Originally Posted by
Sturmbringe
Rets are Blizzard's favourite child. Following vanilla and ever since (2006), they have been the most OP spec in the history of the game with the possible exception of WOTLK DK's. In fact, Rets qualify as one of the most OP specs in the history of MMORG's in general. Key abilities include: (Only after the WOTLK launch paladins were OP)
-The longest stun in the World of Warcraft ever. Have you never heard of rogue's stunlock ? Have you never heard of shockwave ? Surely it has only 4 sec duration, but only 20 sec CD.
-Immunity to being kited. Hand of freedom has 25 sec CD, and 6 sec duration, if talented we can use it two times before having to face it's CD, but we are still kitable, its just not as easy as it used to be.
-Bubble that make one completely immune to damage while still being able to attack. 8 sec duration, and we do 50% less damage, Meaning we do negligible damage while protected, and poor heals (since 2 flash of light burns all our mana). Causes forbearance
-Abilities such as Lay On Hands that instantly restore one's health to 100%. 10 min cd, and causes forbearance
-Infinite Mana. Mana is infinite for every non healer spec
-Ability to use hearthstone (RECALL) while being bubbled. That's amazing, thanks blizz they brought it back. It avoids cowards gankers like rogues.
-Excellent heals while dishing out excellent DPS with no penalty on their DPS. Really ? If we use 3 Holy powers to cast word of glory, we sacrifice a lot of damage by not using templar's verdict, or not refreshing inquisition. If we use seal of insight, we sacrifice a lot of damage from seal of truth or justice.
-Excellent DPS cooldowns completely unsuited for a DPS/Healing hybrid such as Ret. We are competitive only during our cooldowns, and a good player will neutralize us trought CC when we use our cooldowns
-Immunity to being griefed or ganked while out in the world questing. If you go one-to-one with a Ret you will lose, if you go two versus one against a Ret you will still lose, and if you try to go three to one against a Ret they will just bubble and hearthstone. I think a frost mage, or a shadow priest, or a demo lock will not agree with you in this one. Especially the shadow priest with the mass dispel. And what's the problem on getting away from combat ? Rogues do this all the time.
-Excellent in soloing Raid content. Yes we are, just like DK's, and hunters for example. It does not make us OP.
-Fastest mount speed in the World of Warcraft. Along with DK's, and well, mages can teleport, druids can insta cast their flight mount, shamans have a better heathstone, rogues have stealth. That's called flavour.
Recent bonus abilities:
-Pet (5 minutes CD, and we have no control on it.)
-DOTS (Every single spec in this game have dots)
-Snare (Every single melee in this game have snares)
-An ability similar to Rogue ability Sprint (Every single melee have a tool to catch the casters/ranged)
-Ranged execute (It's not an execute anymore, in fact, this is my second lowest hitting ability.)
-Several Ranged DPS abilities (Yes we do have several ranged dps abilites, but if a "ranged" paladin is defeating you, or out dpsing you, you are really bad.)
------------------------------------->With all the above in mind, it is not hard to see why there are more Rets than Rogues (There are more rets than rogues because paladins have a very rich lore in the warcraft universe, and also due hybrid nature, and every pally i know have ret as soloing spec).