly, please. Switch between Greaters and regulars appropriately. It's one of our class defining abilities and one of our absolutely most powerful strengths versus other classes. The reagents are cheap. Pack your bags and don't leave home without them. I always have four stacks in my bags and it's always sufficient.
- Thank god for Greater blessings which are best suited for PVE. Depending on your play style, raid leader strictness or team made demand you might be able to pull off of only blessing every time when the fifteen minutes are about to expire. You're really dedicated and less lazy than me if you're kind that gives five minute versions on the recently resurrected rogues. I know I should arguably be doing that too, but I'm not.
- In PVP the five minute versions are the best because people really don't tend to live that long for a reagent to be worth it. Don't feel reluctant to throw it around on every person you see, they will love you for it. Arguably one of the few good spots when to use Greaters in PVP is during the start of the game. When you're all split up later on, use regulars.