Talk: Vindicator

Vindicator doesn't seem to mean paladin, specifically

Actually if you follow the class quest line, draenei paladins are called paladins from the start by the draenei trainers. The term vindicator doesn't actually show up until later in the quest lines. It appears to be more of an order than a class name.Baggins 11:48, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Many paladin NPCs and in particular paladin trainers have the vindicator title. --N'Nanz 12:02, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Sure there appears to be interchangeability, but they definitely use the term "paladin" too, perhaps more often in direct speech. Its not like they separate the two. Best I can tell its a paladin order, but also a title for members within the order. It also seems that one starts out as a paladin, but one gets initiated into the order later on.Baggins 16:57, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

I think this is a racial honorific too. I do not know the quest.--SWM24 48 19:23, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Could just be for the convenience of players new to the Draenei, who don't know what a vindicator is. And while i personally think that a vindicator is just their term for a paladin, i do like your theory of it just being the title for a member of the Hand of Argus.--Truckman1 17:35, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Is it certain that the DF class is what the Draenei are referring to?--SWM24 48 00:59, 27 October 2008 (UTC)

One year after writing this, i have another comment to add: While not all Draenei paladins are necessarily Vindicators, all of them would match the criteria to become one should they so choose. After all, there is probably not a Draenei alive who hasn't personally been subjected to a friend or family member dying at the hands of the Horde or the Legion. Furthermore, most people in this world have lost friends of family members to some enemy or another. --Truckman1 22:50, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

They may match the criteria, but are they? I do not know. Clarity would be nice.--SWM24 48 03:13, 13 February 2009 (UTC)

So, again, is this really what all the draenei (except the class trainer) mean when they call themselves "vindicators"? It fits somewhat, but I think it is just a synonym for paladin or a racial honorific for paladins. And does everything else in WoW called a "vindicator" really have this class?-SWM24 48 02:36, 11 June 2011 (UTC)